Gmail Configuration in OutLook

Before configuring Gmail in the outlook you need to enable the IMAP. Here the following are the steps to enable the IMAP.

• Log in to Gmail.
• Click the gear in the top right.
• Click Settings.
• Click the  Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
• In the IMAP Access section, select Enable IMAP.
• Click Save Changes
  
  

Once you have done the above successfully, Open the Outlook in the PC

1. If you already have an Outlook account set up and want to add another, click the File tab and then click the Add Account.

If this is the first time you are adding an account, the Welcome window displays. Click Next to display the Add an Email Account window. Select Yes to set up Outlook and then click Next.

2. Click Manual setup or additional server types and then click Next.

3. Click POP or IMAP as your service and then click Next.

4. Enter the following.

• Your Name: <your name>
• E-mail Address: <your email address>
• Account Type: IMAP
• Incoming mail server: imap.gmail.com (SSL enabled, port 993)
• Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com (SSL enabled, port 465)
• User Name: 
• Password: leave blank
• Remember password: unchecked
• Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): unchecked

5. Click the More Settings button

6. With the General tab selected, enter a name for your mail account, if you wish. Otherwise, the mail account name defaults to your email address.

7. Click the Outgoing Server tab and enter the following information:

8. Click the Advanced tab and enter the following information:

• Incoming server (IMAP): 993
• Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSL
• Outgoing server (SMTP): 465
• Use the following type of encrypted connection: TLS

(Make sure this doesn't change your outgoing server settings, above.)

• Purge items when switching folders while online: checked

9. Click OK to close the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box.

10.  In the Add Account window, click Next.

11.  You will be prompted for your password twice:

• For imap.gmail.com server:  
• For smtp.gmail.com server: 

12.  Microsoft Outlook will send you a test message to verify that your account can send and receive email.  If the Test Account Settings dialog box shows that the tests completed successfully, click Close. (If the tests fail, recheck your configuration settings.)

13.  Click Finish to complete the setup of you email account

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