How to Set Up POP3 & SMTP Email in Office & Outlook. Microsoft Outlook receives and delivers messages over a mail server, a remote computer that acts as a Web-based post office.

"IMAP syncs with Microsoft servers experiencing failures that are causing Gmail sync issues. We currently believe the issue only affects users syncing their email from Outlook servers." Google said.

What is a connected account in Outlook.com? When you add a Connected Account in your Outlook.com account, it is similar to adding an email account to Gmail for POP3 and SMTP.

Outlook for Windows and macOS does a good job of managing multiple email accounts in one place, though like Windows’ native Mail app, it doesn’t show all your messages in the same inbox.

Industry The Web Google drops Gmail Outlook sync support, Microsoft "surprised" By Rick Burgess December 18, 2012, 3:30 PM 36 comments ...

I know the accounts are set-up using the IMAP protocol, and not POP3. I know this is why S.P. expects the e-mail on multiple devices to be in sync with each other.