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okay so you have an office 365 Outlook mail account for work and to private
gmail account can you run your gmail account through
Outlook it would be much more convenient than running two separate windows the
answer is yes but only if you set it up correctly here's my office 365 account
click here to open the sidebar you can now see my single work account but I
can't just add my gmail account I need to modify my Google account first Google
considers Outlook to be an unsafe application and won't allow Gmail to be
installed on outlook without some modification possibly because outlook is
simply a competitor but there is a way around the problem open your Google
account and sign in click here to go to my account next go to sign in and
security there's all sorts of options for you here but the one we need is
right at the bottom allow less secure apps simply use this slide button here
to switch it on you don't have to save anything and you get a little
confirmation bar here you can now close your Google account and you'll get
another confirmation bar here now reopen outlook open the sidebar again and click
on accounts the manage accounts tab opens up and you'll see the add account
link here click it and you'll get an options window click on the Google
option enter your gmail address and password and click next you'll see a
permission screen simply click allow next Google will offer you the option to
send emails from your gmail account with a specific name you could add personal
to your name to separate this account from your work account if
you wish it's just a little safety feature finally click sign-in and it's
all done for you you'll see the new account has been added to the left-hand
sidebar you now have two separate inboxes click on each account name to go
to those boxes you can combine them if you want simply open the manage accounts
window again and you'll see a link to link in boxes click on this link and a
new tab will open all of your accounts will be checked by default simply give
the linked inbox a name click Save and there it is
both inboxes combined like this frankly I find this both confusing and risky the
possibility of sending personal emails from a work address and vice versa
isn't a good one to separate them again simply click on accounts again to open
up the management window click on mailboxes not linked accounts slightly
confusing and a window will open up that allows you to uncheck the boxes you want
to unlink uncheck and you'll get a helpful - high log just a little too
late to be helpful click Save and you've separated your linked inboxes again much
better you might of course want to keep the sidebar open to check both boxes
separately and there it is all done eTop Technology we're here to help if you
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