Step 1: Open your IMAP settings • Open Thunderbird. • Click Tools Account Settings. • Highlight your Gmail address.

Step 2: Update the settings on each tab Server settings tab • Check 'Check for new messages at startup.' • Check 'Check for new messages every 10 minutes.' • Next to 'When I delete a message,' select Just mark it as deleted. • Uncheck 'Clean up ('Expunge') Inbox on Exit.' • Uncheck 'Empty Trash on Exit.'

How can the answer be improved? Few things that help me manage the Apple mail problems with IMAP clients that have appeared since my Yosemite upgrade: * Using the app-specific passwords (if you have that set up, example for Gmail on Mac) to set up the Gmail account. Use the generated password instead of the one you use for login to Gmail.

Copies & Folders tab • In the 'When sending message, automatically' section, uncheck 'Place a copy in.' • In the 'Drafts and Templates' section for 'Keep message drafts in,' select Other Your Gmail address [Gmail] Drafts. Junk Settings tab • Uncheck 'Enable adaptive junk mail controls for this account.' If you aren't using one of the email clients above to read Gmail messages using IMAP, try these tips. Sending • Don't save sent messages on the server. Sent messages are automatically copied to the Gmail/Sent folder if your email client uses SMTP. • Save draft messages on the server if you want your drafts to show when you open Gmail on the web.

Deleting • Don't save deleted messages on the server. You can find messages you delete from an IMAP folder in your 'All Mail' label in Gmail. • Don't change your IMAP settings to save deleted messages in the Trash.

When you do this, any messages you delete from your email client will get permanently deleted from Gmail in 30 days. Junk mail & spam • Don't turn on your client's junk mail filters. Gmail automatically sorts spam and malware before it reaches your client.

Click Save Changes at the bottom of the screen. Allow Less Secure Apps to Access Your Gmail Account RELATED: If you are not using 2-factor authentication on your Gmail account (although ), you will need to allow less secure apps to access your Gmail account. Gmail blocks less secure apps from accessing Google Apps accounts because these apps are easier to break into.

Blocking less secure apps helps keep your Google account safe. If you try to add a Gmail account that does not have 2-factor authentication on, you will see the following error dialog box. It is better to, but if you would really rather not, visit and log in to your Gmail account if prompted. Media player for os x el capitan. Then, turn on Access for less secure apps. Now you should be able to continue to the next section and add your Gmail account to Outlook.

Add Your Gmail Account to Outlook Close your browser and open Outlook. To begin adding your Gmail account, click the File tab. On the Account Information screen, click Add Account. On the Add Account dialog box, you can choose the E-mail Account option which automatically sets up your Gmail account in Outlook. To do this, enter your name, email address, and the password for your Gmail account twice. (If you are using two-factor authentication, you’ll need to.) The progress of the setup displays. The automatic process may or may not work.

If the automatic process fails, select Manual setup or additional server types, instead of E-mail Account, and click Next. On the Choose Service screen, select POP or IMAP and click Next. On the POP and IMAP Account Settings enter the User, Server, and Logon Information. For the Server Information, select IMAP from the Account Type drop-down list and enter the following for the incoming and outgoing server information: • Incoming mail server: imap.googlemail.com • Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.googlemail.com Make sure you enter your full email address for the User Name and select Remember password if you want Outlook to automatically log you in when checking email. Click More Settings.

On the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box, click the Outgoing Server tab. Select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and make sure the Use same settings as my incoming mail server option is selected.

While still in the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box, click the Advanced tab. Enter the following information: • Incoming server: 993 • Incoming server encrypted connection: SSL • Outgoing server encrypted connection TLS • Outgoing server: 587 NOTE: You need to select the type of encrypted connection for the outgoing server before entering 587 for the Outgoing server (SMTP) port number. If you enter the port number first, the port number will revert back to port 25 when you change the type of encrypted connection. Click OK to accept your changes and close the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box. Outlook tests the accounts settings by logging into the incoming mail server and sending a test email message. When the test is finished, click Close. You should see a screen saying “You’re all set!”.