GMail doesn't work in Mail Applet

Hello and thank you for this bug report,

Did you enable IMAP in GMail settings?
Can you try with our GMail third-party applet? Simply drag and drop the right link in the dock to install it ;) => http://glx-dock.org/mc_album.php?a=8

//Did you enable IMAP in GMail settings?//

I think I must have, but I'm not positive. I have no trouble using the Cairo "mail app" in Cinnamon (another computer) or my old 11.03 Xubuntu install.

//Simply drag and drop the right link in the dock to install it ;)//

Well... isn't that interesting. This too doesn't seem to work. python-libxml2 is installed. I can drag the icon onto the dock, see all the eye candy, flashing lights, etc... then nothing? Another bug?

> I have no trouble using the Cairo "mail app" in Cinnamon (another computer) or my old 11.03 Xubuntu install.
What was the architecture of this old Xubuntu install?
Because the method is different if you're using a 64bits arch: it uses IMAP instead of a RSS Feed (due to some limitations of libetpan)
I don't have any problem with IMAP.
Can you give us all debug messages displayed by this command?
  $ cairo-dock -l debug --colors | sed -n "/mail\// {N;p;}"

> I can drag the icon onto the dock, see all the eye candy, flashing lights, etc... then nothing? Another bug?
Strange... I don't have this bug too :-/
Can you launch the dock from a terminal with this command and post the output message displayed just after having dropped the link onto the dock?
  $ cairo-dock -l debug

Thx

//What was the architecture of this old Xubuntu install?//

It's on the same laptop I'm writing from -- 32bit. I always rotate partitions when updating (so I always have one functioning install when Betas get ugly).

The Cinnamon install is 64bit. When I first started Cairo on the 64bit (11.10) Mint LISA distro, I had the same problem (or it initially acted like the same problem) -- gmail just wasn't working. Later, after a restart, it worked. That's not the case on the 32bit system.

I'll be back with the rest of inquiry soon.

//Can you launch the dock from a terminal with this command and post the output message displayed just after having dropped the link onto the dock?
  $ cairo-dock -l debug//

Done. Copied and pasted what, I think, you're looking for. (For future reference: Is there a switch to force the terminal to remember more of the session? -- or to write the results to a file?)

> GnuTLS error: An unexpected TLS packet was received.
An error given by libetpan :-?

Can you check if you have the same error with a new account with the IMAP settings:
  * Server: imap.gmail.com
  * Port 993
  * With SSL
  * Login: your full Gmail email address
  * Folder: Inbox

Just checked and the IMAP setting worked like a charm. Go figure.

> 'http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/mediacolor/album8/1333390117_752c6d45d9/Gmail.tar.gz.png'
Oh, it seems you've dropped the png file and not the tarball ;)
Simply drop this link onto the dock and it should be better: http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/mediacolor/album8/1333390117_752c6d45d9/Gmail.tar.gz

> (Is there a switch to force the terminal to remember more of the session? -- or to write the results to a file?)
Sorry, I'm not sure that I understand what you want. Do you want to have an unlimited scrollback buffer? If yes, simply edit your Gnome-Terminal profile and enable the option to have a unlimited scrollback ;)
If you want to redirect the output messages to a file, simply add that at the end of your command: ' > YOUR_FILE'. E.g.:
   $ cairo-dock -l debug | sed -n "/mail\// {N;p;}" > ~/cairo-dock-mail.log

*@Fabounet*: Hello :)
Can you have a look to this bug rapport? I think you're still using a 32bits arch.
Maybe we can only use IMAP but I think IMAP is not enabled by default on GMail accounts.
Thank you!

Bother. I deleted the accounts in order to rename them, and now I'm getting the same TLS error for my pop account (not gmail). Maybe I was getting it all along, but assumed it worked because it showed a 0 count when there was, at the time, 0 emails in the account.

  cairo_dock_instanciate_module (/home/vtpoet/.config/cairo-dock/current_theme/plug-ins/mail/mail.conf)
cairo_dock_insert_icon_in_dock_full (Mail)
  cairo_dock_get_package_path (/usr/share/cairo-dock/plug-ins/mail/themes, /home/vtpoet/.config/cairo-dock/extras/mail, mail)
debug : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0rc1/mail/src/cd-mail-applet-config.c:_get_mail_accounts:92)
debug : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0rc1/mail/src/cd-mail-applet-config.c:_get_mail_accounts:96)
  + on recupere le compte 'vt&myfairpoint'
debug : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0rc1/mail/src/cd-mail-applet-config.c:_get_mail_accounts:118)
    mail type : 0
message : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0rc1/mail/src/cd-mail-applet-init.c:init:198)
  init (/home/vtpoet/.config/cairo-dock/current_theme/plug-ins/mail/mail.conf)
debug : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0rc1/mail/src/cd-mail-applet-init.c:_load_theme:139)
    Mail theme item: /usr/share/cairo-dock/plug-ins/mail/themes/Default/no_mail.svg
debug : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0rc1/mail/src/cd-mail-applet-init.c:_load_theme:139)
    Mail theme item: /usr/share/cairo-dock/plug-ins/mail/themes/Default/has_mail.svg
debug : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0rc1/mail/src/cd-mail-applet-init.c:_load_theme:139)
    Mail theme item: /usr/share/cairo-dock/plug-ins/mail/themes/Default/new_mail_sound.wav
debug : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0rc1/mail/src/cd-mail-applet-accounts.c:cd_mail_init_accounts:660)
  cd_mail_init_accounts (1 comptes)
GnuTLS error: An unexpected TLS packet was received.

Yes, the error is maybe due to your pop account (maybe a wrong certificate?)...

Hello! (and sorry for this very long delay!)

Do you still have this bug with the latest stable version? (3.3.0)