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Hi guys,

I am a newbie here to the forums so firstly i will say hi to everyone.

I recently upgraded to a k800i on Ornage and have been trying to set up pop access to my gmail account using the in built email client. A lot of people on the forums are having trouble sending email via gmail using the client and are getting a 'certificate error' . I have managed to solve this problem by installing the required certificate on to the phone and can now send and recieve email perfectly through gmail on my K800i.

I am pretty sure that the below guide will work for the m600 as well so please give it a go.

Firstly the settings fo the gmail account are as follows

Messaging --> email --> settings --> Account settings --> New Account

You are asked to create an account name.

gmail

Once that is done, you automatically move on to the setup screens.

Connect Using: GPRS Data Account, not WAP. In my case Orange Internet
Protocol: POP3
Incoming Server: pop.googlemail.com
Incoming Port: 995
Encryption --> Incoming Server: SSL
Encryption --> Outgoing Server: SSL
Username: username@googlemail.com (or gmail.com)
Password: your password
Outgoing Server: smtp.googlemail.com
Outgoing Port: 465
Email Address: username@googlemail.com (or gmail.com)
Download: Whatever your preference is
From Name: Whatever you want
Signature: Your signature
Copy Outgoing: off
Check Interval: Whatever your preference


Now for the certificate part. Please download the required certificate from
http://members.cox.net/mynameisdavid/archive/certificates.zip

Unzip this and within it you will find 3 certificates. The one you require to send email via gmail is called the ThawtePremiumServerCA. All you have to do is transfer this to your phone either via the USB cable or as i did by bluetooth to the phone. Once the phone recieves it it will ask you to accept it and install it. it will then be saved to your phones memory and show up under the security > certificates section on your phone.

Thats is it. You can now send and recieve emails using your phones email client without any error messages (i hope!!)

Thanks



[ This Message was edited by: UsmanHamid on 2006-08-01 13:29 ]
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Posted: 2006-07-31 14:40:04
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Just to confirm this worked for me.

K800i on O2 contract.

I didn't require the certificate though!

Note: my connection previously just hung at Finding Server - the only differences between the settings I had and the above was the pop and smtp addresses...I was using pop.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com.

I changed these to use the googlemail addresses and it worked straight away.

Not tried sending yet though which is where I assume I'll need the certificate.

Cheers


Wayne
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Posted: 2006-08-01 10:26:28
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Thanks @UsmanHamid - great info. After loading the certificate i no longer get the "certificate request" but now just get "send failed" how difficult can gmail be to set up on the K800i??! I am also on Orange and cannot figure any possible way to get this to work. Are you using SSL or TLS settings?

Cheers!
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Posted: 2006-08-01 13:29:01
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thru email client do my operator will charge any thing?

as i hav been using gmail thru operamini only.

i hav never used this email client.

can any one pls tell me???

thanx in adv.
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Posted: 2006-08-01 13:37:47
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@ajeetpv - whether you use opera or the email client you will still be transfering data and, depending on your service contract, will incur a charge.

Regards

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Posted: 2006-08-01 13:41:35
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Hi there englishmanabroad

I am using both incoming and outgoing servers set to SSL (not TLS).

[ This Message was edited by: UsmanHamid on 2006-08-01 12:57 ]
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Posted: 2006-08-01 13:57:12
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Hi UsmanHamid,

Thanks for that - I am pleased that you got gmail working - For the life of me I cannot understand why I cannot do the same.

Regards

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Posted: 2006-08-01 14:15:36
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Just a quick question. Does you email address have at @gmail.com ending or a @googlemail.com ending.

As i understand originally Googles email addresses were all ending with gmail.com when they were only making it available in the US. However they came accross some legal issues with the Gmail name in the UK so changed it to googlemail.com.

Therefore any new accounts would have a @googlemail.com ending.

I assume that they left all original email accounts ending with @gmail.com the same.

If you remail ends with gmail.com then make sure the email address you are entering for your username is ending with gmail.com and NOT googlemail.com.
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Posted: 2006-08-01 14:26:39
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UsmanHamid - that is a good point. I have the original gmail account (before they changed it in the UK) - funnily enough - if I change this to googlemail it still works for "receive" - I will make a new account up @gmail using your certificate and try again

Thanks!

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Posted: 2006-08-01 14:34:40
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Hi UsmanHamid, this is interesting. i have gone back to the pop.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com addresses - now it states on receive "unknown certificate" continue? and on the send it states "certificate not known, contact your service provider etc"

I have your certificate installed - please could you tell me where they came from as there may be a different one for gmail.

Thanks in advance

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Posted: 2006-08-01 14:41:10
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