Gear up Gmail with a third-party e-mail client

Your users might want to transport and receive mail service from other email clients, for example Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail. This article has steps for admins and users to prepare Gmail with another mail client.

Recommended email clients

Nosotros recommend you lot use Gmail only with third-party e-mail clients that support OAuth. OAuth lets apps and websites share your Google account data without requiring your username or password. E-mail clients that use OAuth proceed your Gmail account more than secure.

The latest versions of Outlook, Apple Mail, and Samsung Mail support OAuth. If y'all're not sure if your email client supports OAuth, contact tech support or cheque the assistance documentation for the customer. Learn more about OAuth.

Nosotros recommend using the latest versions of:

  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Apple Mail

Important: Your support plan might not include back up for third-party products. In this case, contact support for the third-political party mail app.

Earlier you begin: Turn on IMAP in the Admin panel

To let your users sync Gmail with tertiary-party mail service clients, plow on IMAP in the Admin console by following the steps in Turn POP and IMAP on and off for users.

Gear up upwardly Gmail with Microsoft Outlook

These versions of Outlook support OAuth:

  • Outlook for Function 365
  • Outlook 2022
  • Outlook 2022

Bank check what version of Outlook you accept.

Notes:

  • Outlook 2022 volume licensed version with Windows Installer (MSI) does non support OAuth.
  • When you lot connect your Gmail business relationship to Outlook, you might go a warning bulletin in your inbox telling yous that a new sign in was detected. This is expected behavior.

Set Gmail with Outlook on a PC

If you're using Outlook on a PC, follow the steps at Add a Gmail account to Outlook for Windows, on the Microsoft Function back up site.

Fix Gmail with Outlook on a Mac

If you're using Outlook on a Mac, follow the steps at Add a Gmail business relationship to Outlook for Mac, on the Microsoft Office support site.

Set up Gmail with Apple Postal service

Set upwards Gmail with Mail on a Mac

Follow these steps to gear up Gmail on a Mac with Apple tree Mail 9.3 or later.

Important: If you're using an Apple Mail version earlier than nine.three, follow the steps in Set up Gmail with other mail clients.

  1. Open up Apple Mail on your figurer.
  2. Click Mail and then Add together Account.
  3. Select the Google option, and so click Continue:

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  4. If prompted, click Open Safari to let Google to stop authentication:

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  5. Enter your Google Workspace Gmail email accost in the Google Sign in window and click Next:

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  6. Enter your countersign in the Google Welcome window and click Next. If prompted, select Let to grant permissions to your account.
  7. Cheque the Mail service box in Select the apps yous want to use with this account, then click Done:

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Set up Gmail with older versions of Outlook and other clients

Important: Nosotros recommend using Gmail merely with postal service clients that back up OAuth. Your Google account is less secure when it's linked to post clients that don't support OAuth.

If you must use Gmail with older versions of Outlook, or other mail clients that don't support OAuth, follow the steps in this department

These are examples of mail clients that don't support OAuth:

  • Outlook versions earlier than Outlook 2022
  • Apple iOS Mail service versions earlier than Mail viii.three
  • Apple Postal service versions earlier than Mail 9.3

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Step ane: Plough on Less secure apps

 Footstep 2: Create and use App Passwords

This step is just for users who demand 2-stride verification to sign into an email client that doesn't accept verification codes. These users need awarding-specific passwords to access the mail customer.

Step three: Turn on IMAP in Gmail

Tell your users to plough on IMAP in their Gmail account:

  1. In Gmail, in the peak right, click Settings""and then See all settings.
  2. At the top, click the Forwarding and Popular/IMAP tab.
  3. In the IMAP Access department, select Enable IMAP.
  4. At the bottom, click Save Changes.

Step four: Fix Gmail with the older version of Outlook

Of import:

  • The e-mail addresses and domains shown in these steps are examples. Supplant them with your own email address and domains.
  • These steps and screenshots are for older versions of Outlook, but you lot tin use the values shown in these steps with other mail clients.
  • Read more than about the settings for syncing Gmail with another mail client.
  1. Click Add Account:

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  2. Select the Manual setup or boosted server types option, and then click Next:

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  3. Select the Popular or IMAP option, then click Side by side:

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  4. In the Add Account window, enter these values:
    • Your Name: The proper noun you lot utilise with your Google Workspace Gmail account
    • Email Address: Your Google Workspace Gmail accost
    • Account type: IMAP
    • Incoming post server: imap.gmail.com
    • Outgoing postal service server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
    • User Name: Your Google Workspace Gmail accost
    • Password: Your Google Workspace Gmail password

    And then click More Settings…

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  5. In Internet E-mail Settings, enter these values in the General tab:
    • Mail Account: Your Google Workspace Gmail address
    • (Optional) Organization: Your company or school name
    • (Optional) Reply E-mail: A reply email address, if it'south different from your email address

    Then click the Outgoing Server tab.

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  6. In the Approachable Server tab:
    • Check the My approachable server (SMTP) requires authentication box.
    • Select the Apply same settings as my incoming server option.

    And then click the Advanced tab.

  7. Enter these values in the the Advanced tab:
    • Incoming server (IMAP): 993
      • Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSL
    • Outgoing server (SMTP): 587
      • Apply the following type of encrypted connexion: TLS

    Notation: If y'all alter the Outgoing server (SMTP) encrypted connection blazon to SSL, enter 465 in the Outgoing server (SMTP) field (instead of 587).

    Then click OK.

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Outlook tests your settings and then shows a message when your account is correctly ready upwardly:

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Related topics

  • Turn POP and IMAP on and off for users
  • Most Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook
  • Access Google Workspace on mobile devices


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