] Google recently started introducing free POP3 and SMTP
] e-mail access access to GMail users. However, their
] instructions for Mail were not very accurate, so I
] thought I'd share how to really get up and running with
] this new feature.
]
] Please note that not all accounts have POP3 access yet,
] as it has only been introduced to a handful of users. To
] see if your account is POP-ready, log in and look for
] "New Features!" in red on the top-right of the window. If
] it isn't, this hint won't be very useful to you.

Woah! Neat. I wasn't aware.

macosxhints - Configure Mail for Gmail POP access