Click the Settings link in Gmail, and the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab: choose Enable IMAP, and click the Save Changes button: If it doesn't appear, or if you already have setup email accounts aside from Gmail, locate the ' Add an e-mail account' button in Windows Live Mail's left pane click this button to open the email account wizard:īefore you can use Windows Live Mail and Gmail together, you need to enable IMAP in Gmail itself. When you first you run Windows Live Mail, the ' Add an E-mail Account' dialog automatically opens.
Setting up your Gmail email account in Windows Live Mail is a streamlined process. Gmail has in a few short years become the third largest web-based email service provider, behind Yahoo! Mail and Windows Live Hotmail.
