i had to enter my settings manually the auto-config wouldn't work.
"Mia" wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
> >