Thanks doogald! How do I manually set it up? I am running the 2.1 leak and see the mail that has imap/pop setup in it. That sounds exactly like what I want.
First, while logged into the gmail account from your PC, go to "Settings" and then go to the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" section. In the "POP Download" section, you'll want to Enable POP, and for "when messages are accessed with POP" make sure that it's set to keep mail in gmail's inbox.
I still have 1.5 on my Eris, so 2.1 may be different, but start the "Mail" application. Chooose "Other (POP3/IMAP)". There is a button on the bottom that says "Manual setup" - choose that.
Protocol is POP.
Email address is obvious, the full email address.
Username is the same as the email address.
Password is obvious.
POP server is pop.gmail.com
Security type is SSL
that should change server port to 995
Tap "next"
That will verify account information. The next screen is the SMTP server settings.
login required should be checked.
username and password should already be filled in
SMTP server is smtp.gmail.com
security type is SSL
that should change the port to 465
Tap "next"
It'll ask for account name and your name (account name is just to distinguish it within the Mail app, if you have multiple accounts set up. Your name is the name that will appear in the "From" field when you send messages.)
Tap "finish setup".
That should open the account. You can press "Menu", "More" and "Settings" to set notification settings (whether you get notifications for mail), send &receive settings (how often it will check, how much of a message it will download at once, to avoid downloading full attachments until you want them. And when you go back to the account, you can press "Menu" and "Refresh" to download the messages.
I hope that helps. Again, it may be that 2.1 changed the settings a bit, but that should give you enough to get started.