Visual Link Enhanced E-Mail Setup for Outlook 2003

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STEP 1: Tell G-mail to enable Outlook Express to retrieve messages:
(Scroll down below the picture for instructions)

  1. Log in to your mail account at http://webmail.visuallink.com

  2. Agree to the license agreement if presented with one.

  3. Click Settings at the top of any mail page.

  4. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP in the orange Mail Settings box.

  5. Select Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.

  6. Choose the action you'd like your messages to take after they are accessed with POP. We suggest the option to “archive Visual Link Internet Enhanced Mail's copy”.

  7. Click Save Changes. Once the changes are saved it may take 10 minutes to an hour for the changes to take effect.

Did you click 'Save Changes' after enabling POP in your mail account? To ensure that your account can communicate with your mail client, be sure to click 'Save Changes' on the 'Mail Settings' page.


STEP 2: To set up your Outlook 2003 client to work with Gmail:

      1. Open Outlook.

      2. Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts...

      3. If your account is already set up with our old server info, Click View or change an existing account, and click Next, then select your account and click Remove, (click yes if asked to confirm removal) then click Add. If this is a new setup, Click Add a new e-mail account, and click Next.

      4. Choose POP3 as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click Next.

      5. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:

      User Information
      Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
      Email Address: Enter your full email address (username@visuallink.com)
      Server Information
      Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
      Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
      Login Information
      User Name: Enter your Visual Link email address (including @visuallink.com).
      Password: Enter your email password

      1. Click More Settings... and then click the Outgoing Server tab.

      2. Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.

      3. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3).

      4. Check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Outgoing Server (SMTP), and enter 465 in the Outgoing server (SMTP) box.

      5. Click OK.

      6. Click Test Account Settings... After receiving Congratulations! All tests completed successfully, click Close.

      7. Click Next, and then click Finish.

      8. Download the latest updates for Outlook 2003 from Microsoft. This will help prevent the most common Outlook errors Gmail users see.

       

       

    Congratulations! Once you have completed both steps you are done configuring Outlook 2003.