I just purchased an iPad 2. I was trying configure mail in my new iPad.
I followed this tutorial for configuring mail on my iPad. But after I enter the required information and click Next, I receive this message :
Cannot connect Using SSL
Do you want to try setting up the account without SSL?
If I click Yes I receive a message :
The IMAP server "imap.gmail.com" is not responding.
Check your network connection and that you entered the correct information in "Incoming Mail Server" field.
Only OK button appears this time. I have checked my network and all the text fields a number of times. Still no success.
Where did I go wrong?
Best Answer
Don't use that guide. In fact, don't use the gmail option either, if you can help it.
Use google's own advice which suggests setting it up as a Microsoft Exchange server. that will get you syncing with mail, contacts and calendars. But the main benefit is that it gives you true push syncing!
It's probably a little redundant, but here is a shortened version of the list of instructions.
You can then choose which items to sync, choose whether to keep existing contacts on the iPad etc.