So, which one should you use? Well, that depends entirely on your use case: The difference between POP and IMAP is that the former downloads emails to local storage, while the latter leaves them on Gmail servers and merely updates their status (read, unread, and so on).
When setting up IMAP or POP access to your Gmail inbox on multiple devices, it’s a good idea to configure one device to use IMAP and the other one to use POP. IMAP uploads are limited to 500 MB of email data per day. Gmail lets users download up to 2,500 MB of email data per day using the IMAP protocol or up to 1250 MB of email data per day using the POP protocol. Looking for AOL settings or Outlook email settings? Our Blog's Email Settings category contains specs for all major mail service providers.
#CONFIGURE OUTLOOK EMAIL SETTINGS FOR SMTP FULL#
IMAP Username: Your full email address Password: Your email account password POP3 Username: Your full email address Password: Your email account password
If you want to retrieve email messages sent to your Gmail inbox using a third-party email client, then you need to configure either Gmail POP settings or Gmail IMAP settings. SMTP Username: Your full email address Password: Your email account password Gmail Email Receiving Settings Because Gmail servers are trusted by all other email providers, your messages are unlikely to end up in the spam folder. Using the Gmail SMTP settings below, you can configure a third-party email client to send messages via Gmail servers across the public internet.