acristina.vale,You need to change the Port settings for the Outgoing Mail
server.

It should be 465 not 185, look at the following link.
http://www.marthas-web.com/gmail.htm
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I have problems sending emails from outlook express, I always get the
following message:

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'pop.gmail.com',
Server: 'smtp.gmail.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 185, Secure(SSL):
Yes, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CC0E

Can someone please help me i have tried everything i can.