Nokia 2760 - why cannot access gmail INBOX?

[foocindy]

I have a Nokia 2760 flip phone.  If you need more tech specs, please google Nokia 2760 GSM Arena for more specs (thanks for doing this).

I can send email - so I guess I got my pop setting correct.

Settings:

incoming mail (pop) server: pop.gmail.co

requires SSL = yes

port = 995

outgoing mail (smtp) server: smtp.gmail.com

Requires SSL: Yes

Requires TLS: Yes (if available)

Requires Authentication: Yes

Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587

Now I set up as above, when I try to connect, I get error message, "user / password error."

So I tried another setting (found via giffgaff discussion) for incoming mail:

Server: m.google.com
Domain: google (If required)
Security: Enabled, SSL, TLS

When I try to connect, I get error message "cannot connect right now, please try later" .. so its connecting (phew!), and when I check the connection status = it reads "off line".  So how to do I get it online?

So for my hotmail email.  for incoming, I originally had server = pop3.live.com. and I receive the message = "cannot connect right now, please try later".  connection status reads = off line.  so I found a giffgaff discussion and it reads change server to read = m.hotmail.com .... yiippee now I am connected.  so what is wrong with gmail?

thanks

cindy

[Bambino]

You are wasting your time @foocindy. In six month's time, Inbox will no longer exist.

[MI5]

"Inbox" ending won't stop anyone polling emails to phones or other email clients.

[Bambino]

The title of this thread indicates to me that the OP wants to use Gmail Inbox. This link https://www.google.com/inbox/ from Google themselves, says that from the end of March 2019, what the OP wants to use will not exist. I see it as a waste of time trying to set something up that will soon be obsolete.

[MI5]

I read it differently.
"Inbox" is not needed nor is it available for a Nokia 2760 anyway.
Gmail will still be available and accessible regardless of the "Inbox" app closure.
With the correct settings installed, Gmail can be polled to the phone.

[foocindy]

Hello MI5, Thank you.  I tried "imap" - hmmm user/passwod error versus "pop" - it does not error out - error msg reads "cannot connect - try later".  Well, let's call it a day.  Much appreciation.  Bye

[foocindy]

Thank Bambino.  You tried, I tried - let's call it a day.  Thank you all.  Bye.

[MI5]

I'm happy to keep trying with you @foocindy if you want to?

[Bambino]

A solution has been offered, as well as a suggestion to abandon it. The OP has already wasted two days trying to get the phone to work. It's the OP's second phone. I presume they also have a more recent phone that has the Gmail app, which avoids all this rigmarole.

[pgn]

Still amazed people pull e-mail to a device using POP, regardless of client (remember Eudora?)... it's a hassle storing the e-mail, surely?

Leave your mail on somebody's server, then you can access it anywhere, often using a Web browser.

And yes, if Inbox goes away, the Gmail Android client probably still can use the same connect strings to achieve the OP's objective.

[MI5]

I always use imap on mobile devices for that very reason @pgn