Setting up Outlook

[Eoffler]

Ok, you will probably think I'm an idiot, but:

What are these:

Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP server)

Outgoing mail (STMP Server)


Im trying to set up outlook to read my Gmail account, and I'm lost!

[wizard james]

Well, try thunderbird, i find it easyer and its part of mozilla/Firefox.

but, for gmail

1:login on your gmail acct and on the top right go to settings>Forwarding and POP

2: in the POP Download: set it up like this.
2.1: I like Enable POP only for mail that arrives from now on so just check that.
2.2: When messages are accessed with POP: i archive all the mails into the thing, since you got 2gb (almost now 3gb) of room incase you need to go somewere you can check your email from another computer.

2.3 the link will tell you how to setup what ever program for email . i hope you use thunderbird ( www.mozilla.com ) and the guide to set it up http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=38343 .

it tells you how to setup imcomming and outgoing.


now, what is pop3 and STMP? well pop3 (on most servers) it will retreave the mails and remove them from the server. so they are on your computer. but for gmail. it keeps a copy on there server.

stmp is when using thunderbird , you can send mails from it.

heres my thunderbird setup (theme and a few mails) http://www.openopinion.com/Testing/uploader/files/1/mine.png

btw, WELCOME TO OCFORUMS:welcome:

[TalRW]

Here is the difference between pop3 and IMAP. When you are sent an e-mail to your account it is stored on the mail server. If you use the pop3 protocol when you open outlook it will download all the messages off the mail server and delete the messages from the server. This is good if you have one PC and want to not have to worry about space issues on the mail server.

IMAP is similar it checks for mail on the mail server but doesn't really "download them" it accesses the server and you read the e-mails off the server but it doesn't delete them. This is good if you have multiple computers you want to use for the same e-mail account because if you use POP they are downloaded to one PC only but this they stay on the mail server and all PCs using IMAP can access them. The problem with this is mail stays on the mail server so if you don't have that much space it can build up.

[wizard james]

Here is the difference between pop3 and IMAP. When you are sent an e-mail to your account it is stored on the mail server. If you use the pop3 protocol when you open outlook it will download all the messages off the mail server and delete the messages from the server. This is good if you have one PC and want to not have to worry about space issues on the mail server.

IMAP is similar it checks for mail on the mail server but doesn't really "download them" it accesses the server and you read the e-mails off the server but it doesn't delete them. This is good if you have multiple computers you want to use for the same e-mail account because if you use POP they are downloaded to one PC only but this they stay on the mail server and all PCs using IMAP can access them. The problem with this is mail stays on the mail server so if you don't have that much space it can build up.



Ah yeah..forgot to talk about that. thunderbird i know has a setting to "level messages on server" and a few other settings to define how that works.. for pop3. alot of times imap is hard to find, unless you own the mail server.

[stereo555]

I had problems too trying to get gmail to go through Outlook . My remedy was just to use gmail's own "Gmail Notifier" (mail goes straight to your desktop , with icon in your system tray :cool: ) . Look in you gmail account under "settings/general" ; and at the bottom of the page ,left side there is "Get the Gmail Notifier" (click the link) . You will still have to set up the POP3 stuff ,but gmail shows you how to do this and the address's you need . Basically its all fairly simple . Best part about this whole gmail and its notifier is that you save emails on "their" server with 2gig of storage space and the whole thing is VERY customizable (and folders , etc ) .
Never lost an email this way so far and Ive been SUPER happy with the notifier .

[Eoffler]

I actually was planning on downloading Thunderbird, I am a huge fan of the Mozilla corporation and Firefox has served me well.

Thank you for the help