Enable “POP Download” or “IMAP Access” Enable 3 rd Party Mail Clients Go to Settings (Click on gear icon and Click on “see all settings”)ģ. If you authenticate a session using OAuth credentials, the limit is around the validity period of access token which is usually one hour.
The Gmail IMAP sessions expire after 24 hours. The Gmail POP sessions have a limit of 7 days which means the session will expire after this time and you will get a message saying “session expired”. SMTP server – (TLS required) IMAP/POP Server SessionsĪlthough Gmail supports non-Gmail clients, the server sessions time for IMAP, POP3 are limited. Incoming Connections to Serversīelow are the incoming servers for IMAP, POP and SMTP: The emails are deleted from the mail client once they are downloaded and can only be accessed from where they are stored. With POP you can download all your mails from the email service to your Mac or PC and read it. Using IMAP, Gmail messages can be read on multiple devices including Mac, Desktop or Smartphones without downloading them. IMAP can be used to change SMTP settings and read messages from Gmail in other mail providers like Apple mail or Microsoft Outlook. IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. Take Your Gmail Game to The Next Level with Boxysuite!.
