Get Your Gmail Account Synchronized With Outlook Account Easily With This Quick Steps

Author: Katharine Isabella

Outlook offers all the modern mailing features such as easy mail forwarding, customized window, personalized mail writing facility, adding signature and business logo etc. All these amazing facilities can be easily enabled by applying the correct configuration steps. Outlook offers easy synchronization services for all leading mailing domains including Gmail. Where to configure any domain you need to know the IMAP settings, for Gmail you will have to first enable the IMAP settings to configure it into outlook system.

To configure Gmail into outlook:

  • Log in to your Gmail account using computer browser and click on the gear icon located at the top right corner of the screen.
  • From the dropdown menu, click on "Settings" to access the account settings page.
  • Now click on "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab and scroll down to "IMAP" section. In their click on "Enable IMAP" option.
  • Now close Gmail and open Outlook system in your desktop.
  • Click on the "Tools" tab and then click on "Accounts" from the menu. Click on "Add" button and choose "Mail" from the list.
  • First type in your name in the "Display Name" field and click "Next".
  • Enter your Gmail e-mail address in the "E-mail Address" field and click "Next". From the drop-down list, click "IMAP".
  • Now in the "Incoming Mail (POP3 or IMAP) Server" field type in "imap.gmail.com" and "smtp.gmail.com" in "Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server" field.
  • Once you do that, click "Next" and enter your e-mail address in the "Account Name" field along with account password in the "Password" field.
  • Click "Next" and highlight the "imap.gmail.com" icon in the "Internet Accounts" window.
  • Now click on "Properties" button first and then click on the "Servers" tab.
  • In their, check the "My server requires authentication" box and then click on "Advanced" tab.
  • Also check the "This Server Requires a Secure Connection (SSL)" box.
  • Now under "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" field, type "465" and under "Incoming Server (IMAP)" field type "993".
  • Click on "OK" and then click on "Close".
  • Shortly a window will appear to ask if you want to download Gmail folders from the server. Click "Yes" and wait till synchronizing finishes.

If you require more assistance with synchronizing Gmail with Outlook then dial the toll free Outlook Customer Care Number to contact customer services. This is the best way to get connected with helpdesk as it is toll free and works 24x7 round the week. You can get the correct number from support contact page and once you dial Gmail Customer Care Number, you will be connected to one of the best trained technicians. The technicians will help you with resolving synchronization errors that stopping you from setting up Gmail with your Outlook services.