How to Connect Gmail to Outlook or Another Email Client
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How to Connect Gmail to Outlook or Another Email Client 📧🔗
Gmail is one of the most popular email services in the world. However, many users prefer managing email through desktop clients like Outlook or Thunderbird.
Connecting Gmail to an email client allows you to read, send and manage emails from one place.
In this guide we explain how to connect Gmail to Outlook or other mail applications.
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Why Connect Gmail to a Mail Client
- manage multiple email accounts
- faster workflow
- offline email access
- better organization
Enable IMAP in Gmail
- Open Gmail settings
- Go to Forwarding and POP/IMAP
- Enable IMAP
- Save changes
Connect Gmail to Outlook
- Open Outlook
- Click Add Account
- Enter Gmail address
- Sign in to Google
Gmail IMAP Settings
- IMAP server: imap.gmail.com
- port: 993
- encryption: SSL
Gmail SMTP Settings
- SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
- port: 465 or 587
- encryption: SSL / TLS
Compatible Email Clients
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Apple Mail
- Mailbird
- Spark


