How to add your Gmail account to Outlook 2012 Using IMAP

From Outlook 2003 to 2010, you might want to use IMAP with your Gmail account to get your mail MS-Outlook.

First of all, check whether IMAP is enabled or not in Gmail. Follow the below mentioned steps to check/enable IMAP:

1. Log in to your account and go to Settings panel.
2. Click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab and verify/set IMAP enabled and save changes.

Now you can add your account in Outlook, follow below steps:

1. Click on File tab >> Account Settings
2. Click on Add and Remove Accounts or change existing connection settings.
3. In the Account Settings window, click on New button
4. Enter your name, email address & password in Account Setup box.
5. Clink on Next button and follow on-screen instructions to complete the setup.

Your Gmail account is added automatically in Outlook. You can configure IMAP settings manually also by following below steps:

1. Follow the first three steps mentioned above.
2. In the Account Settings window, select Manually configure server settings or additional server types.
3. Select Internet E-mail
4. In the Internet Email Settings window, enter your name, email address, and password in User Information & Logon Information section.
5. In the Server Information section, choose Account Type as IMAP and type Incoming mail server: imap.gmail.com & Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
6. Click on More Settings button >> Advanced tab and verify/enter Incoming server: 993, Incoming server encrypted connection: SSL, Outgoing server encrypted connection: TLS and Outgoing server: 587
7. Click on Test Account Settings button. If all the above information is entered correctly, configuration will complete successfully.

Now you can use Outlook for your Gmail account services.