

Pre-Flight Check These instructions are intended specifically for setting up a new email account in Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac OS X 10.11.3. This guide will explain how to set up a Gmail account that has 2-step verification enabled in the Outlook Windows desktop client. While there is no problem using a folder on the IMAP server with most IMAP accounts, you DO NOT want to save a copy of sent items in the Gmail folders. Beginning with Outlook 2007, you can choose a Sent folder for your IMAP accounts. I tried deleting the account on Outlook and starting over.

After several weeks, Office is still 'determining changes'. I connected a large gmail account to Outlook 2016 for Mac (15.3) and set the account to download headers only. Improved auth for existing Gmail users If you have a Google account added to Outlook for Mac earlier to the release of improved authentication experience for Google IMAP accounts, then you will need to sign-in using the browser to connect to your account. Select Done to start using Outlook 2016 for Mac.
