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An advantage of using Gmail is that you're not tied down to your ISP's mail servers; sometimes these can't be accessed if you're not using your regular network connection. The Palm T3 ships with VersaMail 2.6, which Palm have since neglected to update (for T3 users). Unfortunately VersaMail 2.6 does not support connections to SMTP servers for sending mail over SSL as required by Gmail (for some reason SSL is supported for receiving e-mail only).

Palm clients with SSL-enabled sending include:

• VersaMail 2.7, $30, but the T3 isn't officially supported;
• Mark/Space Mail, $30, instructions here;
• SnapperMail, Premier edition $50, instructions here & here.

Of course you can still receive Gmail using VersaMail 2.6. If you also have an alternative POP3 account you can use this to send any important messages if you're not bothered about using a different e-mail address (Gmail lets you specify the "From:" address on outgoing mail).

Update 14.09.05: I downloaded a try-out version of Mark/Space Mail and was able to receive Gmail, but unable to send it, with the log reporting "Failed to get proper hello response". I e-mailed Mark/Space Support and was told:

This is a known issue with Gmail that has not been resolved. There seems to be a problem with the way our application interacts with the Gmail SMTP gateway. We do not have a solution for you...

Update 15.09.05: I downloaded VersaMail (2.7) for Treo-Mac from PalmGear and installed it onto my T3. Despite Palm's lack of official support, it works fine—sending included. The successful settings I'm using are:

Account Name: Gmail
Mail Service: Other
Protocol: POP

Username: Gmail username (not including "@gmail.com")
Password: Gmail password

E-mail Address: username@gmail.com
Incoming Mail Server: pop.gmail.com
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.gmail.com

Incoming Mail Options: Use Secure Connection (SSL)

Advanced Outgoing Options: Port Number: 587
Advanced Outgoing Options: Use Secure Connection (SSL)
Advanced Outgoing Options: My server requires authentication (ESMTP)
Advanced Outgoing Options: Username: Gmail username
Advanced Outgoing Options: Password: Gmail password

Note: If you try to add an account in VersaMail 2.7 you may see a message saying "All accounts are in use. Deleted accounts can be re-used after performing a HotSync. Make sure the VersaMail conduit is turned on and not set to 'Do Nothing'." Of course, there is no Mac conduit! To fix this delete VersaMail 2.7, go back to 2.6 (in ROM), set up your accounts, then reinstall 2.7.

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