How To Use Outlook With Gmail

The email service from Google- Gmail, is a very efficient and largely used email service by countless number of people. Sending and receiving mails is a facile task in Gmail. A large amount of storage space is also available with Gmail. A huge advantage that Outlook users see is that Outlook can be used with ease in Gmail. But the IMAP protocol of the Gmail account has to be enabled in order to setup Gmail to function with Outlook. This can be done by following the below provided Outlook settings guidelines.

Instructions

• Access the Gmail account.
• The gear icon will be present at the top. Select it and click on Settings.
• Access POP and IMAP settings by selecting Forwarding And POP/IMAP Settings.
• Choose the Enable IMAP option.
• Now choose Save Changes.

Now Gmail for IMAP is configured and the Gmail account can be added to Outlook. To configure Outlook 2013, you have to follow the below provided steps.

• Launch Outlook 2013.
• From the different menus at the top, select the File menu and choose Account Settings.
• Select the New option from the Account Settings window.
• Select Email Account and then select the Next button.
• The Manual Setup Or Additional Server Types option has to be selected and then select the Next button.
• POP or IMAP has to be selected. Now, select the Next button.
• The following details have to be typed in the Add Account Page.
• You will require entering your name, account type, email ID, username, password, incoming mail server and outgoing mail server.
• Now choose Mail Settings.
• The tab titled Outgoing Server has to be selected.
• The My Outgoing Server (SMTP) Requires Authentication option has to be clicked.
• The option Use Same Settings As My Incoming Mail Server has to be selected.
• Now choose the tab by the name Advanced.
• The details for the incoming server and outgoing server have to be entered.
• In order to close the More Settings dialog box, click on the OK button.
• Now select the Next button.
• Now Outlook will test the connection.
• Select the Close button on completion of the test.
• Now click the Finish button.

By following these Outlook settings guidelines, Microsoft Outlook can be used with Gmail. Configuring Gmail with Outlook will help you to access and view mails while you are even offline.