Here is a short tutorial on setting up Scribe to send and receive mail from the Gmail.

Enabling POP3 in Gmail:

• Click on Settings
• Click Forwarding and POP
• In the Pop Download section, select one of:
  • Enable POP only for mail that arrives from now on
    -or-
  • Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)
• Click Save Changes

Install the OpenSSL software:

• If you havn't got OpenSSL installed, install it:
  • DLL's for Windows (unpack into your Scribe folder)
  • Download for Linux (or install through your package manager).

Now you need to setup SSL for Scribe:

• If you have Scribe v1.89-test7 or later you do NOT need the SSL plugin, if you have a version earlier than that you need the SSL plugin for Scribe.
  • Downloading the SSL plugin:
    • For Windows.
    • For Linux.
  • Then unpack it into the same folder as your Scribe installation.
  • Now start Scribe and click File -> Plugins.
  • Click Add
  • Select the SSL plugin.

Finally we configure an account in Scribe to access Gmail:

• From Scribe's main window click File -> Options.
• Click the Accounts tab.
• Select the account to be used for Gmail, and click Properties
• In the Identity tab call the account "Gmail" if you want.
• On the Send tab set the fields:
  • Server[:Port]: smtp.gmail.com:587
  • Domain:
  • [x] ESMTP Authenticate
  • User name: (my username)@gmail.com
  • Password: (my password)
  • If using v1.89-test7 or later, set SSL to STARTTLS
  • The other options are at your descretion.
• On the Receive tab set the fields:
  • Mail box type: POP3
  • Server: pop.gmail.com:995
  • User name: (my username)@gmail.com
  • [x] Remember password: (my password)
  • If using v1.89-test7 or later, set SSL to Direct
  • The other options are at your descretion.
• Is using a version earlier than v1.89-test7 then on the Connection tab turn on SSL for sending and receiving.
• Save your changes.

Then test the account:

• Open out the Status panel in Scribe
• Double click the Gmail account to start the connection.
• Click on the Log tab and see if it connects and scans the mailbox.
• If you get an error "PLAIN authentication not support" when sending mail then go into the send options and change the Authentication Type to "LOGIN".
• If you get an error at this point, talk to me about it and we can add some trouble shooting tips at the end of this file. Be aware that you need direct socket access to gmail.com to make this work, if your behind a firewall you might not be able to connect.