If Outlook is taking a very long time to setup Gmail, re-open Microsoft Outlook and try again. Click on OK, when you see Account Setup is complete pop-up. Make Gmail as Default in Outlook. If the plan is to use Gmail in Microsoft Outlook most of the times, you can designate your Gmail Address as the default Email Account in Outlook.
If you are using Microsoft Outlook 2016 to manager emails, you may want to connect your commonly used Gmail account to Outlook for the convenient management of your emails. Now, this post will show you how to setup Gmail account in Outlook 2016 via IMAP.
How to setup Gmail account in Outlook 2016 via IMAP
Before starting to add/setup Gmail account into Outlook 2016, you need to enable IMAP Access and Allow less secure apps in your Gmail account.
Section 1: Enable IMAP protocol access in Gmail
Step 1: Log into your Gmail account.
Step 2: Click the settings gear button and then select Settings.
Step 3: On the Settings page, click Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Locate the IMAP Access section, select Enable IMAP, leave the rest of the default settings as they are, and then click the Save Changes button.
Section 2: Allow less secure apps
Step 1: Click on your head picture and then click My Account.
Step 2: On the 'My Account' page, click the Connected apps & sites link, scroll down to locate the Connected apps & sites section, and then make sure Allow less secure apps is turned on.
Step 3: After 'IMAP Access' and 'Allow less secure apps' are enabled, you can sign out. Next, you can setup the Gmail account in Outlook 2016 by configuring IMAP settings. Do as follows.
Section 3: Setup Gmail account in Outlook 2016
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Step 1: Start your Outlook 2016 app by clicking Outlook 2016 shortcut on Windows taskbar.
Step 2: Click File -> Info tab, and click the Add Account button.
Tips: If it's the first time you start Outlook and you've never added any email account yet. The 'Welcome to Outlook 2016' window will open. Click Next, select Yes and click Next.
Step 3: Select Manual setup or additional server types and click Next.
Step 4: Select POP or IMAP and click Next.
Step 5: Fill in the information of your Gmail account, and then click More Settings.
Tips: In the Logon Information section, use your Gmail address as the User Name, and use your Gmail logon password as the Password.
Step 6: Select the 'Outgoing Server' tab, check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication, and keep Use same settings as my incoming mail server selected.
Step 7: Select the Advanced tab. In the “Incoming server (IMAP)” section, select SSL as the type of encrypted connection, and it will automatically use 993 as the incoming server port. In the 'Outgoing server (SMTP)' section, select TLS as the type of encrypted connection, it will use 25 as the outgoing server port; alternatively, you can also select SSL as the type of encrypted connection and type 465 as the outgoing server port. Finally, click OK.
Step 8: When you return back to the Add Account dialog, check Automatically test account settings when Next is clicked, and then click Next.
Step 9: Outlook will be testing the account settings you entered. If everything went right, it will successfully log onto the server and send test e-mail messages. Then click Close.
Step 10: Now, you're all set. Outlook 2016 now has all the information to setup your Gmail account. Click Finish, and your Gmail account has been successfully added to Outlook 2016.
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One of the best ways to get started with cloud computing is to use a cloud-based e-mail service such as Google’s Gmail instead of server-based Microsoft Exchange. However, you may not be ready to jettison the familiar interface of Microsoft Outlook just yet. Not to worry: Outlook can be configured to work with Gmail.
But before you can configure Outlook to work with Gmail, you must configure Gmail to work with Outlook. To do that, you must enable the IMAP protocol for your Gmail account. Here are the steps:
- Log into your Gmail account.
- Click the gear icon at the top right, then choose Settings.
- Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP to bring up the POP and IMAP settings.
- Click Enable IMAP.
- Click Save Changes.
After you configure Gmail for IMAP, you can add your Gmail account to Outlook. Here are the steps for Microsoft Outlook 2013:
- Start Outlook 2013.
- Choose File→Account Settings.
- In the Account Settings dialog box, click New.
- Choose Email Account, then click Next.
- Choose Manual Setup or Additional Server Types, then click Next.
- Choose Pop or IMAP, then click Next.
- In the Add Account page, enter the following information:
Your name: The display name you’d like to use Email address: Your complete Gmail address (e.g.,
[email protected])Account type: IMAP Incoming mail server: imap.Gmail.com Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.Gmail.com User name: Your complete Gmail address (e.g.,
[email protected])Password: Your Gmail password - Click More Settings.
- Click the Outgoing Server tab.
- Select My Outgoing Server (SMTP) requires authentication.
- Select Use Same Settings As My Incoming Mail Server.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Enter the following information:
Incoming server (IMAP): 993 Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSL Outgoing server (SMTP): 465 Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSL - Click OK to close the More Settings dialog box.
- Click Next.
- Be patient while Outlook tests the connection.
- When the test completes, click Close. (If the test is not successful, carefully double-check all of your entries.)
- Click Finish.