How to configure Outlook 2007/2010 for your Gmail address:

    1. Enable POP in your email account. Don't forget to click Save Changes when you're done.
    2. Open Outlook.
    3. Click the Tools menu, and select Account Settings...
    4. On the E-mail tab, click New...
    5. If you are prompted to Choose E-mail Service, select Microsoft ExchangePOP3IMAP, or HTTP, and click Next.
    6. 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.
Enter name, email address, and password

  • Click Next. If you are configuring Outlook 2007/2010 automatically, you're done! Just click Finish.
Successful Configuration

  • 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.
Account Settings

  • 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.
Outgoing Server Tab

  • 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:.Advanced Tab
  • Click OK.
  • Click Test Account Settings... After receiving 'Congratulations! All tests completed successfully', click Close.
  • Click Next, and then click Finish.
Congratulations! You're done configuring your client to send and retrieve Gmail messages.

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