Microsoft outlook is a Great Desktop Application for managing Emails. Using MS-Outlook saves you time and  keeps your Emails organized.This article describes how you can Set up yourGmail account and your Google Apps account in MS-Outlook 2007.

Note: If you are using Outlook 2010, read this guide to configure Outlook 2010 for Gmail

Configure Outlook for G mail

Configure G mail : Open your G mail Inbox.Click on “Settings” and enable the “Forwarding and POP” Settings as shown below.

Configuring Microsoft outlook :

• Open MS-Outlook and from the Tools Menu select “Account Settings”.Create a New account by clicking “ New “ from the E-mail Tab.
• If you are prompted to choose Email service select  Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and click Next.
• Fill the Necessary fields and Hit Next.Remember to check the Checkbox “ Manually ConfigureServer Settings or additional Server types”.

• Select “Internet Email “ and Click Next.

• Enter the Settings as Shown in the following screenshot :



• Leave the Option “ Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)” unchecked.
• Now Click on “More Settings” and Select the “Outgoing Server “ tab.Check the Checkbox “ My outgoing server(SMTP) requires authentication “.
  Check the radio Button “ Use same Settings as my incoming mail Server “.



• Now Select the Advanced tab and Modify as shown :
  Set the Incoming Server (IMAP) port number as 993.Use “ SSL”  as the Encrypted connection
  Set the Outgoing Server (SMTP) port number as 587 .Use “ TLS” as the Encrypted connection.



• Now click  OK.

Test your Settings : Click on “Test account Settings” and outlook will send a test mail to your account.After you receive the mail in your G mail click Next and then Finish.

Configure Outlook For Google Apps Account

1.Configuring your Google Apps Mail : Open your Google Apps mail account.Click on settings and Enable the “Forwarding and POP” Settings as shown below.

Click the Radio box “Enable POP for all Mail “ and Save your Settings by clicking the Save changes Button.

2.Configuring Microsoft Outlook :

• Open MS-Outlook and from the Tools Menu select “Account Settings”.Create a New account from the E mail Tab.
• If you are prompted to choose Email service select  Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and click Next.
• Fill the Necessary fields and Hit Next.Remember to check the Checkbox “ Manually ConfigureServer Settings or additional Server types”.



• Select “Internet Email “ and Click Next.
• Enter the Settings as Shown in the following screenshot :
  Leave the Option “ Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)” unchecked.



• Now Click on “More Settings” and Select the “Outgoing Server “ tab.
  Check the Checkbox “ My outgoing server(SMTP) requires authentication “.
  Check the radio Button “ Use same Settings as my incoming mail Server “.



• Now Select the Advanced tab and Modify as shown :
  Set the Incoming Server (POP3) port number as 995 and Set the Outgoing Server (SMTP) port number as 587
  Use “TLS” as the Encrypted Connection.



• Now Click Ok.

Test your Account Settings : You can test your Account Settings by Clicking  “ Test Account Settings “. This will Invoke outlook and Outlook will send a test-mail to the account specified.After you get the mail it is confirmed that your settings are Working fine.Click Next and then Finish

You can view an earlier post on how to  configure your Gmail and Google Apps account for Outlook 2007. Microsoft Office has released the latest version of Office – Office 2010. Following are the steps involved to configure Outlook 2010 for Gmail and Google Apps accounts:

Note: If you are using an Microsoft Outlook 2007, read this guide to configure Outlook 2007 for Gmail

Configure Outlook 2010 For Gmail

1. Login to your Gmail account, click settings and select the “Forwarding and Pop /IMAP” tab. Select “Enable POP for all mail” and “Enable IMAP” and click “Save changes”

2. Start Outlook 2010, choose the File tab from the menu and select the Info option from the left. Now click on “Add account” as shown below

3. In the pop up window that opens, ignore all the options and select “Manually configure server settings or additional server types”

4. In the next step, select “Internet Email” and hit “Next”.

5. Now enter your email account credentials and the Gmail mail server details. Choose the incoming mail server as imap.gmail.com and the outgoing mail server as smtp.gmail.com.Google Apps users need to use pop.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com respectively.

Leave the Option “ Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)” unchecked.

6. Next, click “More settings” and select the “Outgoing server” tab. Select the checkbox “My outgoing server requires authentication” and check the radio button “Use same settings as my incoming mail server”

7. Now select the Advanced tab and enter the port numbers for the incoming and outgoing mail servers. Use 993 for the IMAP Port and 587 for the SMTP port.

Remember to choose SSL as the connection type.

