Thanks for publishing this information! It works perfect for my BlackJack!

charlie

You’re welcome … Can’t live without my gmail

Thank you so much for the information. I set up the accoount in seconds. My blackjack came with a Gmail accoutn set up but I have two accounts with Gmail and I could only access one with the set up provided.

Thanks for simple but direct help it works great!

Hmmmm. I can get mail fine, but I can’t send mail via any of the gmail accounts I have set up on my blackjack. Any thoughts as to what might be needed?

@jeremynyc – make sure you have selected the SSL boxes and also verify that you have enabled the option for Outgoing server requires authentication. Also I’ve seen some instances that require you to use the correct ports for their servers – I believe it’s 995….

i have been searching for how to setup my email to auto d/l just like my old bberry did for a while now. thanks sooooo much.

Does anyone else find though that the messages appear in your inbox, but as soon as you click ‘send and receive’ again they all disappear from it. Even if I’ve read them, I often want to keep them there to then reply to at a later date.

Doesn’t happen in desktop OE, but happens on my mobile devices (PPC 2003, WM5 -smartphone and PPC).

On gmail I have option selected ‘keep google’s copy in the inbox’, but have also tried ‘archive google’s copy’.

Any tips to solve this I’d be most grateful for!!!!!!

Are you setting up the account using your username as recent:YourUsername?

I’ve not had what you explained on a single one of my devices using this setup. What you’re explaining is definitely odd behavior!

What do you mean ‘recent:YourUsername’?

On my username bit I use the bit before the ‘@’ sign. eg.

email: jay@gmail.com
Username: jay

I take it you mean the settings on my mobile device?

It happened on my Ipaq (PPC 2003) and it also happens on my WM5 Axim.

Ah… tha might be it. Re-read the instructions above this will make more sense … your gmail account username when you are setting up the account.

Ahhhhhhh ……!!!!!! I really should learn to be more observant!

So I put the entire email address …. but this is probsbly a REALLY daft question … but I tske it I also enter the ‘recent:’ portion too??

Thank you, that is a GREAT HELP …. I shall try it. I’ve been trying to find the solution to that for about 2 years!!! I shall try it IMMEDIATELY! )

You got it…

recent:you@yu.com

Sorry I would be better at explaining this but the last couple of responses I’ve been in the middle or nowhere on my Treo.

It works … honest; thanks SO much!!!!!

Middle of nowhere sounds like FUN!!!!

Hmm…i did it all, entered everything and it says connecting, then logging on, and then shows the password screen again…so i enter my pw again and it just goes back to the same screen…the password is correct…what do i do?

Hi, I am having the same problem. I did everything you said, but when I am done it asks me to enter my password. When I enter the information, it comes back to the same screen. What do I do. Please let me know.
Thank You!!

make sure you have entered the email address properly. If you know the password is correct, then make sure the email address isn’t missing a letter or something like that. Also make sure the format is correct —

recent:you@gmail.com

Finally, did you check the boxes that say the servers require SSL? If not this won’t work.

My email address is too long for the Blackjack and it will not let me completely enter the characters. Any suggestions?

Thanks!!

I followed everything step by step and I can receive mail just fine, but when I try to send one they go straight to the outbox. What am I doing wrong?

thanks this was very helpful in setting it up and my gmail works great now except every time i send an email it sends it and works fine but it also sends it back to me as a new email, so in my inbox, but only on my phone, not on outlook, i get an email from myself and this happens everytime i send one, any thoughts?

if you keep getting the message “enter password”, then you have not enabled POP access in gmail. So go to your PC and login into gmail, click settings, click forwarding and enable pop forwarding for all email.

good idea Jack … been so long since I enabled pop that I forgot you had to!

OK, followed directions and get this error: “The remote party has ended this connection”.

Any ideas?

okay, so i did everything you said but when I try to connect on my blackjack it says that my internet connection is not configured properly. and that I should verify my settings in Data Connections.

my internet works fine though

and should my outgoing server be
stmp.gmail.com
or
stmp.gmail.com:username@gmail.com?

thanks this forum has been a big help.

sorry forget what I just asked.
all I had to do was change the network settings on the mail from WAP to INTERNET.

thanks though

I am having the same problem. I have setup everything as you mentioned, but it says that my internet connection is not configured properly.

my internet works fine and my configuration for gmail is setup to look at the internet.

Any idea?

Try changing the connection setting in the email setup for “Media Net” or similar…

I have mine setup through tmobile so it might be a bit different. The only options i have are work and internet…other then wap

I had a POP3 account set up for work and I could receive emails but I couldn’t send them. If your smtp outgoing server setting isn’t working you can try cingulars smtp setting. cwmx.com is the outgoing smtp server. I entered this in account settings and now I can send messages. Hope this helps someone.

I have tried everything listed on this page but can’t get it to send mail for the life of me…Has anyone else not gotten this to work after reading all of the possible solutions out there?

I’ve never been able to send email using POP Gmail from my blackjack. ahhh well.

These instructions work for receive, and maybe they used to work for sending, but they do not now, for me at least. Given the number of others posting here that have the same problem, I’d same some if not all of us are affected.

To make everything including sending work, follow the OP instructions *but* you must click the “Outgoing Server Settings” link on the servers info page, and then choose “Use different user name for outgoing”. Put your regular username and password for this, NOT the recent: part which is what is causing send to fail.

HTH, it works great for me

Interestingly enough … I don’t have to do anything other than make sure I’ve selected SSL for both connections and that the outgoing server requires authentication. The recent: thing in from of my name seems to have no effect on my account.

For what its worth I’ve used this exact same method on:

Blackjack, T-Mo SDA, iPaq hx2495, Treo 750 and a cingular 8525. Thankfully my iPhone does it all for me

please help there’s something wrong with my blackjack or gmail nothing works. ive been looking all ver the web for answers

bobinator – what is it doing?

I just tried this on my Blackjack II, and everything works smoothly, except any mail I send shows up in my inbox as new mail for me. Any way to fix this?

TallLefty. This is actually related to the way Gmail threads messages. The best thing to do here is create a filter on the account which will automatically move everything with your name in the From line to a separate folder.

Doug

Actually TallLefty24 … that might also be a function/flaw of using recent: in front of your username.

I said goodbye to POP a while back, and I’m using IMAP4 again – it just works better and doesnt send me back an email from myself every time i send a message.

instead of pop.gmail.com, use imap.gmail.com, and DON’T use recent: in front of your user name, and select SSL for both incoming and outgoing.

tested on both WM5 and WM6 (Samsung i607 BlackJack)