When you use IMAP protocol, outlook download the mail account to your computer as OST file extension. Repeat all above steps to add another email account.Now the account is marked for “send and receive” option and will be fully downloaded to the computer.In “outgoing server (SMTP)”, choose “ssl” from drop down menu, and type “465” instead of “25” in the “port” text box.In “incoming server (IMAP)”, choose “ssl” from drop down menu.Check the box “my outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”.Check the box “required logon using secure password authentication (SPA)”.In “password” filed, type password of the mail account.In “user name” field, type “email address with It must be complete email address and not just user name ex: If you are a business mail account and not Gmail free account.In “email address” field, Type email of the account.In “your name” field, Type name of the account.Steps to download the Gmail account to your computer:ĭownload mail account to OST file using IMAP protocol. Can be shared easily among several users if needed.Can use it to upload it to another mail account if required.Search capability is very respectable and efficient.Outlook 2013 can hold up to 999 mail account per profile on your computer.Which means that outlook gives you the ability to download mail account up to 50GB in file size, and ability to divide it into several more files if bigger than 50GB. 50 GB file size of mail account allowed on your computer, and if your mail size is bigger, you can use archive option in outlook to truncate this limitation into smaller files.I suggest that you use outlook from Microsoft office suite 2013 and above for the following reasons:.

You can use any mail client software, such as outlook, thunderbird, opera mail, and so on, to download your Gmail account to your computer and use it offline.Google gives you the ability to download complete mail account to your computer 3 times per month per user.

If you need to download your Gmail account to your computer for offline use, you can follow the following steps:

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