Comments on: Use Gmail IMAP in Microsoft Outlook 2007

By: Brandi

Brandi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:38:00 +0000

I followed all the instructions and I see all my gmail folders and emails that were currently in my gmail inbox transfered over to my Outlook, however I can send, but can’t receive from my Outlook. What am I missing? (

By: thethe

thethe — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:21:45 +0000

now,I only want to know:how to change the storing positon (of Microsoft outlook account’s data files) in PC!!!

By: Len

Len — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:49:48 +0000

Liked this dialog about trying to use Outlook with Gmail…though I assume most of us have an ambivalent relationship with outlook. My problem is I cannot get any Gmail folders to show and so cannot see any received Gmail messages because they go into a different folder that that which the inbox displays. Any ideas on who to fix this? HELP.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:15:01 +0000

Hello! This seems likea great system. Unfortunately I have followed the directions to the letter several times and it will set up the folders for me in my Outlook. But for whatever reason, it keeps giving me a screen on the main folder that says “Cannot display the folder. The folder ‘[Gmail]‘ cannot contain items. This is most likely a limitation of your IMAP server. In order to create a folder that can contain items, be sure not to append ‘/’ to its name as you create it.” And it won’t let me copy folders or messages into my gmail account. I’ve been troubleshooting this for some time now. Help!

By: Nityananda Chandra Das

Nityananda Chandra Das — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:00:17 +0000

same problem as Stephen any help?

By: Jade J'adore

Jade J'adore — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:45:53 +0000

Finally!!! Great tutorial, thank you.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:39:35 +0000

Excellent. finished setup in 3 minutes
up up all the way V go!

By: V

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:37:42 +0000

Thanks for the tip. It seems to be working just fine. My question is now that my gmail is coming into my Outlook client, will my employer be able to see this activity? If it matters, we are using Microsoft 2008 Small Business Server with Exchange.

- Thanks V

By: Laurie

Laurie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:29:46 +0000

This is the BEST information!! There are no glitches in this information; it’s perfect. THANKS ! Five Stars, Geeks!

By: Stephan

Stephan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:38:37 +0000

I tried to set this up with an AT&T account (Yahoo email) and it doesn’t work for me. I’ve got about 6000 emails on Outlook I want to send to my gmail account. When I try the test account settings, it says, “Outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (SMTP) email server. If you continue to receive this message, contact you server administrator or ISP.”

Any ideas?