Whats better than a free e-mail address? How about POP support so you can use programs like Outlook and Eudora to check that free e-mail service.
“On Wednesday, the company began providing free POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) access on Gmail accounts. The rollout is expected to reach all users over the next two weeks, said George Harik, director of Googlettes, the name of the Google group overseeing its startup services.
“This [access] is an important part of e-mail because of all the things not enabled by Web-based e-mail,” Harik said.
POP3 access, for example, allows users to read Gmail messages while they are offline and on mobile devices that support the standard, Harik said. “
There is no word on whether AOL, Yahoo, or Microsoft plan on following suit with their own e-mail services.
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