Configuring Outlook 2003 to gmail

CDsDontBurn · Oct 2, 2006, 01:23 AM

i need help configuring Outlook 2003 to my gmail account. i've set my email addy, password, http email server to "other" (other being non hotmail or msn), i've selected and unselected "log on secure password authentication", and i still can't get gmail to work w/outlook.

what am i missing that i can't get it to work?

TheBlackCat · Oct 2, 2006, 01:46 AM

Can you list your account settings in outlook?

CDsDontBurn · Oct 2, 2006, 02:00 AM

like i said earlier, i tried it w/the SPA box checked and un checked

and the error i get

TheBlackCat · Oct 2, 2006, 05:22 AM

Gmail isn't internet mail, it is a pop mail server. You have to set it that way in outlook (there should be an option for a new pop email account). The server is pop.gmail.com There are instruction on the gmail website. The outgoing server (SMTP) is smpt.gmail.com Everything else seems to be how you listed it. Just do the same thing but under a new pop server account.

Tipstaff · Oct 2, 2006, 06:14 AM

Specific info right HERE.

Pay particular attention to the sections 8 and 9 as you need to login using a secured method (that means secured ports, and authentication).

CDsDontBurn · Oct 2, 2006, 09:12 AM

you guys are awesome

. i'll configure my gmail account when i get home.

CDsDontBurn · Oct 3, 2006, 12:33 AM

well, i got it working now

. i was having a bit of trouble though because i didn't understand what was going on when i performed all the actions i had to do, but didn't set my gmail account to enable pop.

Tipstaff · Oct 3, 2006, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

well, i got it working now

. i was having a bit of trouble though because i didn't understand what was going on when i performed all the actions i had to do, but didn't set my gmail account to enable pop.

Son of a gun.

Good to know.

CDsDontBurn · Oct 3, 2006, 04:29 AM

yep. by default pop is disabled on your gmail account. i was having the password screen constantly come up and i was like "WTF? i put in right". and through reading the instructions on the page you provided me, i came across that enable pop page.

PangingJr · Oct 3, 2006, 07:22 AM

i don't have gmail but yahoo! mail, i think yahoo used to allow free account to use pop3/smtp servers along with its web based email a while ago and users can also use the OL/OLEX on the POP mail. wish yahoo still allowing free account users to use it.

Oct 2, 2006, 01:23 AM	#1
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,760 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	Configuring Outlook 2003 to gmail i need help configuring Outlook 2003 to my gmail account. i've set my email addy, password, http email server to "other" (other being non hotmail or msn), i've selected and unselected "log on secure password authentication", and i still can't get gmail to work w/outlook. what am i missing that i can't get it to work? __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 2, 2006, 01:46 AM	#2
TheBlackCat DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Searching for the Candle in the Dark Posts: 567 Rep Power: 0	Can you list your account settings in outlook? __________________ [color=#000000]There is always an easy solution to every human problem—neat, plausible and wrong.[/color] -H. L. Mencken

Oct 2, 2006, 02:00 AM	Thread Starter #3
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,760 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	like i said earlier, i tried it w/the SPA box checked and un checked and the error i get __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 2, 2006, 05:22 AM	#4
TheBlackCat DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Searching for the Candle in the Dark Posts: 567 Rep Power: 0	Gmail isn't internet mail, it is a pop mail server. You have to set it that way in outlook (there should be an option for a new pop email account). The server is pop.gmail.com There are instruction on the gmail website. The outgoing server (SMTP) is smpt.gmail.com Everything else seems to be how you listed it. Just do the same thing but under a new pop server account. __________________ [color=#000000]There is always an easy solution to every human problem—neat, plausible and wrong.[/color] -H. L. Mencken

Oct 2, 2006, 06:14 AM	#5
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	Specific info right HERE. Pay particular attention to the sections 8 and 9 as you need to login using a secured method (that means secured ports, and authentication). __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Oct 2, 2006, 09:12 AM	Thread Starter #6
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,760 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	you guys are awesome . i'll configure my gmail account when i get home. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 3, 2006, 12:33 AM	Thread Starter #7
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,760 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	well, i got it working now . i was having a bit of trouble though because i didn't understand what was going on when i performed all the actions i had to do, but didn't set my gmail account to enable pop. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 3, 2006, 04:29 AM	Thread Starter #9
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,760 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	yep. by default pop is disabled on your gmail account. i was having the password screen constantly come up and i was like "WTF? i put in right". and through reading the instructions on the page you provided me, i came across that enable pop page. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 3, 2006, 07:22 AM	#10
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 70	i don't have gmail but yahoo! mail, i think yahoo used to allow free account to use pop3/smtp servers along with its web based email a while ago and users can also use the OL/OLEX on the POP mail. wish yahoo still allowing free account users to use it.