Jon,
Couple suggestions… First of all, if you want to use the “Post via E-mail” feature built in to WordPress, then you have to use a POP3 server that is not running over SSL. Gmail only supports access to POP via SSL.
So the first thing you need to do is to go use a wordpress plugin that support POPvSSL. A great choice appears to be “postie” which also supports a ton of other great features.
Look for it here… http://postie.economysizegeek.com/
Second, if you are having problems with this on a Win32 server machine, your problem may be related to these PHP bugs…
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29036
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=36496
Apparently php_imap.dll doesn’t work with php_openssl.dll on Win32.
The bug appears to have been fixed in PHP builds after Feb. 19, 2007.
Good Luck.
is there a free, online email we can use besides gmail? I have everything configured, and I downloaded the plugin (and activated it), but it still won’t work.
thanks for the help
Mail server: ssl://pop.gmail.com Port: 995
Login name: yoursecretlogin@gmail.com
Password: yourpass*word
Default mail category: cell (or whatever you’re calling it)
