How to Check POP3 Email with Gmail
- These instructions are intended specifically for setting up Gmail to check your POP3 e-mail account.
- If these instructions don’t quite work for you, check-out our tutorial on setting up other e-mail clients.
If you’ve configured your e-mail in cPanel then you can check your mail via POP3 or IMAP. In this case, we’re going to use Gmail to check our e-mail from a cPanel server via POP3.
Click on the ‘settings’ button.
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Click on Accounts and Import.
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A new window where we can begin configuring your e-mail address should have opened.
Enter your Email address and click Next Step.
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Password should simply be the password for your e-mail account.
The POP Server should be set to the correct hostname. Generally speaking, this will be mail.yourdomain.com or similar.
And be sure the Port is set to 110 .
Click on Add Account .
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If you want to send mail as the e-mail address you’ve configured, then click the radio button for Yes, I want to be able to …
Then click on Next Step .
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Click on Next Step .
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Username should be your username, generally with the domain included. For example, test-user@thebestfakedomainnameintheworld.com instead of just test-user .
Password should simply be the password for your e-mail account.
Select the radio button for Unsecured connection and then click on Add Account .
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You should now receive an e-mail from Google asking your to verify the e-mail account. Verify your e-mail account by clicking the link in the e-mail.
Click on Close window .
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