Click Save Changes at the bottom of the screen. Allow Less Secure Apps to Access Your Gmail Account RELATED: If you are not using 2-factor authentication on your Gmail account (although ), you will need to allow less secure apps to access your Gmail account. Gmail blocks less secure apps from accessing Google Apps accounts because these apps are easier to break into. Blocking less secure apps helps keep your Google account safe. If you try to add a Gmail account that does not have 2-factor authentication on, you will see the following error dialog box. It is better to, but if you would really rather not, visit and log in to your Gmail account if prompted. Then, turn on Access for less secure apps.
Now you should be able to continue to the next section and add your Gmail account to Outlook. Add Your Gmail Account to Outlook Close your browser and open Outlook. To begin adding your Gmail account, click the File tab. On the Account Information screen, click Add Account.
Gmail address: E-mail address for outgoing and incomming messages: Password: Optional. Password to access Gmail - you do not need to fill it, you can fill the pasword after import this configuration to Outlook Display name: Optional. Name of the user sending email.
On the Add Account dialog box, you can choose the E-mail Account option which automatically sets up your Gmail account in Outlook. To do this, enter your name, email address, and the password for your Gmail account twice. (If you are using two-factor authentication, you’ll need to.) The progress of the setup displays. The automatic process may or may not work. If the automatic process fails, select Manual setup or additional server types, instead of E-mail Account, and click Next.
On the Choose Service screen, select POP or IMAP and click Next. On the POP and IMAP Account Settings enter the User, Server, and Logon Information. For the Server Information, select IMAP from the Account Type drop-down list and enter the following for the incoming and outgoing server information: • Incoming mail server: imap.googlemail.com • Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.googlemail.com Make sure you enter your full email address for the User Name and select Remember password if you want Outlook to automatically log you in when checking email. Click More Settings. On the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box, click the Outgoing Server tab. Select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and make sure the Use same settings as my incoming mail server option is selected.
While still in the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box, click the Advanced tab. Enter the following information: • Incoming server: 993 • Incoming server encrypted connection: SSL • Outgoing server encrypted connection TLS • Outgoing server: 587 NOTE: You need to select the type of encrypted connection for the outgoing server before entering 587 for the Outgoing server (SMTP) port number. If you enter the port number first, the port number will revert back to port 25 when you change the type of encrypted connection. Click OK to accept your changes and close the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box.