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How To: Use Windows Mail With Gmail

How many emails do you receive a day? If you receive more than ten you should look into using an email client such as the default Vista one Windows Mail instead of having to log on to the gmail website every time you want to see if something new has arrived or you could use a email notification plugin/toolbar for firefox.But the main advantages of email clients are not only that, you have better spam protection, more options to customize your needs, no server ads all around the place and best of all, you can log all your emails on computer and check them while your offline.If don’t want to use Windows Mail (I don’t blame you) there are several other better free options out there, you can find my favorite picks here.

Before starting, please check if POP3 is activated for your Gmail account. To check, login to your account and go to Settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP.

Now activate your POP3 service by selecting one of these two options: Enable POP for all mail, or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on then save those new settings.

Now, How To Configure Windows Mail.

1) Go to Start (round orb on system tray), look for Windows Mail and open it. Go to the Tools menu and then click on the Accounts button.

2) Click on the Add button.

3) Select the E-mail Account option and click on Next.

4) Now choose the display name that will be shown in every outgoing e-mail message, after that click Next.

5) Enter your gmail (you@gmail.com) address in the box and click Next.

6) This is the trickiest part because you have to set up the e-mail servers. From the Incoming e-mail server drop-down list, select POP3. In the Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server: box enter pop.gmail.com.In the Outgoing e-mail server (SMTP) name: box enter smtp.gmail.com.Finally TICK the Outgoing server requires authentication box and click Next.

7) In the Internet Mail Logon window you have to enter your e-mail address and password. Also, for your ease-of-use, check the Remember password option and then click on Next.

8) We’re almost done. Tick the Do not download my e-mail at this time option as you will have to make some other small adjustments. Then, click on the Finish button.

9) The Internet Accounts window should be opened. Select your Gmail account and click on Properties.

10) Go to the Advanced tab and type 465 as the port for the Outgoing SMTP server and 995 for the Incoming POP3 server. Also remember to tick the option that says “This server requires a secure connection (SSL)” for both POP3 and SMTP.

If you want your messages to be left on the Gmail servers as backup, then don’t forget to tick the option that says Leave a copy of messages on server. If you don’t tick it, when a message is downloaded it is automatically removed from the Gmail servers. When your done, click on OK.

Thats it, your ready to go, Windows Mail is not connected to your gmail and can send/receive mail.

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