To configure Outlook 2007/2010
for your Gmail address:
- Enable POP in your email
account. Don't forget to click Save Changes when
you're done.
- Open Outlook.
- Click the Tools menu,
and select Account
Settings...
- On the E-mail tab,
click New...
- If you are
prompted to Choose
E-mail Service, select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and
click Next.
- Fill in all
necessary fields to include the following information:
Your
Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the
From: field of outgoing messages.
Email Address: Enter
your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com).
Google Apps users, enter your full address in the format username@your_domain.com.
Password: Enter
your email password.
Manually
configure server settings or additional server types: Leave
this option unchecked if you want to automatically configure Outlook 2007/2010.
If you want to manually configure Outlook 2007/2010, check this box now. Google
Apps users should configure manually as follows.
- Click Next. If you are
configuring Outlook 2007/2010 automatically, you're done! Just click Finish.
- If you are
configuring Outlook 2007/2010 manually, select Internet E-mail and
click Next.
- Verify
your User
Information, and enter the following additional
information:
Server
Information
Account
Type: POP3
Incoming
mail server: pop.gmail.com
(Google Apps users, enter the server names provided, don't add your domain2 name
in these steps)
Outgoing
mail server3 (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
Logon
Information
User
Name: Enter your Gmail username (including @gmail.com). Google Apps users, enter your full
address in the format username@your_domain.com
Password: Enter
your email password.
Require
logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Leave
this option unchecked.
- Click the More Settings... button,
and select the Outgoing
Server tab.
- Check the box
next to My
outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and
select Use
same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Click the Advanced tab, and
check the box next to This
server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)under Incoming Server (POP3).
Enter 995 in the 'Incoming Server' box.
- In the Outgoing server (SMTP) box,
enter 587, and
select TLS from
the drop-down menu next to Use
the following type of encrypted connection:.
- Click OK.
- Click Test Account Settings... After
receiving 'Congratulations! All tests completed successfully', clickClose.
- Click Next, and then
click Finish.
