[LateNight]

Just a hint for you Google Apps people dont use the auto email setup. It will connect you to your ISP's email server and not Google for GMAIL.

Instead choose manual setup

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server - requires SSL: imap.gmail.com
Use SSL: Yes
Port: 993
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - requires TLS: smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes
Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL)
Port: 465 or 587
Account Name: your full email address (including @gmail.com) Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
Email Address: your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com) Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
Password: your Gmail password

Enjoy

[Kyusaku]

this is true, unless you add it through contacts. If you add it through contacts it will add everything correctly.

[NathanCCI]

this is true, unless you add it through contacts. If you add it through contacts it will add everything correctly.

WOW! I wish I had seen this tip first! I went back and created the account through contacts (could have done it through calendar also) and it created the Google Apps account as a Google account, and also seamlessly set up the other syncing accounts. So now email, calendar and contacts all work off the one Google App account. Thanks for that great tip!

Nathan

[bigdaddyo811]

I have put in everything you have said for my google apps email account and I get "Unable to validate account settings. Please check the setting and try again.".

Any ideas?

[bigdaddyo811]

And I did double check all the fields!!

[dutchtrumpet]

add it from contacts like suggested. It works perfectly.

[bigdaddyo811]

It doesnt support IMAP IDLE if you add it from contacts. It adds it as a POP account. If you want push like functionality of a blackberry, you have to set it up as IDLE

Anyone know why the IDLE setup wouldnt work? Why is it giving me "unable to validate settings" ???

HELP!!!

[dutchtrumpet]

It doesnt support IMAP IDLE if you add it from contacts

I didn't know that.

thanks!

[dutchtrumpet]

Bigdaddy...I just got mine set up manually on the pre. I copied my settings from mac mail.

smtp used port 465 with SSL

Hope that helps you!

[bigdaddyo811]

what settings did you use exactly?

[dutchtrumpet]

what settings did you use exactly?

incoming mail server
imap.gmail.com

user@website.com
pw

port #993
SSL
---

outgoing
smtp.gmail.com

use authentication (on)
user@website.com
pw

port #465
SSL

root folder (blank)

[paulg1981]

It doesnt support IMAP IDLE if you add it from contacts. It adds it as a POP account. If you want push like functionality of a blackberry, you have to set it up as IDLE

Anyone know why the IDLE setup wouldnt work? Why is it giving me "unable to validate settings" ???

HELP!!!

Not sure why you think adding it from contacts wouldn't support 'IDLE'? I added it through contacts and it worked fine with the caveat that you have to go into the account and select "as items arrive" since the default option is 15 min sync!

[Enlil242]

Anyone know why the IDLE setup wouldnt work? Why is it giving me "unable to validate settings" ???

HELP!!!

Interesting. I had the same error pop up and found this solution:

When setting up the email, use this as your email address:

"username@yourdomain.com@gmail.com"

No need to do a manual setup. it just works.

[n4cer]

When setting up gmail or any other account on the Pre.....dont you have to use the smtp.sprintpcs.com as the outgoing server?

[gabbott]

When setting up gmail or any other account on the Pre.....dont you have to use the smtp.sprintpcs.com as the outgoing server?

No, you can use other smtp servers. I'm using the gmail smtp server for my google apps account.

[tomturnerjr]

The original post from Dec 2003 provides perfect instructions. Thank you for posting this information. Regards, Tom

[cmahy]

Semi-related question -- does anybody know why the default set-up of a GMail account defaults to a sync frequency of 15 minutes vs. 'as items arrive'?

As a bit of background:
-AT&T Pre+ (1.4.2 WebOS)
-My 'default' eMail account is my gMail account (this was configured automatically at device activation / I didn't provide any settings other than my eMail & userID).
-I have two other IMAP accounts set-up (Yahoo & IMAP link to a non-ActiveSync Exchange account) --> they both defaulted to 'as items arrive'.

Having said this: I'm guessing I should simply change the default for my GMail away from 15 minutes to take advantage of GMail's IMAP IDLE. Seeing as how this was my main profile, I wanted to check first --> not sure if anybody knew why Palm defaulted to 15 minute pulls in the first place.

Thanks,

Chris