Incoming email protocols like <\/span>POP<\/b><\/a> retrieve email messages from mail servers, enabling users to access, read and respond to the messages via email clients like Outlook, Apple Mail, Gmail, Thunderbird, and others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This article makes adding a Google workspace email to email clients intuitive.<\/span><\/p>\n But before diving into that, let\u2019s clear a few things.<\/span><\/p>\n POP, <\/span>short for Post Office Protocol,<\/span><\/i> is a one-way incoming email protocol that downloads an email message to a computer or device, then deletes it from the server, making the message inaccessible from other devices.<\/span><\/p>\n POP servers work by setting up directories for each email account.<\/b><\/p>\n It downloads all the mails in the corresponding directory into your device when you try to access the messages through an email client and deletes the messages from the server.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The setting works best for users intending to use only one device to access all their email messages.<\/span><\/p>\n POP<\/b> version 3 <\/b>(<\/span>POP3) <\/span><\/i>is the standard version in common use; Port<\/span> 995<\/b> is the default POP3 port for establishing connections with an email server.<\/span><\/p>\n Using POP to set up an email account comes with some benefits, and here are some of them:<\/span><\/p>\n Setting up emails with POP has some disadvantages; here\u2019s a quick highlight of some of them:<\/span><\/p>\n Now, how do you add a Google workspace email to an email client? Let\u2019s find out.<\/span><\/p>\n But first, enable POP settings for your workspace account, and here\u2019s how.<\/span><\/p>\n Visit <\/span>Gmail<\/span><\/a> on your computer and log in to your workspace email account.<\/span><\/p>\n Click the wrench icon at the top corner of the page, then <\/span>See all settings<\/b> to open your account settings.<\/span><\/p>\n On the Settings page, locate and click the <\/span>Forwarding and POP\/IMAP<\/b> tab.<\/span><\/p>\n In the <\/span>POP download<\/b> section, check \u201cEnable POP for <\/span>all mail\u201d <\/b>\u00a0or \u201c Enable POP for <\/span>mail that arrives from now on<\/b>\u201d to enable POP.<\/span><\/p>\n Scroll down to save the changes.<\/span><\/p>\n With POP enabled for your account, follow these steps to add the workspace email to your email clients.<\/span><\/p>\n Adding workspace email to your Android device or iPhone enables you to keep up with your emails from anywhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Follow the steps here to get it done immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n Follow the steps<\/b><\/a> here to add your workspace email to Microsoft Outlook.<\/span><\/p>\n When it gets to configuring <\/span>POP and IMAP Account Settings:<\/b><\/p>\n The image below shows the POP configuration for Outlook.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat\u2019s POP?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Adding Workspace Email To an Email Client<\/b><\/h2>\n
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