Email accounts don't show up

[allwires]

For some reason after I go through the whole process of creating an email account and entering all the settings and everything, and then when hit finish, it just doesn't show up! Does anyone know what could be happening?

[ZuneNinja!]

What type of email is this for? exchange? pop3?

[allwires]

I'm trying to do a GMail account. First I tried it with the automatic settings. Then I tried manually doing it. I don't see why if I put in some wrong settings the account doesn't at least appear and just not work. After I finish doing the account it just goes back to the mail screen and in the middle says "no accounts".

I even tried going into settings and clear memory back to factory and re do it, and still, I finish setting up the account and it's just like it all got canceled.

[edit] I just tried making account with random letters in all the settings and it created it... is this something to do with gmail? And I am trying to do IMAP. And yes I have it set to that on gmail.

[CovKid66]

Found this in a TP forum for configuring gmail on WM6.1....

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...21#post1134521

Here are the steps, and step 3 answers you question about 'random' characters. This is a known issue with gmail...

Originally Posted by quadjacks

To configure IMAP for your Windows Mobile 6 device, just follow these steps:

1. Enable IMAP in your Gmail settings.
2. Open the Start menu and select Programs > Messaging > New E-mail Account.
3. Enter your Gmail address (including '@gmail.com') in the E-mail Address field*. Google Apps users, enter your full address in the format 'username@your_domain.com'*.
* Windows Mobile 6.1 users: Enter an unintelligible email address (such as 'g@g') at this step. This will bypass the automatic configuration for POP access.
4. Uncheck the box that asks to get settings automatically from the Internet and select Next.
5. Select Internet e-mail as your email provider in the drop-down menu.
6. Enter your name as you want it to appear in sent emails.
7. Enter a descriptive name for the email account and select Next.
8. Enter 'imap.gmail.com' in the Incoming Mail Server field.
9. Select IMAP4 as the Account type from the drop-down menu and select Next.
10. Enter your full email address (including '@gmail.com' or '@your_domain.com') and password.
11. Select Next.
12. Enter 'smtp.gmail.com' in the Outgoing (SMTP) Mail Server field.
13. Make sure that the Outgoing server requires authentication box is checked.
14. Select the Advanced Server Settings link.
15. Make sure that the Require SSL box is checked for both incoming and outgoing emails.
16. Select The Internet as the network connection from the drop-down menu.
17. Select Done and then Next.
18. Select how often you want your phone to send/receive emails from the drop-down menu.
19. For more download options, select the Review all download settings link.
20. Select Finish.
21. Check our recommended client settings, and adjust your client's settings as needed.