iiii_pretender_iiii 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 What the settings for Thunderbird? Pop and Smtp server. Free Pops, I tried that a few months back, Email service providers working on "Squirrel mail" worked fine, I could not get Gmail to work on it. 19065[/snapback] Hello EEPROM, Check out this page for a step by step walkthrough for accessing GMAIL on Thunderbird. GMAIL On Thunderbird Im using gmail on Thunderbird now, and its fast, No time outs, no nothing. Welcome to fast, reliable, convinient mailing. If you need any more help regarding this, you can always ask. would be glad to guide you through. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beetle 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 Thanks Pretender Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iiii_pretender_iiii 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 Anytime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2004 Also POP and IMAP are mail protocols. Whats it got to do with space? you can see the diff between POP and IMAP in this link http://www.imap.org/imap.vs.pop.brief.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iiii_pretender_iiii 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2004 Gmail doesn't currently support IMAP access. As part of our ongoing commitment to give our users easy access to their email, we have introduced POP access. We look forward to announcing more features as they become available.http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=10339 Actually they are both mail protocols which pretty much do the same thing. For now im satisfied with this. Will move over as and when they start supporting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gadget_monk 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2004 IMAP on gmail is not very useful bcoz u cannot create folders. you have a fixed number of folders - inbox, sent and archives. Everything else is managed by labels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iiii_pretender_iiii 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 Yea, you're right monk. I miss the folders creation facility like in yahoo. Hope gmail includes that too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 I got my pop access from Gmail today - and boy do they use the wierdest ports! And you don't need folders in gmail - USE LABELS! the best part about labels is that you can give a message multiple labels! something you cant do with folders... i.e. you can only put one mail in one folder.... I think M$ is trying to do something similar with the Longhorn File System or should I say the former-to-be Longhorn file system! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vishal Gupta 4 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 Some more info: (if you dont want to go 2 their site, use it from Outlook) Incoming Mail (POP3) Server – Requires SSL: pop.gmail.com Use SSL: Yes Port: 995 Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server – Requires TLS: smtp.gmail.com (use authentication) Use Authentication: Yes Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL) Port: 465 Account Name: your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') Email Address: your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com) Password: your Gmail password Enjoy! For more information for other mail clients, logon to ur gmail account, click on "NEW FEATURES", under "Free POP access", click on "LEARN MORE", and click on "How do I configure my mail client? ", here u can select ur email client and can get all the settings u'hv to do with ur email clicnt to access ur GMail account. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 Of course the biggest problem is - NO IMAP SUPPORT! I got hundreds of mail in my outbox and no way to download it directly through Gmail - except maybe use POPGOESGMAIL! And then again my labels are sure to get screwed! I'm keeping my stuff online! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iiii_pretender_iiii 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 Yea, in a way, Labels are smarter than folders. anu, i dont know about this outbox thing. Must check it out... And all that info vishal gave can be accessed at the link i gave with screen shots. Heres the link once more... http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=10339 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashokjp 15 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 hey when i use pop facility to download mails to my outlook.. Mails from both inbox and send mail folder of my account is download as a mix up to my outlook express inbox folder POP3 access means it should be giving only inbox messages.. Right Atleast thats the general proceedure followed by others Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted November 27, 2004 Just tried the POP3 ...though Im able to retrieve mails, Im unable to send any mails using Gmail's SMTP server! Checked the settings thrice in my MS Outlook. Is it working smoothy for you guys? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skssha 8 Report post Posted November 27, 2004 Its fine I am able to send mail thro outlook express via gmail Sivashankkar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashokjp 15 Report post Posted November 27, 2004 Working perfect for me!!! Both sending and receiving mails.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted November 29, 2004 Well, apparently Gmail's recommended port 465 isn't working for me (Outlook). Changed it to 587 ...and SMTP seems to be working fine now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 SMTP is working fine for me also... Now I use only POP3 and do not keep my mails online.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 But which port ru using for SMTP? And which mail client? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 I have tried it on Foxmail. Used standard SMTP port: 465 you can get foxmail from this link http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/english.htm Its a really great email client Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 I really wonder why port 465 dosen't like me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 May be some other program/spyware/virus might have blocked the port and may be using it. Or maybe your ISP might have blocked that port. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
