Going INSANE trying to configure MS Outlook 2010 to pull in emails from Gmail

[star-gazer777]

I just wiped the C: drive over the weekend and reinstalled Win7 Pro-64.

I also reinstalled MS Office 2010, including MS Outlook. I have tried and tried to get Outlook set up to retrieve emails from Gmail, but to no avail.

For anyone interested, I followed instructions at the link below.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17248...-outlook-2010/

I followed the directions explicitly; at the point where you enter "User Name," I tried entering it both with and without "@gmail.com"

At this point, I'm thinking there's something wrong with the instructions, but who knows -- I'm a hardware geek.

Thanks in advance,
David G.

P.S. Yes, I did back up my email (.PST files) before reinstalling Windows and Office.

[Steve R Jones]

GMail's help file has instructions too.... and they look the same as the link you posted... But Gmail's are a little better....

User name can be anything...

Are you doing IMAP or POP3?

[star-gazer777]

Thank you for your comments, Steve. I am trying to set it up for IMAP.

[Seth84]

Make sure you have disabled two-steps authenfication . This might fix your issue.

[star-gazer777]

Thanks, Seth84 ..... I'm not familiar with that setting. I'm assuming it's in Outlook (not in browser) ?