configuring outlook 2007 for gmail

[james p]

Hi. I am new to Outlook and am trying to configure it to work with my gmail
email account. I have it set up for the Inbox and am receiving messages
fine. However, I cannot seem to migrate the sent messages folder from gmail
to outlook 2007. Also, when I send an email via my blackberry (which also
uses the gmail account) the sent messages do not appear in outlook. How do I
fix this?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

POP3 accounts are from server to client only and also only the Inbox folder.
For what you want, you need an IMAP account.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Did you configure Outlook to connect to Gmail via POP3 or IMAP? IMAP is
where you want to be.

 

[james p]

Thank you. I am on POP. How do I switch to IMAP while in Outlook?

 

[james p]

Thanks - how do I set up the IMAP within outlook?

 

[james p]

Thank you - you are right. I am on POP. How do I set up IMAP? I know I
need to do it in gmail but what do I do in Outlook?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Same way as you did for your POP3 account but now select IMAP. Check
Google's documentation for the server settings.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77661

ps - don't forget to remove the pop3 account via Tools > Email accounts >
View/Change existing accounts. (and fwiw, I would do this first and then
follow the link above)