Outlook configuration settings for Gmail

You need to follow few steps to configure your Gmail into the outlook.

Enable IMAP: first thing you need to do is enable IMAP in your Gmail settings. You can only do this when you are using standard view of Gmail in your browser.

• Log in to Gmail account.
• Click on the "gear" button at the top right corner of the page.
• Click on "settings" from the drop down menu.
• Click on "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" menu.
• Click on "Enable IMAP".
• Save the changes.

Configuring Outlook

• Open outlook 2013.
• Select the "file" menu.

• Select "Add Account" in the account information screen.

• Select "Manual setup or additional server types" in the dialogue box.

• Select "POP or IMAP" on the choose service screen.

• Fill in your email ID and password in "user information" box.
• Set up server information:

Account type: IMAP

Incoming mail server: imap.gmail.com

Outgoing mail server: smtp.gmail.com

• Fill up Log on Information.

• Select "more settings" at right bottom corner.
• Select "outgoing server'.
• Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" and select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server".

• Now click on "Advance" tab in the same window.
• Fill up the following:

Incoming server (IMAP): 993 or 143

Incoming server encrypted connection: SSL

Outgoing server (SMTP): 25 or 465

Outgoing server encrypted connection: TLS

• Click "ok".

• Click "next".
• Again click "next".
• Click "finish".
• Now you can access Gmail from outlook.