How to read Gmail or Gapps mail message without IMAP/POP3

Can somebody please suggest me a way to read gmail or gapps mailbox without using IMAP/POP3. Is there any third party library that can read mails by disabling IMAP/POP3?

Thanks, Haseena

Solution

You can use Google's GMail API. This will give you access over a RESTful interface without having to enable POP or IMAP. However, you do have to activate API access.