[Evolution] Re: Gmail with Evolution

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:58:46 -0300
From: Brian Mury <b.mury at ieee.org>
Subject: Re: [Evolution] Gmail with Evolution
To: evolution at lists.ximian.com
Message-ID: <1122901126.26437.56.camel at localhost.localdomain>
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>>On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 08:12 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>> Has anyone got this to work?

>Yes.

>In the Account Editor, do the following:

>Receiving Email tab:
>Server Type: POP
>Host: pop.gmail.com
>Username: gbplinux at gmail.com
>Use Secure Connection: Always
>Authenticatino Type: Password

>Sending Email tab:
>Server Type: SMTP
>Host: smtp.gmail.com
>Server requires authentication: checked
>Use Secure Connection: Always
>Authentication Type: PLAIN
>Username: gbplinux

>Other settings/tabs can be set up however you see fit.

>Log in to GMail, click on "Settings" (top right hand corner), then click
>on the "Forwarding and POP" tab, and turn on either "Enable POP for all
>mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)" or "Enable POP only for
>mail that arrives from now on". Again, set other settings however you
>see fit. Click on "Save Changes".

I've done all this! When trying to connect to Gmail, the progress bar
just sits right at the beggining and does not move! The same settings
in Thunderbird get an instant download of mail.