![]() Complete the Auto Account Setup by entering your name, the email address of the Gmail account, and the password you were told to remember (16 characters long).Ĥ. Select File, then click on Add Account.ģ. Remember this password (write it down, copy it, take a photo) without the spaces.Ģ. Google will, display an app password for you. ![]() Next, at the bottom of the screen select Mail and Windows Computer from the drop down lists and click Generate.ĩ. Enter your Google/Gmail password when prompted to sign in. Under the Password & sign-in method, click on App Passwords.Ĩ. Click on the back arrow at the top of the screen.ħ. Once you follow through with the 2-Step Verification steps and reach the screen below, click Turn On in the bottom right corner.Ħ. Follow the prompts and when asked, enter in your phone number and select whether you would like to receive a call or text message that contains a code. In order to setup 2-Step Verification, you will need a cell phone. Under the Password & sign-in method section, if 2-Step Verification is Off, click it to begin turning it on.Ĥ. Under the Sign-in & security section, click on Signing in to Googleģ. Click the Google apps icon from the top right of the screen and select My Account.Ģ. Begin by logging into Gmail from your browser. Outlook is now set up to send and receive your NMU G Suite gmail either as the default email client or when using the Microsoft Word mail merge feature.This guide will explain how to set up a Gmail account that has 2-step verification enabled in the Outlook Windows desktop client.ġ. At the Mail window, change the pulldown menu choice for the “Always use this profile” field to “nmugusite”. Your IMAP account should be displayed in the “Account Settings” window. Once verified click “Close” and “Finish”.ġ7. Click “Next” and your access will be verified. This limits how much of your gmail content is kept offline on your computer’s hard drive.ġ6. Change the “Mail to keep offline:” cache slide control to “3 months” or “6 months”. Set the second “Use the following type of encrypted connection:” to “TLS”. Set the “Outgoing server (SMTP):” to port “587”. The “Incoming server (IMAP):” should default to port “993”. ![]() Click the “Advanced” tab and set “Use the following type of encrypted connection:” to “SSL”. Check the “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” check box and “Use same settings as my incoming server” button.ġ4. Fill in fields as in the example below set the Account Type: “IMAP”, Incoming mail server: “”, Outgoing mail server (SMTP): “, User Name: Password: your NMU password or the App Password created earlier if using Google 2-step-verification. Click the “POP or IMAP” option and click “Next”.ġ2. Click the “Manual setup or additional server types” button and click “Next”.ġ1. In the profile name field type “nmugsuite” and click “OK”.ġ0. To set up Outlook go to the Windows start menu enter “Control Panel” in the search field and select “Control Panel” from the results.ĩ. This is a unique password you will later need to enter into the Outlook settings.Ĥ. In addition, if you are using Google 2-step-verification you may need to set up a unique Google app password that will be used with Outlook. You will need to allow less secure apps to use your account by changing a gmail setting available here.ģ. See “Read Gmail messages on other email clients using IMAP”.Ģ. Before you set up Outlook you need to assure IMAP access has been turned on in your gmail settings. Any messages sent will show up in your "Sent" label associated with the gmail account and when your gmail account is accessed from browsers and other devices.ġ. This is true even if you set up gmail as your default email client.Īdding a gmail account to Outlook using IMAP will give you access to your gmail messages and labels but not your Google calendar or contacts. The “Send To, Mail recipient” feature in Windows and the Microsoft Word mail merge to email feature will not work unless Outlook is setup to use your NMU G Suite gmail account via IMAP using the instructions referenced on this page or the instructions for Setting up Outlook to send mail using the NMU Mail Gateway. Microsoft Windows uses Outlook as the default email client.
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