POP server problems!!

[zigzag3143]

Everlong

Oh just shoot me now. I forgot all about that thanks

Ken

 

[fullyconfused]

yes i have enabled pop in gmail! no joy!

i used to use hotmail with windows live mail but found it sluggish so moved to gmail and thunderbird today but thats when this happened.

i think ive uninstalled an re-installed it 4 or 5 times and still im baffled

 

[Everlong]

Everlong

Oh just shoot me now. I forgot all about that thanks

Ken

You're welcome

 

[zigzag3143]

FC

The only way you are absolutly going to resolve what going on is by using a packet sniffer. its a long tedious process, to resolve if gmail is actually getting the packets and refusing them or something else. have you tried thunderbird on another machine in your environment?

K

 

[fullyconfused]

FC

The only way you are absolutly going to resolve what going on is by using a packet sniffer. its a long tedious process, to resolve if gmail is actually getting the packets and refusing them or something else. have you tried thunderbird on another machine in your environment?

K

is there any chance you could tell me how to use a packet sniffer? sorry for being a pain but im lost!

i dont have access to another machine for at least a couple of days to try but will definitely be doing so asap

 

[Everlong]

You could try opening command prompt and typing

ping pop.gmail.com

And see if you get successful replies.

 

[zigzag3143]

FC

It kind of like reading a phone book line by line. initially its a bear but gets easier as you do it. the easiest and its free is a sniffer called wireshark. the way it works is you install it and start a capture. then you launch thunderbird. when thunderbird gives you the error you stop the capture and read the capture at some point your username and password will show up in clear text. thats right passwords and usernames are not encrypted.

When you see your user nam and password a couple of lines later will be the response from gmail saying why your user name and passwrod was rejected. there will be three attempts. If you save the file I will give you my email and you can email me the capture it yoou want. JUST REMEMBER your username and password are readable, and other stuff. I might be able to walk you thru it so lets try that first. Is there a reason you are using thunderbird instead of say windows live mail?

Ken

edit: im doing double duty both here and on win 7 so feel free to PM me if you need to.

 

[fullyconfused]

You could try opening command prompt and typing

ping pop.gmail.com

And see if you get successful replies.

i sent and received all 4 packets

 

[fullyconfused]

it just worked!!! halelujah!!!! dont know how or why but it just worked!

thanks a million for your help i really appreciate it

 

[Everlong]

Well glad to see it's working

 

[zigzag3143]

fc

glad to see you are working. Everlong thanks for the help

ken