The major difference between Windows 8 and previous
versions of Windows Operating System is the touch-screen mode. So when Win8
users prefer the touch mode for all operations, then why not for emails.
Keeping this fact into consideration, Microsoft has introduced Outlook 2013
with touch-mode so that users no more have to switch between the touch mode and
the mouse mode.
In this segment, we will check out the process as how
to configure MS Outlook 2013 for Windows 8 with an IMAP or POP3 account. Here,
I am exemplifying Outlook 2013 configuration with Gmail.
Gmail Settings
Step1) Login to Gmail account with which Outlook has to be
configured. At the upper-right corner of the window, click on the Settings icon
and navigate to Settings option.
Step2) Click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab
Step3) In the IMAP
Access section, click on the radio button for Enable IMAP
Step4) After this, click the Save changes button at the bottom of screen and then log-out from
the Google Mail account.
Outlook Settings
Step1) Open Outlook 2013 and in
the File menu
Step2) Select Add Account option.
Step3) An Add Account wizard will pop up on screen. Enable the radio button
for E-mail Account and fill in the
required credentials.
Your
Name:
Enter your full name here
Email
Address: Enter address that is used to login Gmail account
Password:
Enter the password used to login Gmail profile
Retype
Password: Confirm the password typed above
Step4) Configuration set up
between Outlook and Gmail will get started automatically. However, note that
this process might not work every time.
Step5) If in case automatic
configuration fails, choose the second option on Add Account Wizard which is Manual Setup or Additional Server Type.
Click Next to move further.
Step6) A screen name Chose Services will appear. Define if
you want to connect with POP3 or IMAP email account.
If POP3 is selected, the emails will be
directly downloaded from Server (This will be suitable if Gmail data has to be
downloaded only on one machine installed with Outlook). In case Outlook is
configured on different machines with same mail account, use the IMAP account
as copy of email will be downloaded from Server in this case.
Step7) In the POP and IMAP Account Settings window,
fill up the fields:
Incoming Mail Server: imap.googlemail.com
(or pop.googlemail.com)
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):
smtp.googlemail.com
In the Log-on information
section, enter complete username and password for Gmail.
Step8) Now, click on More
Settings tab. A dialog box named ‘Internet E-mail Settings’ will pop up on screen. Click on ‘Outgoing Server’ tab and Enable the
option ‘My outgoing server (SMTP)
requires authentication’ and chose
‘Use same settings as my incoming mail
server’.
Step9) Now click on the Advanced tab and fill up the details
that are being highlighted in following image:
Make it a point that
encryption connection type is selected first and then port numbers for incoming
and outgoing Server are entered. If vice versa is done, the port number will be
revered to 25.
Step10) Click OK to make changes and hit the Next
button to start up Outlook 2013 configuration with Gmail account.
Step11) Now, Outlook will login to
the mail Server and will send a test mail to the account. When testing is done,
click on Close button.
Step12) On completion of the process, A window with a message You’re all set! will pop up on screen. Click
Finish.