How to Enable IMAP/POP3/SMTP for Gmail Account
Q. What is SMTP user ID for Gmail?
Gmail SMTP server name: smtp.gmail.com. Gmail SMTP username: your Gmail address. Gmail SMTP password: your password. Gmail SMTP port: 465.
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Q. What is the correct SMTP for Gmail?
Step 2: Change SMTP & other settings in your email client
| Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server | imap.gmail.com Requires SSL: Yes Port: 993 |
|---|---|
| Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server | smtp.gmail.com Requires SSL: Yes Requires TLS: Yes (if available) Requires Authentication: Yes Port for SSL: 465 Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587 |
- Go to the “Settings”, e.g. click on the “Gears” icon and select “Settings”.
- Click on “Forwarding and POP/IMAP”.
- Enable “IMAP Access” and/or “POP Download”
Q. What is my SMTP server address?
You can generally find your SMTP server address in the account or settings section of your mail client.) When you send an email, the SMTP server processes your email, decides which server to send the message to, and relays the message to that server.
Q. What is the POP server for Gmail?
pop.gmail.com
Q. How do I set my incoming and outgoing mail server?
Windows Mail for Windows Vista
- Open Windows Mail.
- Select the Tools menu and then Accounts.
- Select your POP3 email account.
- Click Properties.
- Select the Servers tab.
- Enter e.g. mail.example.com in Outgoing mail server.
- Tick My Server Requires Authentication under the Outgoing Mail Server heading.
- Click on the Settings button.
Q. Which is safer POP3 or IMAP?
Both POP and IMAP can leave the mails on the server but can also delete the from the server. If you care risks introduced by the implementation of the protocol in server or client: IMAP is a way more complex protocol than POP and thus the risks of an insecure implementation are much higher there.
