email client problems

[Tab Gilbert]

this may be of assistance-

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/41552-complete-guide-using-gmail-thunderbird-mozilla-mail-evolution-kmail.html
(should of used tinyURL)

The complete guide to using Gmail with Thunderbird, Mozilla Mail,
Evolution, and Kmail

tab

On 2/12/06, Eric B <barlier at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi there,
>
> Linux ubuntu 2.6.12-10-386
>
> I ve re installed linux after a few years of break.Im really trying to
> get away from windows, I even bought a Mac :-/
>
> now i ve got several problems..like in the old days
>
> one of them is that email clients like kmail and evolution wont get to
> my POP server. in this case Im using pop.gmail.com as server. the only
> client that works so far seems to be the built in one in Opera web
> browser.
>
> In evolution theres no error message, it just hangs.
> In Kmail I get an error message> could not start process pop3
>
> configuration wise Im using gmails how to, dont think thats the problem.
>
> I can ping the server>
>
> e at ubuntu:~$ ping pop.gmail.com
> -- gmail-pop.l.google.com ping statistics ---
> 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4608ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 160.946/366.547/875.911/263.120 ms
>
> SMTP to works fine on Kmail and Evolution.
>
> I cant see any error messages in any of the logs so Im at loss at what
> to do now.
>
> any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
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