Thunderbird behind a proxy server.

Hi,

I'm currently located behind a corporate proxy server and am trying to
use Thunderbird (2.0.0.12) to connect to my Gmail account.  I've set
up the proxy settings correctly using Tools --> Options --> Network &
Disk Space --> Connection.

I'm able to receive my RSS feeds, but whenever I try to download my
mail, I get the error "Failed to Connect to pop.gmail.com".

I'm really looking forward to a solution to this problem as I can't
use the Web-based gmail as I need access to my mails offline.

Thanks in advance,

Vivek said the following On 04/17/2008 03:20 PM:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently located behind a corporate proxy server and am trying to
> use Thunderbird (2.0.0.12) to connect to my Gmail account.  I've set
> up the proxy settings correctly using Tools --> Options --> Network
&
> Disk Space --> Connection.
> 
> I'm able to receive my RSS feeds, but whenever I try to download my
> mail, I get the error "Failed to Connect to pop.gmail.com".
> 
> I'm really looking forward to a solution to this problem as I can't
> use the Web-based gmail as I need access to my mails offline.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> V. Thomas


Have you properly setup Gmail account ( pop ) in Thunderbird ? Please 
compare your settings with this page
"https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=38343"

And as you are configuring account to use SSL connection , I believe you 
have setup SSL proxy at Tools --> Options --> Network & Disk Space
--> 
Connection. If not , please configure it first .

Also to access your mails at Gmail server , please enable POP3 at your