I was looking around for an alternative for Outlook as my email and information client, and happened upon a version of Evolution compiled for windows. Google doesn’t specifically show how to configure Evolution, so I decided to look for examples myself. When I was looking around for information on how to configure it for pop access to Gmail, I found numerous conflicting examples of how to do it. I finally figured it out, and decided I would share my knowledge with the readers of this blog. I figure screen shots should be about as good a way as any to quickly show what needs to be set. I will only show the meaty bits of the account wizard. All you have to do is replace “mister-x” with your account name.

It is optional as to whether you chose to have Evolution remember your password. You will be prompted to accept the certificate for Google Gmail, and to enter your account password when you first access your account.