Configure Gmail On Your Mobile Phone
Submitted by Anantaraman on April 13, 2008 2:50 am
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Here is the short tutorial which allows your to configure Gmail Account on N95: (IMP: You must enable POP3 access of Gmail Account. Hint:Look inside Setting and POP forwarding Options on gmail web site)
- Open Messaging Application
- Goto Mail box. It asks you ‘No mailbox defined. Define now?’, Choose Yes.
- Mailbox setup wizard will start. Press start to continue
- Mailbox Type choose POP3, Press Next
- On next screen type your email address xxx@gmail.com (IMP: press the Pencil Key and highlight your email address then press Copy. This will save you typing)
- Press Next
- Enter pop.gmail.com as Incoming mail server, Press Next
- Enter smtp.gmail.com as Outgoing mail server, Press Next
- Access Point, choose Always ask or your preferred one. press next
- In Mailbox name keep gmail press next
- Click Finish
- Click Option and then Settings
- Choose E-mail
- Press on Mailboxes and then on Gmail
- Press on Connection settings
- Press on Incoming e-mail
- Enter Username as xxx@gmail.com (You may Press Pencil and then paste)
- In Password type your password
- Scroll down to security port and choose SSL/TLS
- Press Back Button
- Select Outgoing e-mail, Enter your username and password as described above
- Scroll down to security port and choose SSL/TLS
- Hit Back Button twice
- Press on User settings
- Enter your Name as you want to display and then go back
- Goto Retrieval Settings
- Click on E-mail to retrieve and change it to size limit and then enter 100KB or whatever you like in next screen. Press OK
- Click on Back
- If you have unlimited GPRS connection then goto Automatic retrieval and change it otherwise leave as it is.
- Click back button multiple times so that you are back to main screen.
- Now when you start Messaging Application you will see Gmail Account goto it and retrieve your email.
- You can also send email attach images with it etc. Have fun

Also there is a faster Gmail application Gmail App for mobile. But with it you can not send attachments or mail photos. This is the best way to configure and use gmail on you handset.
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Thanks buddy, that was of great help !! : )
hi i use E 840 samsung set but havent been able to configure my mailbox yet can u tell me the steps i need to follow? i have already tried a few like using pop.gmail.com smtp.gmail.com but still unable
Hi,
I have configured based on the above steps in My N95 8GB mobile. But was not able to connect to gmail server
Some timed out error is coming after 3-4min.
Any sugesstions.