Setting up Gmail in Outlook

[lsemmens]

It seems simple enough. I have enabled IMAP on the server side (i.e. in my gmail acct) Have tried many and varied ways to set it up in Outlook 2010 (I had it working some time back but I'm stuffed if I can make it work now. Always falls over trying to contact the server. I've tried setting the outgoing ports to those recommended by gmail and followed their instructions to the letter but, even when I let Windoze (10 or 7) try and discover the settings for itself it always fails contacting the server! I have my ISP's account and a hotmail account happily working but, since a re-load some time back gmail has refused to play ball. Prior to the re-load gmail was happily working with Outlook, heck I even had it working with Thunderbird for a while. Can anyone throw any light on the subject?

settings
Outgoing same as incoming

imap.gmail.com (also tried googlemail.com)
Port 993
Using SSL

smtp.gmail.com (see above)
Port 587 (I also tried 465)
tried TLS, SSL and Auto

Any suggestions as to where I can go from here. I couldn't even set it up on another machine of mine. It's only gmail that is the issue.

[Seymour Butts]

I have it working on my Outlook system at work, but I'm stuffed if I know the changes that have to be made.
If you don't get satisfaction tonight I'll post my settings Monday morning
Cheers

[lsemmens]

Thanks Seymour, I've tried on and off over the last few months, I really need to spend more effort on it.

[best4less]

imap.gmail.com

smtp.gmail.com



Under more settings



Tick my outgoing server (SMTP) requires authencation
tick use same setting as incoming mail server


icoming server (imap) 993 use dfaut
suse the following type of encrypted connection SSL



outgoing server (SMTP) 587

use the following type of encrypted connection TLS

[best4less]

But i let it set it self up

just needed email address and password and she did all the work

[lsemmens]

wouldn't do that for me best4, even those settings wouldn't work for some stupid reason

[Seymour Butts]

Ohhhh Christ, sorry mate - I forgot

This works for me;

[Thala Dan]

I'm using Outlook with Gmail:

Most of the settings shown above are the same...except I'm using POP, and the Server Port Numbers are different:


Incoming Server (POP3): 995

Outgoing server (SMTP): 465

The Incoming Mail Server is pop.gmail.com

[lsemmens]

I thought I'd tried those settings, having another go now.

[lsemmens]

Nup! Still does not like the server!

Out of curiosity, Seymour, which version of Outlook are you using? I've not seen those message boxes (as in your screen shots) since I stopped using Outlook Express about 10 years ago.

[lsemmens]

Even POP3 does not work!!!!

[jwoegerbauer]

Google provides a site probably useful to read:

[Seymour Butts]

Can I assume you have set Gmail for either Imap or POP ?? in the gmail setting ??

[jwoegerbauer]

Honestly said I imported gmail to outlook.com via outlook.com's import tool: Worked without any hassles.



Info:

Wondering why one doesn't also use outlook.com's import tool? BTW I'm running Windows 10.

[lsemmens]

I had it working under Imap some time back, Seymour so that is what I attempting.

@Jwoe... I could easily set up gmail to forward messages to my MSN account which, from the look of it, is what this "import" feature is about, that is not the point. I have three separate email accounts for three separate reasons and I wish to keep them that way. Gmail is the least used, so it is not as critical as the other two which both work.

[Seymour Butts]

Nup! Still does not like the server!

Out of curiosity, Seymour, which version of Outlook are you using? I've not seen those message boxes (as in your screen shots) since I stopped using Outlook Express about 10 years ago.

Outlook 2015 under Win 8.1 (64Bit) with all updates
Also installed is Lync

Outllook 2010 I could never get working with Gmail - Ooops should have mentioned that earlier - sorry

[Thala Dan]

I'm using Outlook 2003....bit behind the times, I guess

[lsemmens]

It might be that Outlook 2010 might be a common issue! Oh well, I'll wait until I can look at 2015.