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Everybody loves Gmail, but some people use a desktop client, especially in corporate
environments where Outlook is king. Adding your Gmail account to Outlook 2007 couldnt be
easier.
First we need to make sure your gmail account is set up to enable POP (Post Office Protocol).
In Gmail just go to mail settings and choose the Forwarding and POP tab. Click on one of the
options to enable POP.

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Update: Note the drop-down that says what to do when mail is accessed with POP3. Please
do NOT change this to Delete.
Now open up Outlook 2007 and go to Tools \ Account Settings
Under Account Settings choose the E-mail tab and click on
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Enter in all of your gmail

account information **make
sure there is no check next to
Manually configure server**
You do not have to go
through these extra steps.
Just click on Next.
After Outlook has successfully
configured the e-mail server
settings you can go ahead and
click Finish.
Go back to your inbox and hit
send/receive and you
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Here are the important

settings:
Email Address: Your full gmail
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Incoming Mail Server:
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Outgoing Mail Server:
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with your internet provider, as
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email through their system.
User Name: Your full gmail
email address
Now youll need to click on the
More Settings button, and
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Outgoing Server tab for My
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authentication
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tab, and check the box that
says This server requires an
encrypted connection, then
change the fields to match these values:
Incoming Server: 995
Check the box for This server requires an encrypted
connection
Outgoing Server (SMTP): 587
Change the type of encrypted connection to Auto, or use TLS
if you have problems.
Close the dialogs and go
through the rest of the wizard
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