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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.

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  1. Alternative to GMAIL by unixfun · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Open Source email service slashmail.org offers IMAPS remote access, no storage limits, and no advertising to boot. Go here for more information on a serious alternative to GMAIL.

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    Slashmail.org "The Open Source Email Com

  2. Re:The catch is.. by value_added · · Score: 0, Troll

    "mushroom mushroom?"

    Not mush room to argue with that.