Configuring Gmail Account in Outlook 2013, 2010 Using IMAP

A stepwise guide for configuring Gmail account in Outlook 2013, 2010 and 2007 etc using IMAP. Know how to connect Gmail to Outlook IMAP by setting up a Gmail account in Outlook.

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is  used for accessing email from a local client on a remote web server. IMAP is the only free email server that allows synchronizing mails across multiple machines. You just need to follow easy guidelines to know how to configure Gmail in Outlook with IMAP.

Before configuring gmail account in Outlook using IMAP, you have to enable IMAP in Gmail account. For that:

Login to your Gmail account >>Settings>>Forwarding and POP/MAP>>Enable IMAP.

Now launch the Microsoft Outlook 2013 and earlier editions. Select File from the Menu, navigate Info sub-menu and Click the Account settings…

Click on the New button from the Email tab of Account setting window

Provide your name, email address and password. Click the Next button.

 MS Outlook will check credentials you have provided.

In a few second you will get a confirmation message that “your IMAP e-mail account is successfully configured”

Manually Configure IMAP Settings

With the help of the above instructions, MS Outlook will automatically configure all IMAP settings. But still, if the previous method does not work properly or you want to set up IMAP Gmail account manually then follow below steps:

Select Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next button.

 Select first option (Internet E-mail)

Now provide all required information to Configure IMAP account manually.

Use information: Name, Email Address

Server information:

• Account Type – IMAP
• Incoming Mail Server -  imap.gmail.com
• Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) – smtp.gmail.com

Logon Information: User Name and Password

Now click the More Settings button

Click on the Outgoing Server tab>> check the box “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”. Also select the first radio button “Use same settings as my incoming mail server”.

Now click on the Advanced tab and verify the following settings

• Incoming server: 993
• Incoming server encrypted connection: SSL
• Outgoing server: 587
• Outgoing server encrypted connection: TLS

Now test the settings before continuing on which aware you about any incorrect value.

In a few seconds, you can see a message “Congratulations! All tests completed successfully. Click Close to continue”.

At the last you will get a final congratulations message. Click the finish and now you are free to use your Gmail account in Outlook 2013, 2010, 2007 or older editions (which one you have used for the configuration)

Conclusion:

IMAP is widely used mail server for synchronizing email across multiple devices. So this post will surely help you to know how to configure Gmail account in Outlook using IMAP. MS Outlook also provides one mail protocol (POP3) for retrieving emails. So you can also check how configure Gmail in Outlook with POP3 if required. Your suggestions and feedbacks are always welcome.