Setting up RIT gmail with Office Outlook (Version 2005+)
December 30, 2021
Made a small guide for setting up Outlook for Office (or Microsoft 365) a while ago. Might be useful for some people that currently uses the desktop application for their emails since the rit confluence wiki seems to be outdated and I was having a bit of trouble trying to get some help from ITS
Setting GApps password & IMAP
- Go to https://start.rit.edu
- Click on Google Preferences
- Set and save google apps password
- Go to Gmail
- Go to Quick Settings (cog icon) > See all settings
- Go to Forwarding and POP/IMAP
- Enable IMAP and Save Changes
Office Outlook
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Open Outlook and go to File > Add Account
- Login using your ritusername@rit.edu (@g.rit.edu domain name is not necessary)
- Connect and Setup with IMAP
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IMAP Account Settings
- Incoming mail: imap.gmail.com
- Port: 993
- Encryption method: SSL/TLS
- Outgoing mail: smtp.gmail.com
- Port: 465
- Encryption method: SSL/TLS
- Incoming mail: imap.gmail.com
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Use your google apps password from start.rit.edu
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RIT login will pop up, use regular credentials (may need to log in for the second time)
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Allow access from Microsoft apps & services if prompted