Gmail Questions

[beathookup]

I'm trying to set up my school account which is an extension of GMail and I go through the setup wizard it is able to make a new inbox but is unable to connect and recieve messages. What should I look for to fixing this?

[fo4imtippin]

The Quick Answer

• Follow the instructions below to set up IMAP access in Windows Mobile 6.
• Google Apps users, please follow the default instructions unless otherwise noted, replacing 'your_domain.com' with your actual domain name.

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

[randcool]

that doesn't work I have already tried that.

[beathookup]

thanks this did work great job

[randcool]

Update I went back and opened a new account and it worked this time.All I had to do was put in the email address and the auto configure did work.However I couldn't edit an existing gmail account it would never work.Took some time to try different settings but it eventually worked.Thank you

[traveldave]

I know I'm bumping a month-old thread, but since I never found this particular answer anywhere else...

I tried over and over to make my gmail account work on my lovely new TP2. No matter what I did, it wouldn't accept my password. Until, that is, I changed it. Twice. See, the first time, the new password still had an @ sign in it. The second time, it didn't. And it worked.

Just to see if that made a difference, I changed the password again to something with an @ sign in it, and tried to get the account working. It wouldn't work. Changed the password to something without an @ sign - worked again.

Is that definite proof that's the problem? Nope, not at all. Did that do it for me? Yep.

Just thought I'd share.

[fr0st]

Wirelessly posted (TP2 Biznitch: Opera/9.80 (Windows Mobile; WCE; Opera Mobi/WMD-50430; U; en) Presto/2.4.13 Version/10.00)

I have a @ sign in my gmail password and google sync works fine. Weird it doesnt work for you.

[traveldave]

Originally Posted by fr0st

Wirelessly posted (TP2 Biznitch: Opera/9.80 (Windows Mobile; WCE; Opera Mobi/WMD-50430; U; en) Presto/2.4.13 Version/10.00)

I have a @ sign in my gmail password and google sync works fine. Weird it doesnt work for you.

I wasn't using Google Sync... there are very clearly differences between how Google Sync works and authenticates via ActiveSync and how the IMAP authentication works. IMAP authentication seems to have been a challenge for a number of people before me, and I was just sharing what I'd learned yesterday through my experience.