This site explains how to enable IMAP in your Gmail settings and provides configuration instructions for Outlook/Windows Mail, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, as well as several other email programs for desktop and mobile devices. If you wish to use an email client such as Outlook or Apple Mail to access your Gmail account, ITS highly suggests you configure your account using the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) settings found on the Google Apps support page titled Read Gmail messages on other email clients using IMAP. Accessing Google Apps on an Email Client using IMAP This page will provide links to documentation and settings that will help you get your Google Apps at USC account up and running on these email programs. You can access your USC Gmail account through many popular email clients such as Outlook and Apple Mail.