Select Manual setup or additional server types. Then, just above the Account Settings button, click Add Account. Open Outlook 2016 and go to the File tab. Click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab and make sure IMAP is enabled and click on save changes. Log into your Gmail account and open the Settings page with the little gear button. Beta version also shows all Gmail labels for each message.Add Your Gmail Account to Outlook 2016 Using IMAP settings
There is also a set of special sub-folders for the " " folder: In the example shown below, the folders at the same level as the " " folder ("g+", "Personal", "Receipts", "Travel" and "Work") correspond to Gmail labels. Similarly, if you move a message to a folder in Thunderbird, Gmail will create a label with the folder name and assign it to the message. When you apply a label to a message in Gmail, Thunderbird creates a folder with the same name as the label and stores the message in that folder. In this implementation, Gmail labels become Thunderbird folders. Gmail uses a special implementation of IMAP. Subscribing to folders and synchronizing messages Understanding Gmail labels and Thunderbird folders
button is disabled for Gmail accounts, as it is not necessary to define the archive granularity with Gmail.
In order to be consistent with Gmail's behavior, Thunderbird archives your message in the "All Mail" folder, and not in an "Archive" folder as it does for other accounts (as described in the Archived Messages article). Gmail's particularities Archiving messages
Click Done, sign in with your Google account if prompted and that's all! Thunderbird will download your existing messages and your Gmail will be ready to use.įor more detailed information, please refer to: After you provide your account information (real name, email address and password), Thunderbird will automatically configure your Gmail connection. The "Mail Account Setup" dialog is displayed. Next, select File > New > Existing Mail Account. See Google's article on "less secure apps" for help. Double check that "Access for less secure apps" is enabled.