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Outlook Express: Gmail POP Troubleshooter

This document provides instructions for configuring Outlook Express, Outlook 2000 or newer, or Thunderbird 1.5 to access a Gmail account via POP. It describes using an auto-configuration tool to set it up automatically in 5 steps or configuring manually in 17 steps, which involves enabling POP in Gmail, adding the Gmail account in Outlook Express, and ensuring secure connections on ports 465 and 995.

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Outlook Express: Gmail POP Troubleshooter

This document provides instructions for configuring Outlook Express, Outlook 2000 or newer, or Thunderbird 1.5 to access a Gmail account via POP. It describes using an auto-configuration tool to set it up automatically in 5 steps or configuring manually in 17 steps, which involves enabling POP in Gmail, adding the Gmail account in Outlook Express, and ensuring secure connections on ports 465 and 995.

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Outlook Express

Having troubles with POP configuration? Windows users can download


the Gmail POP Troubleshooter tool to automatically diagnose any POP
issues with Outlook 2000 or newer, Outlook Express 6, or Thunderbird
1.5.

To configure your client automatically:


1. Run the auto-configuration tool. (You can also configure your client manually.)

2. Click 'Open,' and select the program you'd like to use with Gmail.
3. Enter your Gmail username (everything before '@gmail.com') in the 'E-mail address:'
field.
4. Enter your name in the 'Display name:' field.

5. Click 'Configure.'

Congratulations! You're done configuring your client to send and retrieve Gmail
messages.
To configure your client manually:
1. Enable POP in your Gmail account.
2. Open Outlook or Outlook Express.

3. Click the 'Tools' menu, and select 'Accounts...'

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

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

6. Enter your full Gmail email address ([email protected]) in the 'Email address:' field,
and click 'Next.'
7. 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.
8. Click 'Next.'

9. Enter your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') in the 'Account name:' field. Enter
your Gmail password in the 'Password:' field, and click 'Next.'

10.
11.
12.
13.

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).'
14. Enter '465' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP):' field.
15. 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.

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

17. Click 'OK.'


Congratulations! You're done configuring your client to send and retrieve Gmail
messages.
* Did you click 'Save Changes' after enabling POP in Gmail? To ensure that Gmail can
communicate with your mail client, be sure to click 'Save Changes' on the 'Forwarding and POP'
tab in your Gmail settings.

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