| Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Robert68 | 3/10/12 4:46 PM | I am getting the following errors in outlook when I try to get GMAIL from Outlook. I have been using this method for years now and have not had this error before. I have verified the settings in both outlook and gmail settings. I restored my syste |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | bkc56 | 3/10/12 9:08 PM | Has 2-step verification recently been enabled on the account? Also try the Unlock Captcha function (http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78754): https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Robert68 | 3/10/12 9:33 PM | Thank you for the reply. Verified that 2-step verification is OFF. I have tried everything listed in your links (including but not limited to changing password, clearing captcha, my emails only checks every 30 min (when open), deleting my email acc |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | bkc56 | 3/10/12 10:00 PM | Hmmm, not sure I have any other ideas. What do the Outlook connection logs say? Any additional useful information? |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | wár17 § | 3/10/12 10:36 PM | Robert, bkc56 has giving you some good suggestions. Also, uncheck the option to leave a copy on server in Outlook. It can cause this type of problem. Leaving a copy on server is set in Gmail webmail settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Robert68 | 3/10/12 10:48 PM | I also ensured that I was using those settings also. Thank you for the reply. |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Robert68 | 3/10/12 10:49 PM | Here is the output of my logs. (XXXXX) is ID --- This has all three of the accounts I have in Outlook. When send/recieve is pushed here is the error that shows up: "Task 'XX...@gmail.com - Receiving' reported error (0x80042108) : 'Outlook cannot |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | AllanA1 | 3/11/12 11:01 AM | This started for me on 16 Feb with a bunch of Windows Vista updates. Since also have found same problem with Windows 7. Cannot access through Outlook 2007 or Thunderbird, on several pc's. Access fine through a browser. Have done the captcha thing wit |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Robert68 | 3/11/12 1:23 PM | **** UPDATE **** Ok, so I created a second gmail account and encountered the same issue. I then setup outlook/thunderbird on a clean win7 machine and a clean linux machine. Both of these worked without issues. My restores do not go back far enoug |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | The C Man (Elder Advisor - Mobile Laureate) | 3/11/12 2:16 PM | Going to suggest to all of you restoring your computers to a date earlier than this started. Microsoft updates are not always well written and simply going back to an earlier date will allow the problems to correct themselves. |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Robert68 | 3/11/12 2:26 PM | I would agree with you to some extent. However, my issue started on Friday the 9th of March, and I rolled back to Thursday March 8th. No updates had occured between those times, That I could see, and no programs were installed. Not sure where the |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Robert68 | 3/11/12 3:00 PM | **** UPDATE **** I think I am done now. I updated another PC with all updates (Windows 7) and everything worked fine. I am just going to re-image my laptop. A side note of other trouble shooting I did in hopes it may help others: I uninstalled an |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Robert68 | 3/11/12 4:53 PM | *** LAST UPDATE ---- RESOLVED *** So I was saving files in preparations to re-image my laptop. In doing so I also noticed that my router had an older version of the firmware so I thought, "what the heck, might as well do everything all at once t |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | The C Man (Elder Advisor - Mobile Laureate) | 3/11/12 6:12 PM | Thanks for coming back with that last piece of information. It could come in very useful for others with the same problem. |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | LowLevelInk | 5/28/12 12:22 PM | I have been struggling for 6 months with this problem. Two very good IT-people I hired to solve it for me, spent too many hours to try everything plus converting my emails to another format and ended up giving me an unlock- Captcha-link, which someho |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Ross68 | 6/28/12 9:42 AM | I'm facing the same problem,but don't have your technical experience or expertise. If I want to upgrade my router (is that on your laptop) as you describe, how do I go about doing that? Thanks, |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Robert68 | 6/28/12 10:29 AM | Sorry for not updating my resolution. After trying many different things with different results (after my last resolve update, it worked for a short time then started again), I finally found the answer to MY ISSUE. I am not sure if this will help m |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Barbara101 | 7/23/12 10:24 AM | yep me too! I've had this as an occassional problem, and it has always gone away. Now outlook hasn't connected to my gmail account for 2 weeks. help?! |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Barbara101 | 7/23/12 1:55 PM | Hey, you know what? I followed your link and the unlock captchaworked! I'm sure I haven't been using the computer anywhere unsusal either, but there you go. Thanks! |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | Barbara101 | 7/26/12 12:59 AM | Hello bkc56 I have this same problem, and the unlock Captcha function works - great!, but I have to do it EVERY DAY - untidy... and I'm only accessing my emails from home each day, why can't google remember where I am? |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | hebertb96 | 7/26/12 7:14 AM | I've tried all of this to no avail... still getting the unable to connect to incoming/outgoing servers... tried EVERYTHING... |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | bkc56 | 7/26/12 10:24 AM | How else do you access your account? Perhaps there's some interaction that makes things look "suspicions" every day. You could also try using only the web interface for a few days, and see how that goes. Then turn on Outlook again and see what happ |
| Re: Outlook will not connect to Gmail servers. | BeckyBoo2 | 7/31/12 1:24 PM | I have to go through the UnlockCaptcha every day too, pain in the arse! |