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You can retrieve your Gmail messages with Nokia phone. You can choose either IMAP or POP3 protocol.

IMAP offers several advantages over POP, you can store the email data on Gmail server so you can synchronize with multiple clients, it has better functionality in manipulating inbox, and the ability to manage email folders within single account.

POP is designed to offer simple offline operations, it downloads email to the phone, and generally removing it from the Gmail server, it doesn’t support email folders.

IMAP

Before you can use email on your phone you must enable IMAP in Gmail:

1. Sign in to Gmail.
2. Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page.
3. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
4. Select Enable IMAP.
5. Configure your IMAP client and click Save Changes.

Now configure your phone:

1. Select ‘Messaging’ > ‘Options’ > ‘Settings’ > ‘E-mail’ > ‘Mailboxes’.
   If you have never set up email on your phone before, select ‘Yes’ to define a new mailbox. If you already have other mailboxes, select ‘Options’ and then ‘New mailbox’.
2. Select ‘Start’ to begin the setup wizard.
3. Select ‘IMAP4′ and then ‘Next’.
4. Enter your full email address (including ‘@gmail.com’) as the email address and select ‘Next’. Google Apps users, enter your full address in the format ‘username@your_domain.com’.
5. Enter ‘imap.gmail.com’ as the incoming mail server and select ‘Next’.
6. Enter ’smtp.gmail.com’ as the outgoing mail server and select ‘Next’.
7. Select the appropriate access point and then ‘Next’.
8. Enter a descriptive name for the email account mailbox name.
9. Once your mailbox is set up, select it from the email mailbox settings screen.
10. Select ‘Connection settings’ > ‘Incoming e-mail’.
11. Enter your address (including ‘@gmail.com’ or ‘@your_domain.com’) and password.
12. Select ‘SSL/TLS’ for your security (ports) and define your port as ‘993′.
13. Select ‘Back’.
14. Select ‘Outgoing e-mail’.
15. Enter your email address (including ‘@gmail.com’ or ‘@your_domain.com’) and password.
16. Select ‘StartTLS’ for your security (ports) and define your port as ‘587′.
17. Select ‘Back’ and change any other settings according to your preferences.

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