If you want to view your Gmail messages in an email client such as Microsoft Outlook, configure your Gmail POP server settings on the client. After you do so, configure the email client to download your messages from the Gmail server.

Enable POP in Gmail

Before you configure your email client with the Gmail POP settings, enable POP in your Gmail account.

Configure Your Email Client With Gmail POP Settings

To configure your email client with the Gmail POP settings, create a new account. The exact way to perform these steps is different for each client (though the settings you enter will always be the same). If you select keep Gmail’s copy in the Inbox, when you delete messages in the email client, they’ll still be there when you open Gmail in a web browser. If you choose to delete Gmail’s copy, when a message is downloaded to your email client it is deleted from Gmail and not accessible from the Gmail website. Here’s how to set up Gmail in Outlook:

Gmail POP server address: pop.gmail.comGmail POP username: Your Gmail address (e.g. example@gmail.com)Gmail POP password: Your Gmail passwordGmail POP port: 995Gmail POP SSL required: yes