That’s it. You have successfully configured Outlook 2010 for your Gmail and Google Apps accounts. Now Hit “Test account settings” and Outlook will send a Test email and verify all the settings. Now you can read all your email from desktop, reply to messages and create a backup of your email – all with the very wonderful Outlook 2010.

Now that the iPod Touch has a built-in mic and two cameras, it very much is a WIFI-only iPhone. With apps like FaceTime and Skype, you don’t need to buy an iPhone if you plan on making calls from home or work. This is pretty much the perfect device for non-telcom users like myself. Throughout my week, I am away from WIFI maybe two or three hours. Frankly, that’s better than the cell reception I get.

The New Ipods

Apple iPod touch 8 GB (4th Generation) NEWEST MODEL

I don’t use AT&T and have absolutely no desire to switch.  Over the past few years I’ve gotten over being tied to a cell phone and it really seems like I have it for emergency calls but if I’m away from wi-fi it usually means I’m just busy and don’t really want to talk on the phone or the conversation most likely would be pointless because I’m not in front of my computer.

I’m going to be traveling out of the country for an extended period of time and really thing this will be a nice solution to being on skype while I’m away from my desk.  All my contacts numbers are either a skype in or google voice so we’re good to go.  I’ll let you know how I like it.

I’ll be away for a few months but I’ll be able to receive my phone calls from skype and google voice and have also obtained an international skype-in number that will make it easier for my new friends in the area to call me locally as well.

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I recently finished a website design for Eagle Jewelry (http://www.eaglejewelrysf.com) that has some very nice movement and animation all done jQuery.  With the No Flash on the Apple iPads many of the flash sites are just nice big blank screens on the iPad.  The alternative text on most flash sites is a link to download and install Flash but with no support on an iPad you don’t even see that message since it isn’t an alternative.

Eagle Jewelry on the iPad

I personally don’t own an iPad but there is a handy little tool out there to check a website on an iPad screen called iPadPeek.  Just type in the URL and you can see your website (see screenshot).

I’m still learning jQuery but it is a really nice alternative.  I have to look forward to learning HTML5 soon for some of the same reasons but for now this worked out fine.

My latest “OMG…you have to be flippin kidding me” problem is unlinking a Google Account from a YouTube Account.  In this case it’s MY Google Account and a client’s YouTube account.

Guess I just don't like being told NO!!!!!!

There are lots of forum and community posts from users that have the same problem that I did and in help there is this:  Linked YouTube-Google Accounts : Learn More – YouTube Help and This: Phasing out classic YouTube password support for users linked to a Google Account : Solve a Problem – YouTube Help.

I thought I hit pay dirt when I saw this link was worth a try…but it didn’t work for me (http://www.youtube.com/my_account_unlink).

Then I read someone’s post that said they “Transferred the YouTube Account” and found:

If your current YouTube account is linked to a Google Account, it may be possible to transfer your YouTube account depending on when it was created. Some settings will be available to you and, unfortunately, some may not.

of course my situation apparently falls into the…“Some settings will be available to you and, unfortunately, some may not” arena.

So far the only issue is that I’ll be logged into my account and visit YouTube and want to comment, favorite, etc. and I’ll be doing it as “my client”.  Not sure this particular client would appreciate some of my more “colorful” comments or some of my favorite music video choices.  As far as updates, I’ll probably just handle uploads, and any necessary maintenance of their YouTube account until Google pulls their head out of their…well, you get the picture.

Google Accounts used to be associated with a Gmail but somewhere along the way things changed and you could establish a Google Account with a regular email.  Of course, I missed that day in class  and I think I created several unnecessary gmail accounts for the sole purpose of obtaining a Google Account.

I ran into the same exact problem with Google Voice.  I did realize that you could not “unlink” you Google Voice and Google Account and assign it to another account.  It became such a pain in the ass that I ended up chucking the business cards I got printed and signed up for a new Google Voice account making sure that I associated the right Google Account.  Sound confusing…it IS!!!  And it Sucks!

Managing all the Google Accounts/Logins and Google Apps logins can be daunting especially since you can’t be logged into two at the same time.  I often have several different browsers and subsequent incognito windows open so that I can be logged into multiple services that unfortunately all use different Google Accounts.  This is especially an issue when I am setting up Social Media accounts, products, rss feeds, etc. for clients.  I usually set up a Google Account and possibly Gmail for my clients so that I can sign up and verify new account information.

I’ve been working on transferring most of my existing hosting clients to Google Apps for emails as well as introduce them to the “Cloud” mentality of collaboration with their staff as well as with me on projects, documents, etc.  I’m really digging Google Apps and services such as docs, sites, and calendar.

Lots of other blog posts on the same issue:

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