How to configure Gmail account manually on Microsoft Outlook email client application

Modified on Wed, 17 May, 2017 at 12:40 PM



Google email account can be configured on Microsoft Outlook with help of following steps


    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 formatusername@your_domain.com.

    Password: Enter your email password.


    7. Click Next. If you are configuring Outlook 2007 automatically, you're done! Just click Finish


    8. If you are configuring Outlook 2007 manually, select Internet E-mail and click Next.


    9. 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 domain name in these steps)


        Outgoing mail server (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.



        10. Click the More Settings... button, and select the Outgoing Server tab


        11. Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.


        12. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3).


        13. 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:.


        14. Click OK.


        15. Click Test Account Settings... After receiving 'Congratulations! All tests completed successfully', click Close.


        16. Click Next, and then click Finish.



        Congratulations! You're done configuring your client to send and retrieve Gmail messages.

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