Can't add gmail account to iPhone

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Can't add gmail account to iPhone

I have set up my Yahoo and AOL account. Whenever I try to set up my gmail, I recieve the message. "Cannot Connect Using SSL Do you want to try setting up the account without SSL?"
If I select Yes or No, it still won't open my account. Any advice?

MacBook, Mac mini, iPhone, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Aug 11, 2007 5:06 PM

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Damon M.

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Aug 11, 2007 6:08 PM in response to Scott Shay

If you cannot set up Gmail with the Gmail short cut in add account.
You might want to set up Gmail as other.

First off all make sure that you have enabled pop on your Gmail account.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273&topic=1556

Then on your iphone, go to settings>mail>add account
choose other
then enter needed information
Server Information

Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com

Login Information
User Name: Enter your Gmail username (including @gmail.com)
Password: Enter your Gmail password

Once the account sets up, you can go back into the account settings>advanced and turn ssl off.

Hope this helps

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k930

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Aug 12, 2007 3:25 AM in response to Damon M.

Thanks Scott. I was having the same problem and your suggestion (enabling POP on gmail settings) solved it.

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Aug 12, 2007 10:27 PM in response to k930

This helped me very much as well! However, I'm trying to email photos that I've just taken, and it doesn't appear that they are sending . . . how do I send the email? Or know that it gets sent?

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magia100

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Aug 24, 2007 10:37 AM in response to therasett

keep in mind that some people have already enabled POP on gmail, and still you won't be able to receive messages. For me, i had to disable and enable POP on gmail and it worked great.

saludos,

magia100

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