Google "is adding POP, or point of presence, access to Gmail for all users over the next couple of weeks. The move will enable Gmail users to download a copy of their messages through other e-mail programs and devices that support POP," reports The Washington Post.
Comment: More accurately, Google is adding POP3 (Post Office Protocol) e-mail. PoP for "Point of Presence" is a term you don't see much nowadays, but some of us remember when the UK only had a couple of points where you could connect to the Internet, and it was newsworthy when an Internet connection point was opened in a previously unserved city such as Manchester or Birmingham.
