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In this episode I am going to show you how to configure your gmail account to work in Apple Mail. This is an extremely convenient way to handle your mail. If you have multiple email accounts Apple Mail allows you to receive all of your email in one centralized inbox. In addition, if you configure Mail to send and receive email from your Gmail account, you can easily Sync the account to your iPhone via iTunes. This is quite convenient since typing on the iPhone, although surprisingly fast, can be painful and laborious. Here we Go!

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The first step is to create a gmail account. You can do so by visiting Mail.Google.com. From here simply click on the Sign Up for Gmail Link. After setting up your account you must configure your account for the POP protocol. To do so, click on the settings link in the top right hand corner of the page and then choose the Forwarding and POP tab. From here be sure to enable POP (Enable POP for all email or Enable POP only for messages that arrives from now on) and choose what you would like Gmail to do when messages are accessed with POP. Once these two steps are completed click Save Changes.

Now launch Apple Mail (aka mail.app) and select File –> Preferences (⌘,). Under the accounts pane press the + button at the buttom left hand corner to add a new account. This will bring up the Account Configuration Pane. Choose POP from the account type and fill in the Account Description and Full Name fields. In the Email Address field add your complete Gmail address (e.g. yourname@gmail.com) and click Continue.

In the Incoming Mail Server dialog box enter pop.gmail.com in the incoming email server field. Then enter your Gmail address (e.g. yourname@gmail.com) in the User Name field and your password in the Password field. Click Continue.

In the Outgoing Mail Server pane enter smtp.gmail.com into the Outgoing Mail Server field. Check the Use Authentication box and type your User Name (yourname@gmail.com) and Password in their respective fields. Click Continue (this usually takes a little while- be patient). Click Continue and then Click Done (unless you would like to configure another account). You are finished!

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