"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?
Stick with it... make sure you have followed the instructions on the
following link
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13276
Don't worry about it saying Outlook Express,
the details are the same, and pay particular attention
to the final part... ie,
* Did you click 'Save Changes' after enabling POP in Google Mail? To ensure
that Google Mail can communicate with your mail client, make sure you click
'Save Changes' on the 'Forwarding and POP' tab in your Google Mail settings.