Does Modest allow Gmail pop email access?

After entering the same settings as Green_N above I cannot retrieve or send emails. The Modest client doesn't report any errors. Checking for emails doesn't show any new email (despite sending a test email which it should have picked up) and sending emails just go the outbox and are marked "Fail".

I know most members prefer and recommend IMAP but can anyone confirm that pop should work (or indeed that they have it working) ?