How To Enable IMAP in Google Account
Google provides user to download emails/messages from Google Apps/Gmail mail servers to your local computer system, so user can access their email/message through programs such as Outlook or Thunderbird, if you use POP and IMAP access.
Here are simple steps to know how to enable IMAP in Google Apps/Gmail email following as:

After sign in Gmail/Google Apps mail login, go to Click Setting (Gear icon in the upper/right).


Then, Click "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab


About middle down the page in the IMAP Access section, select Enable IMAP. Click Save at the bottom of the page.
