The display name can be anything, and doesn't have to match your Gmail email address your choice of display name doesn't affect your Gmail account itself, only emails you send through Gmail from Windows Live Mail.Ĭheck the ' Manually configure server settings for e-mail account' checkbox if you want to manually setup Gmail in Windows Live Mail.

The last field (' Display Name') determines how emails you send appear to recipients (in their 'From' field). By default, Windows Live Mail will remember your Gmail password you can uncheck the ' Remember password' checkbox. Under ' E-mail address', type your full Gmail email address in the format Enter your Gmail password in the second field. 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.

Setting up live mail