{"id":8390,"date":"2020-02-01T03:29:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T08:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=8390"},"modified":"2024-02-20T16:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:51:24","slug":"gmail-settings-incoming-outgoing-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/gmail-settings-incoming-outgoing-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gmail Settings for Incoming and Outgoing Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Google’s Gmail service allows users to gain email client access for retrieving and sending emails without having to log into your account online. This can be done through configuring Gmail settings.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can check your Gmail emails using other email clients such as Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, Zimbra, and Mozilla Thunderbird, it really doesn’t matter as long as the client supports POP<\/a> or IMAP<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can be done by configuring the correct Gmail settings in your preferred client.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gmail Settings for IMAP<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the appropriate fields in your email client, set the following parameters:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server<\/td>imap.gmail.com Requires SSL: Yes Port: 993<\/td><\/tr>
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server<\/td>smtp.gmail.com Requires SSL: Yes Requires TLS: Yes (if available) Requires Authentication: Yes Port for SSL: 465 Port for TLS\/STARTTLS: 587<\/td><\/tr>
Full Name or Display Name<\/td>You Preferred Name<\/td><\/tr>
Account Name, User name, and Email address<\/td>Your full email address<\/td><\/tr>
Password<\/td>Your Password<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Gmail Settings for POP<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you prefer to use POP, these are the settings you will need to use:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incoming Mail (POP) Server<\/td>pop.gmail.com Requires SSL: Yes Port: 995<\/td><\/tr>
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server<\/td>smtp.gmail.com Requires SSL: Yes Requires TLS: Yes (if available) Requires Authentication: Yes Port for SSL: 465 Port for TLS\/STARTTLS: 587<\/td><\/tr>
Server timeouts<\/td>1 minute or more (Ideally 5 minutes or more)<\/td><\/tr>
Full Name or Display Name<\/td>You Preferred Name<\/td><\/tr>
Account Name, User name, and Email address<\/td>Your full email address<\/td><\/tr>
Password<\/td>Your Password<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisite<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before any of the above will work, you will need to sign in to your Gmail account to enable the above services. This can be done by:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A) For IMAP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Going to the top right, click the <\/span>settings cog icon.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>
  2. Click <\/span>Settings<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>
  3. Click the <\/span>Forwarding and POP\/IMAP<\/span><\/strong> tab.<\/span><\/li>
  4. In the “IMAP access” section, select <\/span>Enable IMAP<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>
  5. Click <\/span>Save Changes<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    B) For POP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Follow the above steps up to 3. The proceed with the below steps:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. In the “POP download” section, select <\/span>Enable POP for all mail<\/span><\/strong> or <\/span>Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>
    2. Click <\/span>Save Changes<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      There you have it. Those are the Gmail Settings for incoming and outgoing servers using either IMAP or POP.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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