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Switching to Gmail
To set up your Outlook client to work with Gmail:
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2. Open Outlook.
3. Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts... Visit this group - get answers fast
4. Click Add a new e-mail account, and click Next.
5. Choose POP3 as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click Next.
6. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:

User 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)

Server Information
Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com

Login Information
User Name: Enter your Gmail username (including @gmail.com)
Password: Enter your Gmail password

7. Click More Settings... and then click the Outgoing Server tab.
8. Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as
my incoming mail server.

9. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)

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under Incoming Server (POP3).

10. Check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Outgoing Server (SMTP),
and enter 465 in the Outgoing server (SMTP) box.
11. Click OK.
12. Click Test Account Settings... After receiving Congratulations! All tests completed successfully, click
Close.
13. Click Next, and then click Finish.
14. Download the latest updates for Outlook from Microsoft. This will help prevent the most common Outlook errors
Gmail users see.

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

If you experience problems using POP with Outlook, please check the Common Errors or Troubleshooting tabs.

updated 9/6/2007

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