Hi,
This was the kind of link I had been looking at, but it also had:
"*The order of 'Outgoing' and 'Incoming' mail server fields varies by
version. Make sure you enter the correct information in each field."
That was what I had done - mixed up the server port numbers - what an idiot.
Anyhow its all working perfectly now - thanks for your help.
Morag
"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message
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> http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13276
> --
> Ronald Sommer
>
> "Morag Drummond" <morag.drummond@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:OCv93rFzHHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> :
> : "Neil Harley" <nomail@home.com> wrote in message
> : news:%23YpW%23TFzHHA.4824@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> : > Morag Drummond wrote:
> : >> Hi,
> : >>
> : >> I have just bought a new PC with Windows Vista and Mail. I am finding
> : >> that neither of my two ISPs (BT Yahoo and Google Mail) offer the
> : >> automatic setup of Windows Mail (although they do with Outlook and
> lots
> : >> of other email programmes like Eudora etc etc).
> : >>
> : >> I have managed to set up my BT Yahoo acount manually but can't get
> Google
> : >> Mail to work.
> : >>
> : >> Can someone explain why Windows Mail is not an automatic setup option
> : >> with ISPs and does anyone know what the problem could be with Google
> : >> Mail?
> : >
> : >
> : > What have you done to get GMail to work? Have you followed the
> : > instructions in the GMail Help section and turned on POP3 at GMail?
> :
> : Hi,
> :
> : Thanks very much for your post. I have followed all the instructions in
> the
> : GMail help and POP3 is turned on (it was turned on anyway for when I
> used
> my
> : old computer). I put in all the correct server port numbers, ticked the
> SSL
> : boxes for ingoing and outgoing mail and ticked the authentification box
> but
> : still no joy.
> :
> : Any ideas? Thanks again.
> :
> : Morag
> :
>