problems@gmail wrote:

> Web-mail is crap !
> All these protocols which have moved to http [for dummys]
> cost me expensive dial-up-connect time.
>
> Something that I read seemed to suggest that gmail can do
> pop and smtp as well. Is this true ?

Yes, the instructions to set it up are given under 'Settings'.
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