Google is citing security for the move, which takes effect on Jan. 1. However, Gmail will still support third-party email accounts via the IMAP standard.
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Google is making a change to Gmail that could disrupt your access to third-party email services if you rely on the POP3 protocol.
In a support page, the company announced that Gmail will stop supporting POP (Post Office Protocol), which lets email programs access a third-party mail server.
“Gmail will no longer support checking emails from third-party accounts through POP,” the company wrote. The change takes effect Jan. 1, and also ends the company’s Gmailify spam protection-related service for third-party email accounts.
