Here’s how you can check if IMAP or POP is turned 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. 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. If you change your mind or email service, you want to open Safari’s preferences and click the “Extensions” tab then “Uninstall” to remove the extension, or “Options” to reopen the configuration page.Using the Gmail SMTP settings below, you can configure a third-party email client to send messages via Gmail servers across the public internet.

You should perform a web search or consult your email’s knowledge base for what that URL would be. You can click “Custom URL” at the bottom and add it. Note, if your email isn’t represented in this list. Now, when you click upon mailto: links, your email service should open in a compose tab. Choose your mail service and then restart Safari. Once you download the extension and install it, a configuration screen will open. The mailto extension works for more than simply Gmail. We searched for an easy method (keyword: easy) such as a setting or configuration file, but the only way to reliably do this in Safari is using the mailto extension (it’s also available for Opera and Chrome).

Unfortunately, Safari doesn’t have a simple way to set applications handlers. Okay, so those are third-party browsers, but what about Apple’s own Safari browser, which a great number of Mac users use by default?

Scroll through the “Content Type” until you find “mailto” and then choose your default “Action” from the right column. Open the preferences (“Command + ,”) and click the “Applications” tab.

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