Sunday, June 21, 2009

setup outlook 2003 for gmail forwading

enable POP in Gmail

  1. Sign in to Gmail.
  2. Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page.
  3. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
  4. Select Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.
  5. it is always recommend to keep gmail copy in the inbox
  6. click save settings.

configure outlook 2003

  1. Open Outlook 2003
  2. Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts...
  3. Click Add a new e-mail account, and click Next.
  4. Choose POP3 as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click Next.
  5. carefully fill the below informations in the setup page
in the User Information field

  1. Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
  2. Email Address: Enter your full email address
in the Server Information field

  1. Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
  2. Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
in the Login Information field

  1. User Name: Enter your Gmail username (including @gmail.com)
  2. Password: Enter your gmail password
after you filled all informations
  1. Click More Settings... and then click the Outgoing Server tab.
  2. Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server
  3. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3) (the value field became 995 automatically,this is ok)
  4. Check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Outgoing Server (SMTP), and enter 465 in the Outgoing server (SMTP) box.
  5. Click OK
  6. Click Test Account Settings... After receiving Congratulations! All tests completed successfully, click Close
  7. Click Next, and then click Finish

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