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Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts

Posted by timothy on from the rock dept.

VaultX writes "Gmail has recently added POP3 services to their free email accounts. This would allow someone to use gmail without ever seeing any of their advertisements. They are also providing SMTP, both POP3 and SMTP are forcing the use of SSL/TLS. Very interesting...now where's IMAP and what's the catch?" It's being phased in, though, so not every gmail account yet has POP access.

6 of 527 comments (clear)

  1. So what? by suso · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    suso.org has had imap and pop and webmail for years all with unlimited storage. Some people are storing more than a gigabyte of email there.

  2. in other news by stephenMF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I finally got my 250Mb of storage from hotmail today. Too bad I get all my mail at gmail now.

  3. Re:The catch is.. by number+one+duck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have six. First six under this thread win, I'll try to remember to check it later tonight. If not, too bad.

  4. spare invites by elerhc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    message me if you want one, i have many of them

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    ---if anyone still needs a gmail invite, message me, i have few to spare.
  5. Somewhat Related... by firew0lfz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Today I noticed that hotmail finally added the 250 Megs they promised me for my hotmail account - anyone else think the timing is quite interesting?

    And has anyone else noticed the added 250 megs in their hotmail accounts?

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    Try not to let life get in the way of living.
  6. For those interested in Gmail on your network... by CaptainTux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Check this press release out

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    Anthony Papillion
    Advanced Data Concepts, Inc.
    "Quality Custom Software and IT Services"