> Is there a place where the information is at a more basic level?  What
> I want to do is get my road runner email sent to gmail.  I think
> someone else was asking a similar question but it hadn't been
> answered.  Everybody knows my road runner email address and I have
> listservs to there, so if I have to change to a web based email to get
> email on my laptop, I want that mail to be forwarded to it.

> Of course, if I knew how to get an email program here that I could
> hook to my road runner email, I would just as soon do that.  But I
> don't know how to do that either,  For some reason this mac, instead
> of having an email program like Outlook (or the one I use on the Linux
> computer my sons set up, Konqueror) directed me to a web based email
> which is part of a service I have to pay 99 bucks a year for.  I kind
> of resent that.

> I put this here because I know POP has something to do with telling an
> email program what server to look for the email on.   I know what to
> put in the boxes for incoming mail server and outgoing mail server on
> Konqueror or Evolution email to get them to get road runner mail.
> But I don't know how to get my road runner mail on gmail.....or how to
> get an email program compatible with mac onto my laptop that i could
> then tell to go get my road runner mail.

> I don't know what a "client" is in your above discussion, which right
> away kept me from going any farther with trying to understand it.
> Thanks
> eulogos

> On Mar 19, 2:39 pm, Gmail Guide Yellow wrote:

> > Ever encounter one of these problems with POP?

> > - Your messages suddenly stopped downloading
> > - You have to re-enable POP every time to continue downloading
> > messages
> > - Only some messages are being downloaded while others are being
> > skipped
> > - The same message is being downloaded over and over again
> > - ALL your messages are being downloaded again

> > If so, here are 3 simple solutions that can help fix your problem:

> > 1. Try enabling recent mode in your POP client by replacing
> > "[email address]" in the Username field of your POP client settings
> > with "recent:[email address]", and configure your POP client to
> > leave mail on the server. Recent mode only fetches the last 30 days of
> > mail, so it's ideal if you don't want your smartphone to download
> > thousands and thousands of messages. Disclaimer: If you don't leave
> > messages on server in your mail client settings, your messages may get
> > moved to Trash after download. For more information on recent mode,
> > check outhttp://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=47948

> > 2. If you're not using recent mode, ensure that your email client is
> > NOT configured to leave mail on the server.

> > 3. Try deleting the entry for your Gmail account in your POP client
> > and then re-adding it with all the correct settings.

> > If these steps don't resolve your problems, check out Gmail IMAP!