any help guys? whats in what field? sorry just fumbling and maybe someone has quick answer thanks

this is copied from N800 support pages.
http://europe.nokia.com/A4305006



The following instructions show you how to set up an Gmail account in the e-mail client:

With Gmail you must first log in to http://www.gmail.com to enable POP download in the settings.

Do the following:
Log in to Gmail by using your account. In the Gmail main view, select Settings > Forwarding and POP > Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on > Save changes.


In the Home view, tap the Contacts icon and select View inbox.
If you are creating your first mailbox, the setup wizard opens and asks if you want to define an e-mail account. Select OK.

(If you want to create another mailbox, go to E-mail - Inbox > Accounts > New account... and continue with the next step).

Select Next to start the account setup.

In the Account setup 1/4, define the following settings:
Account name: Your user name,including the domain name (for example, dina.hutton@gmail.com )
Account type: POP3
Tap Next.

In the Account setup 2/4, define the following settings:
Name: Your user name (as you want it to be shown in the sender field, for example, "Dina Hutton")
User name: Your user name (for example, dina.hutton@gmail.com)
Password: Your password (for example, a1b2c3)
E-mail address: Your e-mail address (for example, dina.hutton@gmail.com)
Tap Next.

In the Account setup 3/4, define the following settings:
Incoming server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
Outgoing server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
Leave Use connection-specific SMTP servers unchecked.
Tap Next.

In the Account setup 4/4, tap Advanced for further settings.
In the Incoming view, you must define the following settings:
Security: SSL (POP3S)
Incoming e-mail port: 995

In the Outgoing view, you must define following settings:
SMTP authentication: Login
User name: Your user name (for example, dina.hutton@gmail.com)
Password: your password (for example, a1b2c3)
Security: SSL
Outgoing e-mail port: 465 or 587
Tap OK to save the settings.

Tap Finish. Your mailbox has now been created.

imap is lot better than pop. i am using imap and would advise people to use imap.

Does it fully retrieve the items via IMAP in the newer mail client on the N810? I never could get it to work on the Nokia 770.

yeah it does. The best part is that wherever i go either school or home my n800 connects to the wifi network automatically and then if i get a new mail... the blue led light glows. This is a great asset. i can check all my mail whenver it comes to my inbox. It is just like getting an sms on your mobile phone.

tzeta your great i followed the instructions and bingo i have mail . i tried IMAP and i like that better all emails load even viewed from other computers but i cant get the messages to load on nokia n810 they just keep trying to download any ideas but when i delete that account and rebuild pop3 the messages download but i get only unread messages thanks so much mike v

Sorry to chew old cud here, but can you please confirm to me that Google's (GMail's) IMAP implementation works well with OS2008's IMAP implementation?! This is very important to me as I use GMail for both personal and business emails. Reason for this double-check is that in OS2007 it doesn't work well with the built-in mail client (Works well with Claws Mail though, but IMO that's a bit too hard-core for 'simpler' pocket-email)

Much appreciated!

Gmail IMAP did not work for me. You can search the forums and see other people with probs too. Only headers are loaded and device hangs when you try to get body.

I switched back to POP3, but now I have hundreds of unread message and can't Mark all as read. Does anyone know how?

Kris

IMAP is working on my N800 OS2008. It does take longer than it should to display the message body. I do have it configured to download headers and message but ti only seems to download the header. The message does not show up right away when I view the message.

I followed the outlook express directions on Gmail web site.

update: now it is not working so well. It's hanging when it goes to download the message

I've tried to get IMAP working as well, and it's a no go. Crashes the default email client.