>>>I configured my Gmail inbox for pop activated.
>>>i ran the code ...fails with error ...see the attached photo.
>>>have you tried this code with a real gmail account ?
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>>I don't recall if I used a gmail account with that or not. ..maybe it's a firewall issue?
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>>I know west-wind has something for email too, and the author Rick Strahl is a member here.
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>>https://www.levelextreme.com/Home/ShowHeader?Activator=17&ID=16023
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>And, IIRC, gmail doesn't use the standard port, and I think there was one more special setting. So whichever method is used, it won't work until these settings are correct.

Yes that's right. If you google search you'll find different info on which ports to actually use too - these are the ones I use in outlook with gmail and it works
http://www.motobit.com/util/gmail-smtp-pop-outlook.asp

One thing that I know for sure that works is this:
https://www.chilkatsoft.com/email-activex.asp

I've used it before to connect to email servers that used different ports or SSL and it always worked...but sadly it's not freeware and its not cheap either. Only reason I was using it was because they already had a license for it.