Indeed. Use the email app on the phone, not the gmail app. Use the settings on here:
http://help.virginmedia.com/system/v...C-95D4BD8C3B7F
I have HTC wildfire and ntlworld acc. I use the IMAP for incoming and SMTP for outgoing. If you then use virginmedia.com instead on ntlworld.com too it will still work (for the server names not your email address) as that's what I've done.