How to access G-mail from MS Outlook or any other mail client? Please explain in detail.?

Question

What's a mail server? During setup of an account in Microsoft Outlook, what type of mail server should I select in order to get my G-Mail and Rediffmail on MS Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. ( HTTP, POP3 . . . ). And what is the mail server of G-Mail and Rediffmail.
Please explain the procedures in detail. Thanks.

Answer 1

You can visit this link
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12103&query=email+client&topic=0&type=f&ctx=search
official GMAIL - Email Client Configuration

Answer 2

You'll need to configure the e-Mail Client for each of these accounts separately.

The problem here is that the gateway through which you access the Internet being the one provided to you by your ISP whose connection you use, there can be no generally acceptable configuration that you can use.

You'll have to ask your ISP to give you the settings, because it's through them that your e-Mail Clients will have to go.

Sorry, but you really don't have any other choice.

A mail server, by the way is the server [or a very big version of your PC] where all your e-mail accounts are kept.

The http stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, POP stands for Post Office Protocol and SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

All the best.

Cheers

Answer 3

even i hav a gmail acc and i had also the same prob.
for that i clicked on settings (in gmail) > forwarding and POP3.
here there's an option about "Configure your email client".
click on this link for more help.:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&hl=en&answer=12103

you shud hav asked google for help before putting this question here
(just an advice, dont mind ;)

Answer 4

You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports POP, like Microsoft Outlook or Netscape Mail.
To enable POP in your Gmail account, please follow these steps:


Log in to your Gmail account.
Click 'Settings' at the top of any Gmail page.
Click 'Forwarding and POP' in the orange 'Mail Settings' box.


Select 'Enable POP for all mail' or 'Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.'
Choose the action you'd like your Gmail messages to take after they are accessed with POP.
Configure your POP client* and click 'Save Changes.'



Enable POP in your Gmail account.
Open Outlook or Outlook Express.
Click the 'Tools' menu, and select 'Accounts...'



Click 'Add,' and then click 'Mail...'



Enter your name in the 'Display name:' field, and click 'Next.'



Enter your full Gmail email address ([e-mail]) in the 'Email address:' field, and click 'Next.'
Enter 'pop.gmail.com' in the 'Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server:' field. Enter 'smtp.gmail.com' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:' field.
Click 'Next.'
Enter your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') in the 'Account name:' field. Enter your Gmail password in the 'Password:' field, and click 'Next.'



Click 'Finish.'
Highlight 'pop.gmail.com' under 'Account,' and click 'Properties.'
Click the 'Advanced' tab.
Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)' under 'Outgoing Mail (SMTP).'
Enter '465' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP):' field.
Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)' under 'Incoming mail (POP3).' The port will change to 995.
*The order of 'Outgoing' and 'Incoming' mail server fields varies by version. Make sure you enter the correct information in each field.



Click the 'Servers' tab, and check the box next to 'My server requires authentication.'



Click 'OK.'

Answer 5

Here is a guide from Google

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13276