Unable to set up imap on iMac

I am able to use Mail for a pop account on my 2009 iMac but can not get imap to be an option.
I use imap on my wife's and my Macbook Airs, on out iPads, and on our iPhones.
The iMac is running 10.7.4 and has the same Mail program as the Air (version 5.2(1278).
When I set up an account, the Account Summary shows server address as pop.gmail.com and there is no way to change this.
If I create this account ( my only option) and change the server settings to imap, then I am not able to send or receive mail.
What's up?
Lewis

It's okay if you want it as POP if that's what you are saying, but you should have no problem setting it up as IMAP. Be sure you have the correct settings. You can google search for IMAP & POP settings for gmail servers. I know the incoming port for imap is 993 and for POP it's 995. You also need to make your settings at the gmail site for IMAP or POP, depending on what you want to use and other settings you wish to make.
If you have it set up as IMAP, then you will have an IMAP GMail account folder at the bottom of Mail's sidebar. The only mailbox that is synced with Mail's main mailboxes will be the INBOX. The rest of the IMAP mailboxes will be under the GMail folder. You can expand it to see all that it contains. If you want to sync gmail's sent message to Mail's Sent mailbox, highlight the sent messages mailbox under the gmail folder and open Mailboxes in the menu. In the submenu, choose Use This Mailbox For and choose sent. You can do this for Trash, etc.
Whatever mailboxes you don't map to the main, local mailboxes will be created as needed. It's up to you what you want mapped to the main mailboxes, but I would leave the draft mailbox under gmail and just use local drafts. If you sync one and you decide you don't want it synced, open mail's preferences, accounts tab, mailbox behaviors tab, and uncheck to store on server.

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