gmail pop3 issues
 

Not sure if this should go here or in Email discussion really (as the email discussion said it was for ntl/telewest mail)

But i seem to be having problems using the Gmail pop3 service lately.

I keep on getting timeout errors when trying to check my gmail via pop3 :(
unfortantly i've had the problem intermittently since sunday, i have sent a request to gmail support about the issue but i'm wandering if its a NTL issue or a gmail issue, or even my pc.


Before the problems started its been working fine this is the first problem ive had with gmails pop3 since i started using it (which was when my gmail account became pop3 enabled)

I dont get this problem accessing pop3 on my domains nor ntl's mailboxs its just when trying to access GMAIL i get the problem?

anyone got any ideas as to where the problem might be?

I use outlook btw.

Re: gmail pop3 issues
 

Works for me.

Make sure:
POP3- pop.gmail.com port 995

in Outlook Tools- Email Accounts - [Next] - [Change] - More Settings - Advanced- select SSL or enter 995 in the Incoming Mail port, these do the same thing. :)

Failing that have you tried:
Start-Run - cmd - telnet and enter "open pop.gmail.com 995" and press Enter and see what happens...

Also, what AV and firewall are you using?

Re: gmail pop3 issues
 

zonealarm pro with nod32

and thats been like that for a while, if it was my firewall why would it have been working fine for ages then suddenly just break

I was able to telnet into gmail but it sat on connecting for a while!

ive tryed turning zone alarm off!


Tracing route to gmail-pop.l.google.com [64.233.185.109]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 3 ms 3 ms 5 ms 192.168.123.254
2 241 ms 14 ms 16 ms 10.222.239.254
3 14 ms 11 ms 12 ms rdng-t2cam1-a-ge910.inet.ntl.com [62.253.122.21]

4 11 ms 14 ms 31 ms winn-t2core-a-ge-wan62.inet.ntl.com [62.253.121.
25]
5 13 ms 13 ms 11 ms win-bb-a-so-630-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.174.97]

6 125 ms 149 ms 134 ms man-bb-b-so-600-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.137]

7 17 ms 23 ms 18 ms po6-0.mctbb1.manchester.opentransit.net [193.251
.250.105]
8 107 ms 96 ms 95 ms po10-0.brsbb1.bristol.opentransit.net [193.251.2
42.133]
9 155 ms 218 ms 248 ms po4-0.auvbb1.aubervilliers.opentransit.net [193.
251.243.238]
10 129 ms 243 ms 246 ms po11-0.auvcr1.aubervilliers.opentransit.net [193
.251.243.161]
11 294 ms 267 ms 220 ms po14-0.pascr3.paris.opentransit.net [193.251.243
.186]
12 350 ms 375 ms 293 ms po2-0.oakcr2.oakhill.opentransit.net [193.251.24
2.98]
13 1634 ms 364 ms 384 ms so-3-0-0-0.atlcr1.atlanta.opentransit.net [193.2
51.128.165]
14 323 ms 180 ms 217 ms google-us-peers-2.gw.opentransit.net [193.251.24
9.90]
15 269 ms 227 ms 255 ms 216.239.43.6
16 138 ms 135 ms 135 ms 216.239.43.62
17 149 ms 137 ms 137 ms 64.233.185.109

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\matt>

Tracing route to gmail-pop.l.google.com [64.233.185.111]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 5 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.123.254
2 12 ms 23 ms 34 ms 10.222.239.254
3 12 ms 11 ms 12 ms rdng-t2cam1-b-ge910.inet.ntl.com [62.253.122.149
]
4 11 ms 11 ms 13 ms winn-t2core-b-ge-wan62.inet.ntl.com [62.253.121.
149]
5 11 ms 11 ms 15 ms win-bb-b-so-300-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.174.101]

6 61 ms 70 ms 76 ms po4-0.brsbb1.bristol.opentransit.net [193.251.25
4.145]
7 118 ms 118 ms 135 ms po4-0.auvbb1.aubervilliers.opentransit.net [193.
251.243.238]
8 33 ms 31 ms 31 ms po11-0.auvcr1.aubervilliers.opentransit.net [193
.251.243.161]
9 239 ms 237 ms 231 ms po14-0.pascr3.paris.opentransit.net [193.251.243
.186]
10 339 ms 270 ms 153 ms po2-0.oakcr2.oakhill.opentransit.net [193.251.24
2.98]
11 1213 ms 125 ms 128 ms so-3-0-0-0.atlcr1.atlanta.opentransit.net [193.2
51.128.165]
12 128 ms 126 ms 125 ms google-us-peers-2.gw.opentransit.net [193.251.24
9.90]
13 132 ms 136 ms 133 ms 216.239.43.10
14 129 ms 131 ms 128 ms 216.239.43.54
15 361 ms 380 ms 236 ms 64.233.185.111

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\matt>

Re: gmail pop3 issues
 

Gonna give the typical phone TS monkey response and ask you if you've tried System Restore... but then, I'd say it was a prob with your ISP or Gmail rather than explicitly with your PC!

Re: gmail pop3 issues
 

no i havent but then if it was my pc id expect it not to work at all

interestingly it worked fine this morning before i went to work and its been playing up all evening.

maybe the server my gmail account is on is busy or something? :confused:

Re: gmail pop3 issues
 

Just recieved this in an email from the Gmail team, sounds to me like it could be a problem their end.

Its working ok this morning, infact it was working ok yesterday morning but not yesterday evening

Re: gmail pop3 issues
 

Mine's still D/Ling messages as they come in though, must be sporadic or confined to a particular IP or range.

Defo their end though, although that seems to be a C+P response to me.