error message when trying to send/receive

[sam65]

i set up my email account as outlined in g/mail using the pop3 settings but
when i try to send/recieve i get this message ; Account: 'pop.gmail.com',
Server: 'pop.gmail.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR AVG POP3
Proxy Server: Cannot connect to the mail server!', Port: 110, Secure(SSL):
No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC90.
where did i go wrong

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You didn't follow the instructions. Gmail doesn't use port 110.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=86383