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Post Office Protocol version 3 is the updated version of POP. The POP3 is a server protocol that is responsible for downloading or receiving e-mails from the internet server and also do configure gmail in outlook 2007.

Before configuring your Gmail account in Outlook 2007:

  • Open your default browser and navigate to the Gmail web page.
  • Access your Gmail account or sign-in to your account using the right login credentials.
  • Click the Settings or More icon and go to the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
  • In the POP download section, mark the ‘Enable POP for all mail’ checkbox and click the Save Changes button.
Before configuring your Gmail account in Outlook 2007

Steps to configure Gmail-POP3 account in Outlook 2007:

  • Open the Outlook 2007 app from the desktop and click the Tools menu that is available on the top-left corner of the screen to perform the configure gmail in outlook 2007.
  • Select the Account Settings option from the drop-down list.
  • In the Account Settings window, click the New button under the E-mail tab.
  • On the Auto Account Setup screen, enter your desired name near the Your Name field and type your full Gmail address in the E-mail Address section.
  • Type your Gmail account password in the  Password and Retype Password fields.
  • Click the Next button to synchronize or add your Gmail account automatically to Outlook 2007.
  • Click the Finish tab and access your Gmail account quickly from the Outlook 2007 application.
  • If you wish to configure the Gmail account manually or the Outlook fails to sync with your Gmail account, click the “Manually configure server settings or additional server types” checkbox on the Auto Account Setup screen and click Next. 
  • On the Internet E-mail Settings screen, fill the User Information, Server Information and the Logon Information fields.
  • Under the User Information tab, enter your desired name in the Your Name field and type your full Gmail address in the E-mail Address field.
  • In the Server Information section, choose POP3 from the Account Type pull-down menu.
  • Enter “pop.gmail.com” as the incoming mail server name. 
  • Enter “smtp.gmail.com” as the outgoing mail server name.
  • In the Logon Information section, fill the User Name field with your full Gmail address and type your Gmail account password in the Password field.
  • Make sure to select the Remember password checkbox and select the More Settings icon to access the Outgoing Server tab.
  • Go to the Outgoing Server tab, mark the checkbox “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” and make sure you select the “Use same settings as my incoming mail server” radio button.
  • Click the OK button and navigate to the Advanced tab for configure gmail in outlook 2007.
  • Mark the checkbox “This server requires an encrypted connection(SSL)” to enter the port number 995 automatically for Incoming mail server(POP3).
  • Enter the port number 587 in the Outgoing server(SMTP) field and select TLS from the pull-down menu that is near the Use the following type of encrypted connection section.
  • Click OK to close the tab and select the Test Account Settings button to verify the server settings.
  • After configuring your Gmail account successfully, click the Finish button and restart the Outlook app.
  • If you have difficulties in configuring your Gmail account on Outlook 2007, contact our technical support for remote assistance for configure gmail in outlook 2007.