GMAIL + Telus dialup = no internet connection!!??

[npoon]

I need help. I can't seem to log onto my telus dialup internet connection and the only thing I remember changing/adding is my gmail account. I setup gmail so that it would download onto my local drive. Right after I changed it, it seemed to work ok but now i can't even log onto my internet connection at all. Is there any setting I can tweak or will I have to go back to hotmail or get my gmail via their website.

[mopslik]

Your gmail shouldn't be affecting your internet connection, only your mail (POP3) connection. Can you still surf the web? If not, it's probably an issue with Telus.

[npoon]

correct, i can't even surf the net...i wonder whether gmail and telus's fast dial up have conflict issues

[mopslik]

I doubt it, though who knows? What you've essentially done is configure your mail program to fetch mail from Google's servers. This *should* not affect your browser or your dial-up connection properties at all, unless you've made another change outside of your mail program. Anything else you might have changed, but forgot about?