Setting up Mail Client...

For Outlook
*support.email2pop.com/Gmail_Outlook_Express.html
*email.about.com/od/outlookexpresstips/qt/et090605.htm

For Thunderbird
*email.about.com/od/mozillathunderbirdtips/qt/et121604.htm
*kb.mozillazine.org/Using_Gmail_with_Thunderbird_and_Mozilla_Suite

legolas

For POP settings of Outlook Express.

If you are using Microsoft office outlook 2007, it does automatically (I don't know if the other clients do automatically too. I have checked with this)

legolas said:

If you are using Microsoft office outlook 2007, it does automatically (I don't know if the other clients do automatically too. I have checked with this)

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Thunderbird too automatically sets up the mail client for GMail account

I prefer to use the IMAP protocol over POP. This is coz whatever you do with POP is only local, meaning its not reflected on the server. That is suppose you delete a msg or mark it as junk then the msg still exists on the server and is NOT marked junked.

To haf proper synchronization you can use the IMAP protocol. Refer these guides:

*www.howtogeek.com/howto/microsoft-office/use-gmail-imap-in-microsoft-outlook-2007/
*revver.com/video/452856/how-to-set-up-imap-gmail-with-outlook-express-thunderbird/
*lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-li...nto-the-ultimate-gmail-imap-client-314574.php

@Infra

Eventhough I agree with you in some point, I prefer POP in areas like deleting messages etc.

For example, if you delete a message by mistake or messup with something at email client, if its POP, the copy in server will be safe. But if its IMAP, we will be in trouble isn't it ?

^^^ It'll be in Trash/Deleted Items on the server

And the automatic setup by Thunderbird for GMail is for POP protocol only.

U can set it up by this:- *tinyurl.com/2p5t36

I was using Thunderbird and Outlook but found that Outlook Exprees is the best.

Really Outlook Express just rocks. *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/42a.gif*gigasmilies.googlepages.com/42a.gif