gmail pop3 account driving me crazy

[tf76]

OK, So I decided to try and setup my gmail account in windows live mail with win 7.

I have gone with a pop3 account setup.

I have entered in exactly the right information for the email properties for the account according to the google gmail instructions.

I have tried disabling avast home and downloading and running the gmail pop troubleshooter application.

The information gathered from that said "Negotiate SSL - Socket Error1. The remote host closed the connection".


This is the exact error I am getting everytime I try and send/receive.

Unable to send or receive messages for the Gmail (tfpcservices) account. Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity.

Server: 'pop.gmail.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0F
Protocol: POP3
Port: 995
Secure(SSL): Yes

I have searched for over 2 hours now for a solution. I have tried everything I can think of.

The only other thing could be maybe the router maybe.
Anyone help with a billion BIPAC VOIP?

Regards,

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

OK, So I decided to try and setup my gmail account in windows live mail with win 7.

I have gone with a pop3 account setup.

I have entered in exactly the right information for the email properties for the account according to the google gmail instructions.

I have tried disabling avast home and downloading and running the gmail pop troubleshooter application.

The information gathered from that said "Negotiate SSL - Socket Error1. The remote host closed the connection".


This is the exact error I am getting everytime I try and send/receive.

Unable to send or receive messages for the Gmail (tfpcservices) account. Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity.

Server: 'pop.gmail.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0F
Protocol: POP3
Port: 995
Secure(SSL): Yes

I have searched for over 2 hours now for a solution. I have tried everything I can think of.

The only other thing could be maybe the router maybe.
Anyone help with a billion BIPAC VOIP?

Regards,

Info looks good to me, try from a diff connection, if not possible try testing the outbound port by running something on port 995 at a diff location and connecting to it. Could try a packet sniffer like smsniff obviously you can't see any details since its SSL but you can probably get an idea if you are actually receiving anything.

 

[Ccomp5950]

In the account name do you have the full account name including @domain.com?

Is your clock set correctly / correct timezone?

Other setup issues: http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13287

 

[SilverLeaf]

It's been a while since I've set this up, but I seem to remember the need to enable pop3/IMAP within gmail's settings as well, from the web interface.

 

[rsarceno]

Did you enable pop in Gmail?

1. Sign in to Gmail.
2. Click the gear icon
3. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP and so on....

Also try using different app. There might be issue with Windows Live Mail

 

[johnrobert]

Try using IMAP instead works better

 

[dogskool]

Does your router have a firewall that needs a port open?

 

[tf76]

I have enabled pop in gmail settings.
I do have the full email entered in.
Yes the clock is set correctly / correct timezone.


Thanks for the suggestions so far.

Still not working?


Regards,

 

[technibbling]

changing the recommended Outgoing SMTP port from 465 to 587?

 

[16k_zx81]

Tried setting it up on a different machine or email client?

..

 

[mm201]

I have enabled pop in gmail settings.
I do have the full email entered in.
Yes the clock is set correctly / correct timezone.


Thanks for the suggestions so far.

Still not working?


Regards,

Last time that I set up a Gmail account with an email client the first time I changed the settings through the web interface for some reason the POP settings weren't saved. It might be worth a couple of minutes of your time to recheck that everything is saved correctly.

 

[OzzyGeek]

Try with Thunderbird and see how you go.

 

[Rosco]

why not imap. if you want to backup it up use mailstore.


i dont no if it makes a difference but those are the imap settings are pop the exact same?

 

[tf76]

Well I gave up using windows live for this.

I am now using pop peeper and it's working.

Not sure what's going on with windows live.

Thanks for all your suggestions guys.

Regards,

 

[Peaceful]

I've seen many instances in Windows Live where initial acct setup gets fubared and simply deleting/re-creating acct gets her going.