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Configure Google Mail / Google Apps for Windows Mail (POP3)

Jul 08, 20109 mins read

With the facilities provided by Google, we can offer guaranteed email services using mail servers owned by Google.

Here is the configuration of Google Mail / Google  Apps for Windows Mail:

  1. Activate Windows Mail
  2. Select the 'Tools' menu, then select 'Accounts'
  3. Click 'Add'
  4. Select 'Email Account', then select 'Next'
  5. Enter your name, then select 'Next'
  6. Enter your full email address including your domain name (example: info@webarq.com)
  7. Enter the following information on the next page :
    • Incoming Mail Server Type : POP3
    • Incoming Mail (POP3 or IMAP) Server : pop.gmail.com
    • Outgoing e-mail Server (SMTP) Name : smtp.gmail.com
    • Outgoing Server Requires Authentication : enabled
  8. On the next page, enter your email address in full along with your domain name (example: info@webarq.com) and the password for that email address
  9. Click 'Next' button, check the box 'Do not download my e-mail at this time',  then click 'Finish'
  10. In the 'Internet Accounts' view, select the email account you just created and press the 'Properties' button
  11. Click the 'Advanced' button, then enter the information as shown in the following image:
  12. Click 'Ok', then close the 'Internet Accounts' window and click 'Send / Receive' to start receiving your email through Windows Mail

(Source from: Gmail Help, http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=86383 translated by Web Architect). If you want to get email services from Google with your company domain name, please contact Web Architect or visit our website at www.webarq.com.