Interviewed by CNN on 02/05/2011 23:11, james king told the world: > what settings should be used to download messages? using pop3 not > imap. I can use Seamonkey to send mail but can't get it downloaded > from Googlemail.
Well, first you have to go into the Gmail settings page and activate the POP3 option -- it's disabled by default. Also, you should check if you want to get only the messages starting from the present day, or if you want to download all past messages too (which could be a very big first download). Then, you should use the following settings: POP server: pop.gmail.com Encription: SSL Port: 995 You might want to try IMAP instead of POP, though. Since Gmail does not give you an easy way to disable spam filtering (*), using POP you have no convenient way to check the spam folder for false positives. For IMAP, use these settings: IMAP server: imap.gmail.com Encryption: SSL Port: 993 Note that you should use "<username>@gmail.com" as the account name -- unless, of course, your account is from another domain hosted in Gmail. I know you are able to send messages, but just for completeness (and also because a possible reason for you being successful at sending messages is because you are sending them through some *other* SMTP server, not Gmail), I'm going to post the recommended settings for the SMTP server: smtp server: smtp.gmail.com Use one of the two schemes below: - SSL encryption on port 465 - or TLS/STARTTLS on port 587 user authentication is needed -- use the same username/password as for receiving messages. As I said, I don't care much for using Gmail with POP, but if you intend to do so from more than one computer, there's a neat trick that it's worth knowing about, since Gmail does not behave normally regarding the "delete messages after downloading" option: Gmail's POP "recent" mode. It fetches the last 30 days of messages, no matter when the last POP access happened. For this to work, you have to set your username in the form: recent:<username>@gmail.com You also should set the "Leave messages on the server" to ON for it to work correctly. (*) Yes, there IS a trick to "kind of" disable the Gmail Spam filter -- you can set a rule that selects *EVERY* message that arrives and applies a "not spam" flag to it. It's an useful trick sometimes, but I prefer using IMAP and just have a look at the spam folder now and then. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Battlestar. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.0.14 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
