No, they're discontinuing POP 'import' (so mail ends up stored in Gmail) configu...

		OJFord 30 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail will no longer support checking emails from ... No, they're discontinuing POP 'import' (so mail ends up stored in Gmail) configured in the web app and available everywhere, in favour of IMAP client access from the mobile clients only. Fine for some people, not at all equivalent for others. (I'm disinterested, fwiw, haven't used Gmail other than an alumni forwarding address for years.) It's not just a protocol change.

You can use pop still, just not to see external emails in gmail web (and you cant use imap either to do that)