IPhone and Mac Mail Issue

I recently got an iPhone 4 and I have had a Mac for a while. I love Apple's mail app and use it daily! I ran into a problem with my new iPhone though, the email accounts wouldn't "sync". I realize that this is because they are POP3 accounts. Does anyone have a step by step directions to import that email into a gmail, but have it act like the gmail wasn't there? (AKA It would import messages from Windstream thru gmail to my phone, and when I reply it goes back thru my windstream email. It would also "sync" the email account with the one of my Mac.) Thanks in advance!

Check the "Import your email and contacts from your old address" section of this "about gmail" article:
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/tips.html

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All you have to do is in your phone mail settings you have to add "recent:" before your username (I've put it before address and description as well just incase)
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You're welcome.
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2. What version of the iOS are you running (Settings > About)?
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