Gmail/Vista Mail?

(I don't know if the problem described below is associated
with the Windows Mail program, or Internet Explorer, or
something else.)

Windows Mail works fine for me, and I use it for 99% of my
email. For occasional use when traveling, or at a friend's
home, I have both a Yahoo account and a Gmail account, both
of which I normally access via a web browser.

From my Vista system I can access the Yahoo account in the
normal manner, via IE. When I try the same thing with my
Gmail account, after entering my login and password
correctly, I get a white screen and the phrase "done" in the
lower left corner. I have waited as long as 30 minutes and
nothing else happens. Three feet away, on my W-2000 system
I have no trouble accessing the Gmail account in the usual
manner, and it works equally well at the local library which
has, I believe, XP.

Any ideas? Thanks.

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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

"CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
news:uCEtH8saIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> (I don't know if the problem described below is associated with the
> Windows Mail program, or Internet Explorer, or something else.)
>
> Windows Mail works fine for me, and I use it for 99% of my email. For
> occasional use when traveling, or at a friend's home, I have both a Yahoo
> account and a Gmail account, both of which I normally access via a web
> browser.
>
> From my Vista system I can access the Yahoo account in the normal manner,
> via IE. When I try the same thing with my Gmail account, after entering
> my login and password correctly, I get a white screen and the phrase
> "done" in the lower left corner. I have waited as long as 30 minutes and
> nothing else happens. Three feet away, on my W-2000 system I have no
> trouble accessing the Gmail account in the usual manner, and it works
> equally well at the local library which has, I believe, XP.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee

Here are some methods of connecting to Gmail with Windows Mail:

http://email.about.com/od/windowsmai..._get_gmail.htm

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13273

<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/setting-up-gmail-imap-support-for-windows-vista-mail/>

These instructions cover both the IMAP method and the POP
method of connecting. Choose one of these and don't get them
mixed up. You might choose the IMAP method first, since it
doesn't use port 25, which is often blocked for connections
that cross from one internet provider's equipment to another's
before they reach the server, in order to cause trouble for
spammers. If you have to switch from one method to the other,
remove the old email account before creating the new one to
make sure no settings carry across.

<robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote:

> Here are some methods of connecting to Gmail with Windows
> Mail: ...

As the OP, I think I confused you with my wording. I'm not
trying to get Gmail into Windows Mail. I'm trying to use
Internet Explorer to go to the Gmail site and read my Gmail
there. I can do that on my other system, using Windows
2000, and I can do that at a public library where XP is the
OS, but when I try that with Vista after I type in my login
and password, all I get is a white screen, with "done" at
the lower left. I was wondering if Vista or Windows Mail
somehow is keeping Gmail from loading.

Thanks.

===========================


>
> "CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
> news:uCEtH8saIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> (I don't know if the problem described below is
>> associated with the Windows Mail program, or Internet
>> Explorer, or something else.)
>>
>> Windows Mail works fine for me, and I use it for 99% of
>> my email. For occasional use when traveling, or at a
>> friend's home, I have both a Yahoo account and a Gmail
>> account, both of which I normally access via a web
>> browser.
>>
>> From my Vista system I can access the Yahoo account in
>> the normal manner, via IE. When I try the same thing
>> with my Gmail account, after entering my login and
>> password correctly, I get a white screen and the phrase
>> "done" in the lower left corner. I have waited as long
>> as 30 minutes and nothing else happens. Three feet away,
>> on my W-2000 system I have no trouble accessing the Gmail
>> account in the usual manner, and it works equally well at
>> the local library which has, I believe, XP.
>>
>> Any ideas? Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> ----------
>> CWLee
>
> Here are some methods of connecting to Gmail with Windows
> Mail:
>
> http://email.about.com/od/windowsmai..._get_gmail.htm
>
> http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13273
>
> <http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/setting-up-gmail-imap-support-for-windows-vista-mail/>
>
> These instructions cover both the IMAP method and the POP
> method of connecting. Choose one of these and don't get
> them
> mixed up. You might choose the IMAP method first, since
> it
> doesn't use port 25, which is often blocked for
> connections
> that cross from one internet provider's equipment to
> another's
> before they reach the server, in order to cause trouble
> for
> spammers. If you have to switch from one method to the
> other,
> remove the old email account before creating the new one
> to
> make sure no settings carry across.
>

This sounds more like an IE problem than a Windows Mail
problem. You may want to repost this issue in a general Vista
newsgroup or an IE newsgroup.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message news:uCEtH8saIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> (I don't know if the problem described below is associated with the Windows Mail program, or Internet Explorer, or something
> else.)
>
> Windows Mail works fine for me, and I use it for 99% of my email. For occasional use when traveling, or at a friend's home, I
> have both a Yahoo account and a Gmail account, both of which I normally access via a web browser.
>
> From my Vista system I can access the Yahoo account in the normal manner, via IE. When I try the same thing with my Gmail
> account, after entering my login and password correctly, I get a white screen and the phrase "done" in the lower left corner. I
> have waited as long as 30 minutes and nothing else happens. Three feet away, on my W-2000 system I have no trouble accessing
> the Gmail account in the usual manner, and it works equally well at the local library which has, I believe, XP.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>