Setting up Gmail

1. Sign in to your web-based gmail account.
2. Click the Settings button near the upper-right corner and select Settings.
3. Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP link.
4. Click the Enable POP for all mail option or the Enable POP only for mail that arrives from now on option.
5. In the When messages are access with POP field, choose what you want Gmail to do with your messages after your POP client or device receives the messages.
6. Click Save Changes.

Setting up Outlook 2003

1. Open Outlook.
2. Choose Tools > E-mail Accounts.
3. Click the Add a new e-mail account option and click Next.
4. Click the POP3 option and click Next.
5. Enter the following information.
   1. User Information: Your name and full email address
   2. Server Information: Incoming mail server pop.gmail.com; Outgoing mail server smtp.gmail.com
   3. Login Information: Your full email address as User Name and the password for your email account.
   4. Select Remember password
   5. Click the More Settings button.
6. On the General tab, enter your name for the Mail Account and enter your full email address as the Reply E-mail.
7. Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
8. Mark the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication checkbox and select the Use same settings as my incoming mail server option.
9. Click on the Connection tab.
10. Select Connect using my local area network (LAN)
11. Click the Advanced tab.
12. For Incoming server (POP3), enter 995 and mark the This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) checkbox.
13. For Outgoing server (SMTP), enter 465 and mark the This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) checkbox.
14. Under Delivery, select Leave a copy of your messages on the server if you don’t want them deleted from the server.
15. Click OK.
16. Click Test Account Settings. After confirmation, click Close.
17. Click Next and then click Finish.
18. Restart Outlook.
19. Click on Send/Receive.

If you receive Outlook 0x800408FC stating “The server name you entered can not be found on the network (it might be down temporarily). Please verify that you are online and that the server name is correct”:
Important: Before you continue to the method below, ensure that you have specified the correct mail server settings (Incoming and Outgoing) for your e-mail account.
Disable TCP/IPv6 Protocol.

The most worked method to fix the Outlook 0x800408FC error, is to disable the "Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCPIP/IPv6)" in your active network adapter. To do that:
1. Right Click on the Internet Connection icon in far right of the task bar.
2. Click on Open Network and Sharing Center.
3. Click on Change adapter settings in the list on the left.
4. Right click on the active connection.
5. Click on Properties.
6. Uncheck the Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) checkbox and click OK.
Launch Outlook, click on Send/Receive. The Outlook 0x800408FC error should be solved.