 Setting
up a free Gmail email account in Outlook Express or Windows Mail
Ok now this is going to kill the competition because
Gmail email now has IMAP which will allow to to download your emails to any
compatible device, including your computer. This means that you can have a free
email account with Gmail and collect and read the emails in your Outlook Express
or Windows Mail. Therefore you will not have to go to the usual web based inbox
to see your new emails. All you have to do is open your Outlook or Windows Mail
and the emails will download there.
This is amazing as having this feature usually meant you
had to upgrade your account to a paid version. Obviously Yahoo and Hotmail still
do no offer IMAP for free to their free email customers, however they might do
in the future.
When setting up this free Gmail account in Outlook or
Windows Mail there are a few more settings to change, however once you have
completed the setup it is well worth it.
To setup a Gmail email account in Outlook Express you will
need:
- You must have a Gmail email account.
- You must
Enable IMAP in your Gmail email account
- Your username for your email account at Gmail.
- Your password.
- The incoming mail server name.
- The outgoing mail server name.
- The port settings and details.
What are the email settings for a Gmail email
account?
- Account Type: IMAP
- Incoming mail server:
imap.gmail.com
- Outgoing Mail Server:
smtp.gmail.com
- Incoming mail port:
993
- Outgoing mail port:
465
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How to setup a Gmail email account in Outlook Express or
Windows Mail?
- Open Outlook Express or Windows Mail
- Choose tools from the top menu.
- Then choose accounts..
- To make a new account press on add and
then mail.
- Now the new email account wizard will
start.
- Fill in your display name
first. This is what people see instead of the ugly email address.
- Press next.
- Fill in your email address. Mine is
computer.tips.free@gmail.com.
Press next.
- Press the arrow to make the menu drop
down and choose IMAP. (see screenshot below)
- Now type in your incoming and outgoing mail
servers. Press next.
- Now type in your Gmail account username
and password.
- Tick the box that says Remember my
password.
- Then when the wizard is finished we need to add the
port details in and change a few advanced settings.
- Choose tools from the top menu. Then
choose accounts..
- Go to the mail tab.
- Now make the account you just created blue.
- Then choose properties from the side
menu. (see screenshot below)
- Now the Properties for your
Godaddy email account will come up. See the screenshot below.
- Go to the Servers tab. Here you can check
your incoming and outgoing mail servers and also tick the box that says My
server requires authentication.
- Now go to the Advanced tab.
(See screenshot below)
- Change the outgoing port to 465.
- Tick the box under this that says this server
requires a securer connection (SSL)
- Also Tick the
box under the incoming mail section that says this server requires a
securer connection (SSL)
- Then the incoming port
will automatically be set to 993
- Now press apply and ok.
Username and password errors saying invalid
credentials or web login required when I try to send and receive email in
Outlook Express or Windows Mail.
When I actually tried to send or receive email
with the Gmail account through my Outlook it would not let me. It came up with
and error saying that I had invalid credentials, however I knew my username and
password were right. Then I searched Gmail help and found this answer which
solved my problem immediately.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78754
I had to clear or unlock my CAPTCHA in my Google
account. Captcha is the verification letters that come up to verify you are a
human and not a computer. If you visit the link above this problem will be
easily solved.
Notes:
- Go
here to sign up for a free Gmail account.
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If you do not have any previous email
accounts setup in Outlook Express the account wizard will open when you open
the program. Fill in the details when prompted. You can also go back and check
all the settings using the steps above.
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You cannot make your hotmail or Yahoo email open in
Outlook or Windows Mail.
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In Windows Vista it is pretty much the same
in Windows Mail, however the incoming and outgoing ports may be in different
positions so be careful where you enter then.
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When you have an email account that has
taken some time to setup you should
Backup your Email Account Settings
and next time you need them you can simply import them back into Outlook or
Windows Mail.
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