General Question re email w/ Outlook

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Stilla - 23 Dec 2005 16:51 GMT

Hi there! I am new to Outlook, and am considering the benefits of using it
as my email editor. I'd like to understand the basics....

If I have an email account with say, google - my address would stay the
same, right? Do I set up outlook to "download" emails from that google
account automatically? That way, I don't ever sign on to gmail at all, but
just read my email from Outlook?

As I said, it's a very basic question, but funnily enough, I can't find it
answered in the Outlook help files.

THanks very much!

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 23 Dec 2005 17:37 GMT

Yes, that's exactly how it works. Google provides a POP3 interface to its mail servers, so you'd create a POP3 account in Outlook. Instructions are available on your Gmail web page.

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> Hi there! I am new to Outlook, and am considering the benefits of using it
> as my email editor. I'd like to understand the basics....
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> THanks very much!

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Stilla - 23 Dec 2005 18:03 GMT

Thanks Sue! I'll explore it! I suppose there is no way to "filter in"
certain emails to outlook and leave out others. Say, I want my business
emails downloaded, but not the personal ones..

> Yes, that's exactly how it works. Google provides a POP3 interface to its mail servers, so you'd create a POP3 account in Outlook. Instructions are available on your Gmail web page.
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> > THanks very much!

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 23 Dec 2005 18:53 GMT

No, it's all or nothing.

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> Thanks Sue! I'll explore it! I suppose there is no way to "filter in"
> certain emails to outlook and leave out others. Say, I want my business
> emails downloaded, but not the personal ones..
>
>> Yes, that's exactly how it works. Google provides a POP3 interface to its mail servers, so you'd create a POP3 account in Outlook. Instructions are available on your Gmail web page.

>> > Hi there! I am new to Outlook, and am considering the benefits of using it
>> > as my email editor. I'd like to understand the basics....
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>> >
>> > THanks very much!

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