How to configure Outlook Express or other email clients to receive Gmail messages.

(Once you are done receiving your NetPlus Email either on or before December 17th you will need to remove the NetPlus email account to prevent any error screens.) To do this click on tools, accounts, and then the mail tab on your outlook express and select the pop.netpluscom.com account and click remove.

 

GMAIL SUPPORTED EMAIL CLIENTS (Outlook, Netscape, Eudora, and many others)

 

CLICK HERE AND COMPLETE THIS STEP FIRST.

 Click HERE to download the Gmail auto-config tool to automatically configure OutLook Express to check your Gmail account.  If you choose this option there is no need to configure manually.

To configure your client manually:

1. Enable POP in your Gmail account.  (In Gmail click on settings and then Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Then select “Enable POP for all Mail” and click “SAVE CHANGES” at the bottom of the screen.
2. Open Outlook or Outlook Express.
3. Click the 'Tools' menu, and select 'Accounts...'
   
4. Click 'Add,' and then click 'Mail...'
   
5. Enter your name in the 'Display name:' field, and click 'Next.'
   
6. Enter your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com) in the 'Email address:' field, and click 'Next.'
7. Enter 'pop.gmail.com' in the 'Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server:' field. Enter 'smtp.gmail.com' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:' field.
8. Click 'Next.'
9. Enter your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') in the 'Account name:' field. Enter your Gmail password in the 'Password:' field, and click 'Next.'
   
10. Click 'Finish.'
11. Highlight 'pop.gmail.com' under 'Account,' and click 'Properties.'
12. Click the 'Advanced' tab.
13. Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)' under 'Outgoing Mail (SMTP).'
14. Enter '465' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP):' field.
15. Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)' under 'Incoming mail (POP3).' The port will change to 995.
    *The order of 'Outgoing' and 'Incoming' mail server fields varies by version. Make sure you enter the correct information in each field.
    
16. Click the 'Servers' tab, and check the box next to 'My server requires authentication.'
    
17. Click 'OK.'

Congratulations! You're done configuring your client to send and retrieve Gmail messages.

* Did you click 'Save Changes' after enabling POP in Gmail? To ensure that Gmail can communicate with your mail client, be sure to click 'Save Changes' on the 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' tab in your Gmail settings.