"maria" <maria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:12989A99-867F-40AF-A792-B033C7EDCA73@microsoft.com...
>I am using windows vista. MSN is my internet service provider but I have a
> free email account with them. My brother told me I could use my gmail
> account with windows mail and have that work. I have tried to set it up
> filling in the appropriate information (pop3, smtp), but I am unable to
> get a
> connection. I try to send mail and it will not. I've tried to retrieve
> mail
> out of my gmail account and cannot. I have no idea what to do and the
> help
> suggestions are leading me in circles. Does anybody have any suggestions?
The links describe setup for Outlook Express, Windows mail setup is exactly
the same.
Check your settings as per:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13276 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13273
HTH?
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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS] UK