

When you send and receive Gmail messages through a browser via that URL, you don't need to worry about email server settings or downloading anything. Of course, another way to get to Gmail on your Mac is to access. They are, however, very similar and require the same IMAP and POP server information linked above. However, the setup instructions for those email clients are not the same as the steps above. In fact, lots of free email clients for Mac can be used to download and send email through your Gmail account. Mail isn't the only program that can access Gmail on a Mac. If you do that, you might also need to enter the Gmail POP server settings in Mail. To use Gmail via POP requires that you enable POP through your Gmail account.

Using IMAP with Gmail requires IMAP server settings. If Gmail doesn't work on your Mac after trying to set up the account, and you've already enabled IMAP access, you might need to modify the email server settings in Mail.
