Another newb, another mail problem

[Fooluaintblack]

I don't know if my mail settings are correct, here is what it's set up like.

Email Address: fooluaintblack@gmail.com
SMTP Server: http://mail.google.com/mail/
POP Server: http://mail.google.com/mail/

here is an error i get when i try to use the "Little Email Client" demo from that one tutorial... code:

     view layout [
          h1 "Send Email:"
          address: field "recipient@website.com"
          subject: field "Subject"
          body: area "Body"
          btn "Send" [
               send/subject to-email address/text body/text subject/text
               alert "Message Sent."
               ]
          h1 "Read Email:"
          mailbox: field "pop://user:pass@website.com"
          btn "Read" [
               editor read to-url mailbox/text
               ]
          ]

... and the error:

    ** Access Error: Cannot connect to http://mail.google.com/mail/
    ** where: open-proto
    ** near: smtp-prot: open [scheme: 'esmtp]
    ** either only

EDIT: I changed the POP settings in GMail to work from now on, still the same issue though...

[Graham]

They're definitely wrong and even if they were correct, they would not work .. as gmail uses ssl for both pop and smtp, and the standard email transport protocols available with Rebol do not.

The standard format would be something like this:

smtp.gmail.com, and pop.gmail.com

http:// implies hypertext protocol .. which is very different from pop/smtp.

[Fooluaintblack]

That explains a lot. Now i need to know what i need in order for it to work, outlook? Do i need my own server?

This isn't a particularly active forum is it...

[Graham]

You need a host that will provide pop and smtp on the standard ports.

Sure, you can run your own server as well.