Setting Up Google Apps in Outlook 2003 (IMAP)

1. Open Outlook.
2. Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts…
3. Click Add a new e-mail account, then click Next.
4. Choose IMAP as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click Next.
5. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
   

   User Information
   Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
   Email Address: Enter your address in the format username@your_domain.comServer Information
   Incoming mail server (IMAP): imap.gmail.com
   Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com

   Login Information
   User Name: Enter your full email address (username@your_domain.com)
   Password: Enter your password.

   

6. Click More Settings… and then click the Outgoing Server tab.
7. Check the box next to ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’ and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
8. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to ‘This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)’ under Incoming Server (IMAP). Also, enter 993 in the Incoming server (IMAP) box.

1. 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.
2. Click OK.
3. Click Next, and then click Finish.
4. Download the latest updates for Outlook from Microsoft. This will help prevent the most common Outlook errors that Gmail users see.
5. Check our recommended client settings, and adjust your client’s settings as needed.

Congratulations! You’re done configuring your client to send and retrieve Gmail messages.