Your newly added Gmail account should show up and say IMAP/SMTP underneath it. You can confirm this by going back to the File > Info menu and clicking on the dropdown menu below Account Information. Now you should have complete access to Gmail via IMAP/SMTP within Outlook. Once you get three green checkmarks, click Finish. This process could take a minute, so you’ll need a little patience.
Outlook 2010 will automatically detect all of the settings needed to connect to Gmail. Now, all you have to do is play the waiting game. Once you’ve entered all of your information, click Next.ģ. (example: Password – type in the password to your Gmail account.
Update – There is a possibility you will need to configure your GMAIL account to enable IMAP connections before running through the steps below. This process works for more than just Gmail you can connect to nearly any email service just by following the simple steps below. But in Outlook 2010, Microsoft has made it a lot easier, and with everything getting done nearly automatically. We’ll have a new article on setting it up on modern versions of Outlook which is part of Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) soon.Ĭonfiguring Outlook to work with Gmail IMAP used to be tricky back in 2007.
Check out how to set up Gmail in Outlook 2013 or how to set it up on. Update: This is for Outlook 2010 which is an old version of Outlook.