IMAP messages are downloaded to your local email client and synchronized with the email server (in this case, Gmail). So if you send a message with Outlook, that message will get uploaded to Gmail ...

Step 4: For incoming mail server settings, make sure that the account type is set to IMAP, then enter "imap-mail.outlook.com" as your incoming mail server.

Included in those instructions are the incoming mail server (POP3) settings. If you aren't sure you entered in the incoming mail server settings correctly, test your email POP3 server with the ...

Mail just doesn't <I>call</I> them incoming and outgoing. It appears the middle section of the Account Info tab (Mail.app --> Prefs --> Edit Account) is incoming and the bottom section is outgoing.

Click on Continue. Instead of your account being set up for you, you can now set it up manually. In the next sheet (which reads Incoming Mail Server), choose IMAP from the Account Type pop-up menu.

i'm trying to view my hotmail in outlook express. i have it set up at home, but when i try to set it up at work the only options that i have for incoming mail server are POP and IMAP. i can't ...