Step 1: Enable POP in your
Google Apps email account:
1. Sign in to your account
at -
http://mymail.sherwoodian.com
2. Click Settings at the top
of any page.
3. Click the Forwarding and
POP/IMAP tab.
4. Select Enable IMAP
Step 2: To set up your Outlook Express client to work with Sherwoodian mail:
1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Click the Tools menu, and select Accounts...
3. Click Add, and then click Mail...
4. Enter your name in the Display name: field, and click Next.
5. Enter your full email address (username@sherwoodian.com) in the Email address: field, and click Next.
6. For My incoming mail server is a ______ server, please select IMAP in the drop-down menu.
7. Enter 'imap.gmail.com' in the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: field. Enter 'smtp.gmail.com' in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: field.
8. Click Next.
9. Enter your full email address ('username@sherwoodian.com') in the Account name: field. Enter your password in the Password: field, and click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. Highlight imap.gmail.com under Account, and click Properties.
12. Click the Advanced tab.
13. Under Outgoing Mail (SMTP), check the box next to This server requires a secure connection (SSL).
14. Enter '465' in the Outgoing mail (SMTP): field.
15. Under Incoming mail (IMAP), check the box next to This server requires a secure connection (SSL). The port will change to '993'.
16. Click the Servers tab, and check the box next to My server requires authentication.
17. Click OK.
Congratulations! You're done configuring your client to send and retrieve messages.