I assume you followed all the correct settings as far as port numbers
and SSL. Did you enable POP access at Gmail? By default
POP access is turned off. See
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13273
Gary VanderMolen
"Mia" <Mia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:748B8279-8714-4F1B-9323-AC0909FF8E77@microsoft.com...
>I am having the same trouble and have gone round and round. Finally I have
> gotten to the point where I am trying to send a test email and now I am going
> round and round and getting stopped at Logon to pop.gmail.com I put in
> my user name and password and it just keeps popping back at tme. I believe I
> am using the right name and password.... gggrrrrrrrrrr I checked the box
> that asks to remember credentials.
>
> "Julian" 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?
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>