thank you i found your posted answer exactly what i needed to know
"mac" wrote:
>
> "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?
>
>
> --
> Regards Steve.
> MS-MVP. OE. [DTS] UK
>