How to Add a Gmail Account to Windows Live Mail 2011. January 3, 2011 / By Ross McKillop. Undoubtedly a lot of you out there have a Gmail account, and you might want to access it from an email client. Here we show you how to add your Gmail account to Windows Live Mail 2011. If you haven’t done so already, download and install Windows live. Some examples include Microsoft Outlook or Internet Explorer/Google Chrome. What is an email protocol? Email protocol is a method by which a communication channel is established between two computers and email (some protocols also include calendar data) is transferred between them. 2014-4-22  Due to some official protocols I need to use Outlook 2011 for Mac from now on. I had all my emails stored in Apple Mail and unfortunately deleted them from the server. Now I need to transfer these.Mbox files of Apple mail to Outlook 2011 for Mac but couldn’t find any direct way to do it.

Undoubtedly a lot of you out there have a Gmail account, and you might want to access it from an email client. Here we show you how to add your Gmail account to Windows Live Mail 2011.

1. If you haven’t done so already, download and install Windows live Mail 2011. If you need help setting it up, check out our Beginner Guide to Setup Windows Live Mail 2011. After you have it installed go ahead and launch the Live Mail app, click the Accounts tab, then the Add Email icon.

2. In the window that comes up enter in your Gmail account information and decide if you want the account to be the default.

* Notice that they advise you should enable IMAP in your Gmail Account.

3. Before we continue setting up Live Mail, let’s go to our Gmail account and make sure IMAP is setup. Log into your Gmail account and click on Settings in the upper right hand corner.

4. On the Settings page click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP, in the IMAP Access section check Enable IMAP, then make sure to click on Save Changes.

5. Now go back to Windows Live Mail and click the Next button to continue configuring the Gmail account for Live Mail. Success!

Gmail Email Protocols For Microsoft Outlook For Mac 2011 Updates

Gmail Email Protocols For Microsoft Outlook For Mac 2011

6. Close out of the success message and a dialog will come up letting you know Live Mail is gathering your messages from Gmail.

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7. Now you’ll see your Gmail account listed in the navigation pane in Windows Live Mail 2011 and can send and receive emails from your Gmail account.

That’s all there is to it! Setting up Gmail has gotten a lot easier in this new version of Live Mail and you shouldn’t need to manually configure your settings. If you’re having problems setting it up and these instructions aren’t working for you, leave a comment and I’ll show you how to set it up manually.

Due to some official protocols I need to use Outlook 2011 for Mac from now on. I had all my emails stored in Apple Mail and unfortunately deleted them from the server. Now I need to transfer these .Mbox files of Apple mail to Outlook 2011 for Mac but couldn’t find any direct way to do it.

Please suggest some simple soltion to import .Mbox files in outlook 2011 for mac as I am a newbee to the Microsoft application and Microsoft has always puzzled me with its complications.

Thanks

Gmail email protocols for microsoft outlook for mac 2011 export to pst

Gmail Email Protocols For Microsoft Outlook For Mac 2011 Export To Pst

  1. Actually, there is no direct way available for Apple-mail to Outlook 2011 for OLM.

    You can do this task in two phase that are :

    1 - Convert MBOX file of Apple mail in to PST format

    2 - Then convert PST file in to OLM file

  2. First of all Open Mail and export the mailboxes to .mbox format by following step: Mailbox Menu>Export Mailbox). This will create an .mbox file, then in Mac Outlook:

    1. Click on File menu, click Import.
    2. Click Contacts or messages from a text file, and then click the right arrow.
    3. Click Import messages from an MBOX-format text file, and then click the right arrow.
    4. Follow the instructions.

    Hope this will help you to convert apple mail to Outlook 2011.

  3. Try this link if it helps:
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mail-exporter-pro/id675131616?mt=12

    • Thank you for suggesting this tool. this was a huge relief for transferring my email data, and also all the data was secure.