Cannot get Gmail smtp server to work in Apple Mail

Hi I have Leopard installed and I want to configure the Gmail and use the Apple mail with it. I am able te read messages, but not to send. I keep getting the following message when I try to configure the account.

The SMTP server ¨smtp.gmail.com¨is not responding. Try checking the network connection, and that the server name is correct. Otherwise, the server might be temporarily unavailable. If you continue, you might not be able to send messages.

After this I continue to change the configurations as Gmail says. Though, I am not able to get the outgoing mail to work..

Can anyone help me with this? I would really like to use Apple Mail.

Thanks

you have it selected as a Pop account in mail preferences i am assuming. You also have your gmail username and password entered? Port 465 enabled for outgoing mail?

Actually, my outgoing GMail setup is on port 587 with SSL enabled.

Did you follow the instructions for Apple Mail on the Gmail Help Page?

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13275

This is a bug. I constantly have this problem. I must r-enter my password all the time. This happens with Entourage mail and AppleMail. This is another issue I brought up with the Genius dept at Mac. They couldn't fix it either.
Just keep entering your password until a real fix comes along.

Try using the SMTP-server of your ISP for the GMail-account. I do that and it works just fine.

Try server port 25.