Gmail Is Killing POP and Gmailify Access. Here’s What It Means for You

Here's what you need to know, and what you can do next.

Google to Shut Down POP Fetching: How to Keep Your Emails Moving

Google has confirmed it will stop supporting Gmailify and the POP "Check mail from other accounts" tool later this year.

End for POP import in Gmail: Google extends grace period

Gmail wanted to cut POP queries for other accounts and Gmailify back in January. Now Google users get a little more time to ...

Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Millions Of Accounts Now At Risk

That’s the same spam protection that Google says “keeps your private information safe. Gmail works hard to protect you from ...
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Gmail to End POP Fetching and Gmailify Features

In a help article, Google writes: Starting January 2026, Gmail will no longer provide support for the following features: Gmailify: This feature allows you to get special features like spam protection ...
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Google is killing off two useful email features in January

Google is ending support for Gmailify and "Check mail from other accounts" in January 2026. These features are being phased out because they rely on the old, insecure POP3 protocol. Web Gmail will ...

Google is making major changes to your Gmail: What users need to know

After years of subtle updates, Google is now rolling out some major changes to Gmail. Among its newest updates are weaving ...
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Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching

Important news for Gmail power users: Google is dropping the feature whereby Gmail can collect mail from other email accounts over POP3.… The company hasn't exactly gone out of its way to call ...
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“Gmailify” your e-mail inbox to get all the benefits of Gmail without using Gmail

You'll get spam protection, better inbox organisation, and more. 1. Google can give visibility of the capabilities of Gmail to non-Gmail users and, hopefully, use that as a showcase to persuade users ...