download poppeeper

You can read about it at 

 http://www.poppeeper.com/

it's available at http://download.com.com/3000-2369-10069858.html?part=85730&subj...

It downloads virturally every type of email, gmail, imap, pop3, and html

It also can show html but default is text.  It's one of the safest email programs I've used.  Very simple program but very useful.