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Title: Setting up Outlook
Post by: goodear on October 12, 2007, 10:33:53 AM

I've been running into trouble setting up Outlook for Gmail. I'm certain that it's because there is a detail that I did incorrectly in the Outlook setup (or the Gmail setup.

When Outlook asks for Account ID, I'm never really clear about whether it means the full email addy, or just the word before the "@". I've been unsuccessful in consistently sending Gmail via Outlook, getting "authentication required" messages.
Anyone have any enlightenment on this?  It seems that most of the articles on Outlook setup with Gmail are referring to Windows. Thank you.

Title: Setting up Outlook
Post by: Paddy on October 12, 2007, 10:48:23 AM

Goodear, you need to set the "authentication required" in the advanced window during the setup. That should do it. Gmail requires the full email addy in the ID section of Outlook methinks. (That's what I have for my ID in Mail for my Gmail account)

Here's a great illustrated guide to setting up OE and SMTP authentication.

http://alltimepartners.com/oemac-auth-fix/

Let us know if that works.

Title: Setting up Outlook
Post by: tacit on October 12, 2007, 10:53:49 AM

QUOTE(goodear @ Oct 12 2007, 03:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

When Outlook asks for Account ID, I'm never really clear about whether it means the full email addy, or just the word before the "@".

That's because it is up to each individual ISP to decide what the "account ID" is.

Some ISPs use your full email address for your account ID. Some just use the part of your email address before the @. Some ISPs don't use either one; instead, they use your first name, or some other user name.

The account ID can be anything that particular ISP wants it to be. There aren't any consistent rules. You always have to find out your account ID from the particular service provider you are using.

Title: Setting up Outlook
Post by: goodear on October 13, 2007, 11:35:21 AM

Even though my ISP and a Mac EXPERT have told me that in the ID section of Outlook (advanced options/sender)  the full email addy must appear, I did that and it fails. Only when I remove the stuff  from and after the @ sign does it work. I wonder whether this is the result of a bug in Outlook Espresso 5.02 which makes it behave erratically from one user to another.

 

QUOTE(tacit @ Oct 12 2007, 10:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(goodear @ Oct 12 2007, 03:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

When Outlook asks for Account ID, I'm never really clear about whether it means the full email addy, or just the word before the "@".

That's because it is up to each individual ISP to decide what the "account ID" is.

Some ISPs use your full email address for your account ID. Some just use the part of your email address before the @. Some ISPs don't use either one; instead, they use your first name, or some other user name.

The account ID can be anything that particular ISP wants it to be. There aren't any consistent rules. You always have to find out your account ID from the particular service provider you are using.