How do I integrate e-mail using work and Gmail IMAP?
October 24, 2007 11:25 AM Subscribe
How do I use Gmail's new IMAP with my existing Exchange e-mail?
I work for a small business that uses a hosted Exchange account for e-mail (Intermedia is the host). I use Outlook 2007 to send/receive e-mail.
I also use Google's gmail service for my personal e-mail.
I'd like to be able to integrate the two services and use Outlook as the home base. Here are my questions:
* Can I access Gmail from Outlook using IMAP?
* Do I have to do anything special to send/receive my e-mail from the hosted Exchange account on Intermedia?
* Is there a way to send e-mail from Outlook 2007 so that it still includes the correct "From:" address? In other words, work e-mail still reads as being from "me@workemail.com" and personal e-mail still reads as being from "me@gmail.com".
Links to proper tutorials would be definitely helpful if you have them. Thanks!
I work for a small business that uses a hosted Exchange account for e-mail (Intermedia is the host). I use Outlook 2007 to send/receive e-mail.
I also use Google's gmail service for my personal e-mail.
I'd like to be able to integrate the two services and use Outlook as the home base. Here are my questions:
* Can I access Gmail from Outlook using IMAP?
* Do I have to do anything special to send/receive my e-mail from the hosted Exchange account on Intermedia?
* Is there a way to send e-mail from Outlook 2007 so that it still includes the correct "From:" address? In other words, work e-mail still reads as being from "me@workemail.com" and personal e-mail still reads as being from "me@gmail.com".
Links to proper tutorials would be definitely helpful if you have them. Thanks!
If you click "Help" or hit the F1 key in Outlook, you will be able to type the word "imap" and read about the feature as provided.
posted by rhizome at 11:47 AM on October 24, 2007
posted by rhizome at 11:47 AM on October 24, 2007
You dont want to run gmail through exchange (if thats even possible) you want to configure outlook (the client) to connect to gmails IMAP (the server).
It sounds like you are asking to do
gmail > exchange > outlook
when what you really want is
gmail > outlook
Essentially, you create a new mail account in outlook and feed it your gmail settings. You'll then have a second set of folders for your gmail stuff.
posted by damn dirty ape at 11:59 AM on October 24, 2007
It sounds like you are asking to do
gmail > exchange > outlook
when what you really want is
gmail > outlook
Essentially, you create a new mail account in outlook and feed it your gmail settings. You'll then have a second set of folders for your gmail stuff.
posted by damn dirty ape at 11:59 AM on October 24, 2007
Yeah, like damn dirty ape said, you just need to add a second email account to Outlook.
It's easy enough. In Outlook, click Tools > E-mail Accounts. Click Add a new e-mail account, then choose IMAP. Supply the information per Gmail's config guide (posted earlier), and you're in.
posted by sprocket87 at 1:20 PM on October 24, 2007
It's easy enough. In Outlook, click Tools > E-mail Accounts. Click Add a new e-mail account, then choose IMAP. Supply the information per Gmail's config guide (posted earlier), and you're in.
posted by sprocket87 at 1:20 PM on October 24, 2007
Oh, just realized you said Outlook 2007. Not sure if there's a Tools menu there like former Outlook versions, but you should be able to find the equivalent. Worst case, shut down Outlook and go to Control Panel > Mail > Email Accounts and set it up that way.
posted by sprocket87 at 1:25 PM on October 24, 2007
posted by sprocket87 at 1:25 PM on October 24, 2007
sidecar question: Does this let me upload the contents of *.pst folders to gmail?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 1:51 PM on October 24, 2007
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 1:51 PM on October 24, 2007
Im 99% certain you can. Select all the items in the pst and drag it to the imap folder. You might have to do subfolders individually.
posted by damn dirty ape at 3:50 PM on October 24, 2007
posted by damn dirty ape at 3:50 PM on October 24, 2007
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posted by roomwithaview at 11:31 AM on October 24, 2007