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Re: [WARNING - NOT VIRUS SCANNED] [ecs] GMAIL and POSTIE Mark Gilmore Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:54:27 -0400

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i have a better idea:
i have the purchased version of postie and can try sending you email.
i will send subsequent emails on this topic directly to you.

At 09:33 AM 9/30/2007, you wrote:
>Just wondering if any of you have tried google's POP3 service for 
>access to a gmail account with POSTIE.
>
>I tried it and received an error:
>
>250-mx.google.com at your service, [24.210.213.24]
>250-SIZE 28311552
>250-8BITMIME
>250-STARTTLS
>250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
>AUTH PLAIN
>530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first 18sm10635516nzo
>AG9tbmlrZXkAY2RldjIzMzg=
>502 5.5.1 Unrecognized command 18sm10635516nzo
>AUTH LOGIN b21uaWtleQ==
>530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first 18sm10635516nzo
>Login '<myusrname>' failed: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command 
>first 18sm10635516nzo
>QUIT
>221 2.0.0 mx.google.com closing connection 18sm10635516nzo
>
>
>Google seems to be completely open to allow it users access their 
>mail accounts from any type of mail client, the details for generic 
>access at the following URL.
>
>http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13287
>
>
>I have placed and except from this page below. Any thoughts or 
>comments would be appreciated.
>Best regards,
>Bill
>
>
>Configuring other mail clients
>
>
>
>You can use the following information to configure POP with many 
>mail clients. If you encounter difficulties, we suggest contacting 
>your mail client's customer support department for further 
>instructions -- we're not able to provide assistance with 
>configuring mail clients not listed 
><http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12103&topic=1555>here.
>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 or 587
>Account Name: your Gmail username (including @gmail.com)
>Email Address: your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com)
>Password: your Gmail password
>Please note that if your client does not support SMTP 
>authentication, you won't be able to send mail through your client 
>using your Gmail address.
>* Did you click 'Save Changes' after 
><http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273>enabling 
>POP in Gmail? To ensure that Gmail can communicate with your mail 
>client, be sure to click Save Changes on the Gmail Forwarding and 
>POP settings page.
>
>updated 8/31/2007
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