heineken, you wrote on Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:43:08 -0800:

After following the input instructions

Did you follow Google's instructions for creating a GMail POP3 account
in Outlook?
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...278&topic=1556

we get a response that says "the connection to microsoft exchange is
unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete this
action. Then it asks for a microsoft exchange server and mailbox."

Delete the apparantly by mistake added exchange account:

Control Panel | Mail | E-Mail-Accounts

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Christian Goeller
http://www.outlookfaq.net