Gmail POP access... BOOOOO

[MDesigner]

Wow, major disappointment. It's SSL POP *ONLY*. That's great... that wipes out a lot of wireless devices whose services have a firewall that blocks most outgoing ports. For instance, T-Mobile allows outgoing traffic for ports 80, 110, and I THINK port 25.

 

[DnetMHZ]

And that is Googles fault how??

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: MDesigner
Wow, major disappointment. It's SSL POP *ONLY*.

In other words, it prevents your password from being sniffed.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Damn, is that free? Even if it isn't I might have to get it. rool;

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Damn, is that free? Even if it isn't I might have to get it. rool;

It's free for now. They don't give any guarantees that it will stay free, however.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Damn, is that free? Even if it isn't I might have to get it. rool;

It's free for now. They don't give any guarantees that it will stay free, however.

Nice. SSL is good.

 

[Babbles]

Man, people bitch about anything.

 

[trmiv]

I can't get the frigging thing to work reliably. It will send the mail out, but no matter how many times I try to check it, it always says there is no mail. Then I log on to gmail with a browser, and see the message. But, sometimes it will see the message and download it. Then the next message, it will fail again. Sometimes it accepts my password, sometimes it complains about the password being malformed. They have a lot of issues to iron out it seems to me. I've tried three different mail programs with it, and they all seem to act a little different.

 

[Gnurb]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Damn, is that free? Even if it isn't I might have to get it. rool;

It's free for now. They don't give any guarantees that it will stay free, however.

POP, or Post Office Protocol, lets you download messages from Gmail's servers onto your computer so you can access your mail with a program like Microsoft Outlook Express or Netscape Mail, even when you aren?t connected to the Internet.

POP access is free for all Gmail users and we have no plans to charge.

* Over the next several weeks, we are introducing POP access to all of our users. To make sure the feature is fully stable, we're giving users access to POP in phases. Once POP access is available to you, a 'New Features!' link appears at the top of your account, along with a 'Forwarding and POP' tab on your 'Settings' page.

Learn more about accessing your Gmail messages with POP:

from http://gmail.google.com/suppor...and=0.6688279663869101

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: Babbles
Man, people bitch about anything.

 

[NightCrawler]

excellent.......

 

[n0cmonkey]

Nice, got it all setup. Thanks guys!

 

[trmiv]

And it works? It refuses to work well for me. I just sent myself a message from another account, and had my wife send me one from her's. It was able to download the one my wife sent, but the one I sent, it never sees. Of course when I log on with a web browser, it's there. Repeat the process, and it doesn't see either one. Next time? Sees my message, not her's.

 

[xchangx]

Geez, this stuff is still in beta

 

[ajayjuneja]

Works fabulous for me! I love it. It even properly threads mail I send via POP within the gmail web interface. rock on!

 

[ultimatebob]

Yeah, I think forcing SSL encryption was a GOOD idea! Not only does it protect your password, but it keeps the network admin at your ISP from snooping through your incoming e-mail with a packet sniffer. It's also good for those dummies who think that e-mail is secure, and send things like passwords and credit card numbers over it.

Oh, I was going to give another GMail invite, but linking seems to be broken again

 

[LordSnailz]

Sorry total noob here ... why use POP? I like the web interface and it works pretty fast.

 

[Merlyn3D]

Sheesh, I'm happy they're allowing SSL only. It makes all of gmail much more secure, and if/when they'll enable IMAP, I'll be even happier (although I'm so used to the slick javascript interface I might just use it from the web all the time).

Plus, don't badmouth google just yet, they have a lot of tricks up their sleeve, and I'm sure that they're probably working on a unique WAP interface to gmail, or maybe even SMS.

 

[Abhi]

I :heart: gmail ...

 

[maxcom]

i just sent out an invite to someone and it came to me like it was addressed to me

 

[Pliablemoose]

Just set mine up in Thunderbird