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"&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;It may connect you to Windows Live Messenger and share your Windows Live Hotmail address book, but &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/email-messaging-tips-tricks-4102667&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Windows Live Mail&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; is just as apt for retrieving mail from your &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/gmail-tips-tricks-4102595&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Gmail&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; account. Good thing setting up a Gmail account in Window Live Mail is so easy, too!&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;Access a Gmail Account in Windows Live Mail Using IMAP&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;To set up Gmail as an IMAP account in Windows Live Mail:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-enable-gmail-via-imap-1170856&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Make sure IMAP access is enabled in Gmail&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Select &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Go | Mail&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; from the menu in Windows Live Mail.&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Hold down the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Alt&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; key if you cannot see the menu bar.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Add an e-mail account&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; at the bottom of the list.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type your Gmail address under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;E-mail address:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type your Gmail password under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Password:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Enter your name under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Display Name:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Make sure &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Automatically determine my login ID&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is checked. (You can verify it is working correctly if the local part, i.e. what comes before the &amp;amp;#64;, in your Gmail address appears under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Login ID:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.)&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type your Gmail password under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Password:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Make sure &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Manually configure server settings for e-mail account.&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is checked.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Next&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Make sure &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;IMAP&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is selected under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;My incoming mail server is a ___ server&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Enter &amp;amp;#34;imap.gmail.com&amp;amp;#34; under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Incoming server:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Make sure &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;This server requires a secure connection (SSL)&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is checked under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Incoming Server Information&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type &amp;amp;#34;smtp.gmail.com&amp;amp;#34; under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Outgoing server:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Make sure &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;This server requires a secure connection (SSL)&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is also checked under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Outgoing Server Information&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Also, check &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;My outgoing server requires authentication&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type &amp;amp;#34;465&amp;amp;#34; for &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Port:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Outgoing Server Information&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Next&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Now click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Finish&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;OK&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Select &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Tools | Accounts...&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; from the menu.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Highlight the Gmail account in the list.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Properties&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Go to the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;IMAP&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; tab.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Enter &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]#Sent Mail&amp;amp;#34; (not including the quotation marks) under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Sent Items path:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]#Drafts&amp;amp;#34; under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Drafts path:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]#Trash&amp;amp;#34; under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Deleted Items path:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Enter &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]#Spam&amp;amp;#34; under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Junk path:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;OK&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Close&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Shut down Windows Live Mail.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Open &amp;lt;a data-inlink=&amp;quot;urG3kH4oGylorNUSItaRCA&amp;amp;#61;&amp;amp;#61;&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-open-a-gmail-account-1172131&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Gmail&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; in your browser.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Select &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Settings&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; in the top right navigation bar.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Go to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Labels&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Remove&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; followed by &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;OK&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; for the &amp;amp;#34;[Imap]/Deleted Items&amp;amp;#34;, &amp;amp;#34;[Imap]/Drafts&amp;amp;#34;, &amp;amp;#34;Junk E-mail&amp;amp;#34; and &amp;amp;#34;Sent Items&amp;amp;#34; labels.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/identify-windows-mail-live-mail-or-outlook-express-store-folder-1172628&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Open your Windows Live Mail folder in Windows&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Go to the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Gmail (username)&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; sub-folder.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Open Notepad.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Drag and drop the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;account{***}.oeaccount&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; (where &amp;amp;#34;***&amp;amp;#34; represents a long random string) file from the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;imap.gmail.com&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; onto Notepad to open it.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Look for the &amp;amp;#39;#&amp;amp;#39; in &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]#Sent Items&amp;amp;#34;, &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]#Drafts&amp;amp;#34;, &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]#Trash&amp;amp;#34; and &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]#Spam&amp;amp;#34; and replace it with &amp;amp;#39;/&amp;amp;#39; (always excluding the quotation marks).&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;After editing, &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]#Sent Items&amp;amp;#34; should read &amp;amp;#34;[Gmail]/Sent Items&amp;amp;#34;, for example.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Close Notepad saving the file.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Start Windows Live Mail.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Select &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Tools | IMAP Folders...&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; from the menu.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Choose the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Gmail&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; account under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Account(s):&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Reset List&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Now click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;OK&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Choose the desired synchronization settings for your folders:&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click on each folder in succession with the right mouse button in the folder list and choose the desired setting under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Synchronization settings&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; in the menu that pops up.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Do not enable synchronization for &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[Gmail]/All Mail&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; unless you want Windows Live Mail to download all messages in your Gmail account.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;You can safely turn off synchronization for the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Spam&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Trash&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; folders.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Select &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Tools | Options...&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; from the menu.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Go to the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Advanced&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; tab.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Make sure &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Use the &amp;amp;#39;Deleted Items&amp;amp;#39; folder with IMAP accounts&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is checked under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;IMAP&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;OK&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Now that you&amp;amp;#39;ve set up Gmail in Windows Live Mail, it&amp;amp;#39;s time to &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-use-gmail-as-an-imap-account-1172126&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;6&amp;quot;&amp;gt;start using it&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;. You can also &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/import-from-windows-mail-live-mail-or-outlook-express-gmail-1172010&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;7&amp;quot;&amp;gt;import existing emails into Gmail&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;Access a Gmail Account in Windows Live Mail Using POP&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;To set up access to a Gmail account in Windows Live Mail:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/access-gmail-account-with-any-email-client-1170855&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;8&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Make sure POP access is turned on for your Gmail account&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Go to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Mail&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Shortcuts&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; in Windows Live Mail.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Add an e-mail account&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; at the bottom of the list.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type your Gmail address under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;E-mail address:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type your Gmail password under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Password:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Enter your name under &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Display Name:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Make sure &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Manually configure server settings for e-mail account.&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is not checked.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Next&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Finish&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Send/receive&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; in the Windows Live Mail toolbar.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;That&amp;amp;#39;s it. By now, a &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Gmail&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; account should have appeared in the folder pane, and if you had any mail waiting in Gmail, it is now in its &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Inbox&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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