Gmail Settings For Outlook Mac To Work

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Gmail Settings For Outlook Mac To Work

Setting up Outlook for Mac to work with Gmail isnt complicated and gives you all the best features of both the app and the service.

The process below allows Outlook to synchronize with Gmail, including all mail and labels.

Set up as an IMAP account, Gmail in Outlook for Mac not only receives and sends mail; it also accesses all your old Gmail messages.

Then, youll set up Outlook for Mac to download your Gmail messages.

Go to the Forwarding and POPIMAP tab and select Enable IMAP.

After Gmail has been set up to enable IMAP, open Outlook for Mac and follow these steps.

On the Accounts screen, select the plus sign ( ) in the lower-left corner, and then New Account.

Messages that have been assigned a label (or more than one) in Gmail on the web appear in folders in Outlook for Mac.

Likewise, if you copy a message in Outlook to a folder, it appears under the corresponding label in Gmail; if you move a message, it is removed from the corresponding label (or the inbox) in Gmail.