How to Configure Gmail in Microsoft Outlook?

Configuring your Gmail account in Microsoft Outlook would become as easy as 1, 2, 3 for you after reading the below mentioned step by step process. Gmail messages can now be retrieved with the help of any device or client which can provide POP support and Microsoft Outlook is one of those clients that offer POP support to their users. Just concentrate and read the every step carefully to understand the whole process:

POP Option Enabling in Gmail:

First of all login to your Gmail account
Then click on “Settings” option which can be seen on right top of your screen
There you will find “Forwarding and POP / IMAP” option, click on it
There an option i.e. “Enable POP for All Mails” or “Enable POP for Mail” should be clicked
Now an action would be asked to choose after getting POP access from Gmail. Choose appropriate one that suits your need
Check “Configure your POP client” and then a button saying “Save Changes” should be pressed

Configuration in Microsoft Outlook 2007

We consider that you have already opened Microsoft Outlook 2007, click Tools Menu
Click an option “E-mail Account” There you will see an option “Add a new e-mail account” select it and then click on the button “New”

There you will be asked by the system to select server type. POP3 or POP option must be selected ….. then click on the option “Next”
Now system will ask for necessary setting. Put on your desired / required setting including email address and password of your email
Write “pop.gmail.com” as your incoming mail server and as the settings of outgoing mail server “smtp.gmail.com” must be written in the required field

Then click on the button that says “More Settings . . .”
Then click on the tab saying “Outgoing Server” and an option saying “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” must be checked by you. It will increase security and a password will be required to even send a single email from this Microsoft Outlook in addition to receiving email

Then on the same screen, you will see a tab saying “Advanced”, click on it
Here you will have to change port numbers for your incoming and outgoing mail server but first you need to check the appropriate box before assigning any value

Incoming server should be set a port value as “465” and “995” port number should be set to outgoing mail server
That’s it. You are done and finally have set up Gmail in Microsoft Outlook 2007