[Guide] How to get your GMail email on Microsoft Office Outlook

While GMail is a great web application it can get frustrating on a slow connection. Having your email on a powerful tool like Outlook gives you much better flexibility.

The following guide will show you how to get your GMail email on your Microsoft Office Outlook client.

[NOTE] This guide is compatible with  Outlook 2010. It should work on other version but may slightly differ between those versions.

1. Enable IMAP
   
   • Sign into GMail
   • Click on the gear icon in the upper right to enter Settings.
   • Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
   • Select Enable IMAP.
2. Open Outlook
3. If you have previously opened/run/configured Outlook 2010.

• Click File
• Select 'Add Account' from Info
  
  

• For Outlook 2007
• Click Tools
• Account Settings
• Then click ‘New’ which appears under the EMail tab.

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  If it's your first time opening outlook follow the onscreen prompts by licking Next until you see the following image.

• Enter your display name, email address (including '@gmail.com'), and password.

• Select the 'Manually configure server settings or additional server types' checkbox and click Next

• Select Internet E-Mail and click Next.

• Under Internet E-mail Settings

• Your Name: Enter the name you want displayed to your correspondents
• E-Mail Address: Enter your full email address including @gmail.com
• Account Type: Select IMAP from the list
• User name: Enter your full email address including @gmail.com
• Password: Enter your GMail password

• Click on More Settings
  
  
• Click on Outgoing Server tab

• Make sure that 'My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication' is selected. The radio button 'Use same settings as my incoming mail server' should also be selected.

• Click on the Advanced tab

• Incoming server (IMAP): 993
• Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSL
• Outgoing server: 587
• Use the following type of encrypted connection: TLS

• Click OK and you will returned to the Internet E-mail Settings page.
• Click Next and Outlook will check your settings.
• Once successful checked you will be presented with the following screen.
  
  
  
• Click Finish and you will be taken to your Outlook inbox and your email will be downloaded from GMail.

Your GMail should now be configured to download to Microsoft Office Outlook . If you have any questions or comments, you may address them in the following comments area.