How do you set up Gmail with Outlook Express?

Question

I followed all the directions on the gmail page. Enabled POP forwarding, etc, set it up manually step by step according to the instructions gmail gave, but it doesn't work properly! Is there something I'm missing? Do you have to have the gmail website open or something in order to access it through outlook express?

Answer 1

Have you tried the automatic configuration tool for gmail configuration if not try from the link below :

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

for manual configuration on outlook use following steps

To configure your client manually:

Enable POP in your Gmail account.

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.'


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.'

hope this helps.

Answer 2

No you do not have to have it opened, I use Outlook Express occassionally to check gmail, go back through the instructions again, they are excellent instructions to use, make sure you check outlook express format NOT Outlook, they are two totally seperate email programs.... Good Luck

Answer 3

I agree Mozilla - Thunderbird is the way forward, so functional, I downloaded it a while in the past and characteristic all my emails from gmail hotmail and yahoo coming direct onto it, ...and doubtless acquire Firefox too....just to get the completed adventure!! you will in no way flow back to IE back!!! :D :D