Configuring you Gmail account for using with Windows Mail

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Before configuring Windows Mail, be sure to enable POP/IMAP access and to do other necessary actions in your Gmail e-mail account. Please follow the steps below:


1.     Make sure that you have enabled POP/IMAP access on your Gmail account. See Turn POP and IMAP on and off for users.

2.     Change your Gmail account settings to allow less secure apps to access your account. See Let less secure apps access your account. Just login to your Gmail account, and then open the link below:


https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps


3.     Try sending email, if fails, you must unlock captcha. To do that, just login to your Gmail account, and then open the link below:


https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha.