Here is a simple step by step instruction to download your Gmail mails on your laptop/computer using MS Outlook Express. There are few advantages of having your Gmail mails downloaded on your laptop!
1. You do not need to download the attachments and store on a folder, it will remain in your Outlook Express, safely, to be retrieved along with the mail, OFF LINE.
2. To check your old mails, you need to go ONLINE.
3. You already know MS Outlook can keep downloading emails in a given interval and you need not keep visiting Gmail page to check your emails.
The setting of GMail is very easy. You can simply CLICK here to read setting it up from Google itself, or you can continue reading.
1. Click on the settings circled red as in the picture. on your Gmail Inbox after you login in www.gmail.com, located top right.
2. Click on the circled Forwarding and POP/IMAP in red as in the picture.
3. Now Choose Enable as in the above picture circled red. And you are done with GMail Settings. Now proceed to Outlook Express.
Here are the details of Gmail Pop 3 access details
1. username : Full Gmail Email ID
2. Password : password of your gmail email id.
3. pop3 Server : pop.gmail.com
4. SMTP Server : smtp.gmail.com
5. POP3 Port : 465
6. SMTP Port : 995
And, both the servers need SSL certificate.
That’s all! Quite easy ? Still if you face any problem, you can leave a comment and I will configure Outlook Express, completely free, either on phone, using Remote access ( Team Viewer ).
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