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To set up your Outlook client to work with Gmail:

1. Enable POP in your Gmail account. Don’t forget to click Save Changes when you’re done.
2. Open Outlook.
3. Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts…
4. Click Add a new e-mail account, and click Next.
5. Choose POP3 as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click Next.
6. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
   

   User Information
   Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
   Email Address: Enter your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com)Server Information
   Incoming mail server (POP3):pop.gmail.com
   Outgoing mail server (SMTP):smtp.gmail.com

   Login Information
   User Name:Enter your Gmail username (including @gmail.com)
   Password: Enter your Gmail password
   

7. Click More Settings… and then click the Outgoing Server tab.
8. Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
   
9. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3).
   
10. Check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Outgoing Server (SMTP), and enter 465 in the Outgoing server (SMTP) box.
11. Click OK.
12. Click Test Account Settings… After receiving Congratulations! All tests completed successfully, click Close.
13. Click Next, and then click Finish.

You may ask why would you use this? Well using your gmail through outlook is more convenient since you dont have to go to gmail everytime you want to read your mail. Instead you can just click on the outlook icon to read your mail whenever you need too.

Via Mail.google.com