There are plenty of tutorials available online on how to setup Gmail IMAP Server for Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail and all the other mobile devices. I’m not going to repeat these tutorial, what I am going to discuss today are common errors in setting up your Gmail IMAP server.
Setup Outlook Express To Work With Gmail
Enable IMAP/POP in Gmail Settings:
One of the many common error or mistake in setting up IMAP access for your gmail is not enabling the POP/IMAP feature in Gmail itself, this can be done by enabling it via “Setting” –> “Forwarding and POP/IMAP”.
IMAP SSL And Port
To access Gmail via IMAP/POP, you need to enable secure connection (SSL) in your email client. The default non secure port is 143 or 465 (depending on the email client) and is not compatible with Gmail, change the port settings to 993.
Why IMAP access?
Why IMAP instead of POP? Well, IMAP access enables your mail box to be synced automatically and it is up to date at all times, unlike POP where you have to click on the ‘Update’ button.
How To Setup Gmail IMAP Server Access:
Mail Clients supported:
- Outlook Express (Windows)
- Outlook 2003 (Windows)
- Outlook 2007 (Windows)
- Apple Mail 2
- Apple Mail 3 (Leopard)
- Windows Mail
- Thunderbird 2
Mobile Devices supported:
- Android
- iPhone
- BlackBerry
- Symbian
- Windows Mobile 5
- Windows Mobile 6
- SnapperMail
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Turn on imap, and also sync contacts and calendar items from a Windows Mobile based mobile phone via activesync on the device. Very useful features those.
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993 is IMAP port (SSL)
995 is POP port (SSL)
secure smtp ports are
465 (STARTTLS)
587 (SSL)
I have been trying to setup my thunderbird and my imap have not been working
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Thanks for this post! I see you used a gmail account. I really love gmail because its free yet it provides options not available to other email providers – the IMAP and POP3. It is useful to setup webmails in MS Outlook. It cuts off lots of hassle.
Why enable POP3 and IMAP at the same time? Is this because some clients don’t support IMAP?
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Nice article. Gmail setup in outlook