Adding Gmail Account to Outlook 2013 using IMAP

Here I noted, how do we configure a Gmail account in Outlook 2013. I hope that it will be very helpful to you.

1. At first we Sign in our Gmail Account in our explorer (Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.,).


2. Click the Settings button in the upper, right corner of the window and select Settings from the drop-down menu.


3. On the Settings screen, click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.


4. Scroll down the IMAP access section and click Enable IMAP.


5. Then in the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.


6. Now we Sign out our Gmail and open the Outlook 2013 application. Here we select File menu.


7. In the Account Information page, select Add Account tab.


8. Now the Add Account dialog box is open and we select Manual setup or additional server types. Then click Next.


9. In the next page, select POP or IMAP and click Next.


10. Then the next page, on the Your Name column provide your name, Email Address column, provide our Gmail address. Then the Server information area select IMAP in the Account Type drop-down Menu. Provide the Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server respectively imap.googlemail.com and smtp.googlemail.com. Then in the Logon Information area, provide the Email Address and its Password.

Then click More Settings.


11. In the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box, select the Outgoing Server menu. Then tick the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication check box, and click the same settings as my incoming mail server.


12. Then select the Advanced menu.


13. In the Advanced menu, under the Server port numbers, Incoming server (IMAP) is 993, and the Outgoing server (SMTP) is 587. Then select SSL in Use the following type of encrypted connection drop-down menu and select TLS in Use the following type of encrypted connection drop-down menu. Then click OK.


14. Now in the Add Account page, click Next.


15. Now you can see the Test Account Settings progress. When the testing finish, then click Close.


16. Then the next page, click Finish.


Now you successfully configure your Gmail in your Outlook 2013. You can see your mails in Outlook Inbox.


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