I keep receiving the following message. "A connection to the server could
not be established imap.googlemail is now in offline mode. Can anyone please
resolve this issue for me as it happens everytime I use Outlook 2003 although
I can access my email links to online webpages, however I can't add folders
in Outlook etc.

Help!

Re: imap connection problem with Outlook 2003 by Diane

Diane
Fri Aug 08 06:54:03 PDT 2008

Do you have the acct configured correctly? Review the configuration in
Tools, Accts.

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"Des Boxall" <Des Boxall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D1B33388-9374-45AF-BF9B-D8B3AD898CE8@microsoft.com...
> I keep receiving the following message. "A connection to the server could
> not be established imap.googlemail is now in offline mode. Can anyone
> please
> resolve this issue for me as it happens everytime I use Outlook 2003
> although
> I can access my email links to online webpages, however I can't add
> folders
> in Outlook etc.
>
> Help!


Re: imap connection problem with Outlook 2003 by DesBoxall

DesBoxall
Sat Aug 09 00:38:07 PDT 2008

Thank you Diane
I had configured my imap according to the google configuration instructions
for outlook 2003 however I finally resolved the issue by adding a POP3 email
account, now all my email send / receive works efficiently and Outlook no
longer goes offline. "If you can't go through go round."

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> Do you have the acct configured correctly? Review the configuration in
> Tools, Accts.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
> Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
>
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> dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net
>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>
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>
> You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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>
>
> "Des Boxall" <Des Boxall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D1B33388-9374-45AF-BF9B-D8B3AD898CE8@microsoft.com...
> > I keep receiving the following message. "A connection to the server could
> > not be established imap.googlemail is now in offline mode. Can anyone
> > please
> > resolve this issue for me as it happens everytime I use Outlook 2003
> > although
> > I can access my email links to online webpages, however I can't add
> > folders
> > in Outlook etc.
> >
> > Help!
>
>

Re: imap connection problem with Outlook 2003 by Brian

Brian
Mon Aug 11 12:21:55 PDT 2008

Des Boxall <Des Boxall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I keep receiving the following message. "A connection to the server
> could not be established imap.googlemail is now in offline mode.

You say that you have configured according to the gmail instructions, yet
"imap.googlemail" is not the name of the IMAP server. Did you just misspell
it for the account name, but spell it correctly for the server name? That
should be OK, but the correct server name is imap.gmail.com
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]


Re: imap connection problem with Outlook 2003 by DesBoxall

DesBoxall
Mon Aug 11 13:05:05 PDT 2008



"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Des Boxall <Des Boxall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I keep receiving the following message. "A connection to the server
> > could not be established imap.googlemail is now in offline mode.
>
> You say that you have configured according to the gmail instructions, yet
> "imap.googlemail" is not the name of the IMAP server. Did you just misspell
> it for the account name, but spell it correctly for the server name? That
> should be OK, but the correct server name is imap.gmail.com
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
> Thanks Brian

I did put the server names in as googlemail and not gmail because in the UK
they can't the name gmail due to copyright issues. I've now changed the
server settings to gmail and it seems to work fine.