Entourage Difficulty Syncing with Gmail

I have been using Entourage to access my Gmail account via POP for
about 6 months. In the last 2 days, Entourage hangs up as soon as it
logs on to Gmail and won't make any progress thereafter.

I have not been able to find out anything about whether Gmail's POP
server is having issues, but I am getting increasingly frustrated.

I am using OSX 10.4.3 and Entourage version 11.22.1 (051004).

Barry
Tue Jan 03 01:40:25 CST 2006

On 2/1/06 22:19, in article
1136240347.565186.89230@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
"davidthomas8779@gmail.com" <davidthomas8779@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been using Entourage to access my Gmail account via POP for
> about 6 months. In the last 2 days, Entourage hangs up as soon as it
> logs on to Gmail and won't make any progress thereafter.
>
> I have not been able to find out anything about whether Gmail's POP
> server is having issues, but I am getting increasingly frustrated.
>
> I am using OSX 10.4.3 and Entourage version 11.22.1 (051004).
>

I'm not having any problems - try logging onto gmail through a Web browser
and clear any mail that has accumulated there - it could be a malformed
email causing problems.

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting
<http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/weblog.html>

davidthomas8779
Tue Jan 03 02:55:44 CST 2006

I both did that and then also rechecked the configuration for my
outgoing mail port. For some reason, I had a different port specified
than Gmail currently requires (although I didn't change anything in the
last 3 days). I have no idea which solution caused it to now work, but
it now works and I'm happy. Thanks.

I'll chalk it up to random bug and thank you for your help.

Julia
Tue Jan 03 19:55:50 CST 2006

In article <1136278544.735040.95370@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"davidthomas8779@gmail.com" <davidthomas8779@gmail.com> wrote:

> For some reason, I had a different port specified
> than Gmail currently requires (although I didn't change anything in the
> last 3 days).

Yes, this happened to me a month or so ago, although I also never
changed the port number in my Entourage settings. I'm not sure why it
happened, and it hasn't happened since, but I know what the first thing
I will check the next time it happens.

jazzgato
Sun Jan 29 19:38:00 CST 2006

David,
I seem to be having same issue you're having. I'm running the
Entourage version, w/ the same Mac OS.

i'm able to send outgoing mail. but i cannot receive mail unless I go
back into Gmail and refresh my POP settings. that seems to be the only
trigger that works. is anyone else having these issues??

here's what i do:
send mail from Entourage, mail is sent successfully
hit send/receive - nothing happens
go into Gmail, click on settings > Forwarding and POP > Enable POP for
all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)
Save changes
send/receive in Entourage
receive mail successfully

this is the ONLY way i'm currently able to successfully receive mail.

my guess is that there are still issues with the pop.gmail.com server
with Gmail.

thoughts anyone???