Swetch, you're probably using gmail.  Their email server acts a little differently from the others, and the account has to be configured in a particular way to avoid the problem you're seeing.  Soon we'll release a gmail specific email reader that includes these instructions for configuring the account:

To ensure that you see your most recent Gmail messages, log in to your Gmail account and go to the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab on the Settings page (http://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/fwdandpop).

In the POP Download section, select:

1. "Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on."
2. When messages are accessed with POP keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox.

Please try that and let us know if you start seeing the most recent 5 messages.  Note that in the case of gmail it will currently also show outgoing messages if those are the most recent, as has been discussed in another tread.

Just tried it with gmail and bucini's instructions, it still loads 5 reall old emails from January (almost a year old)...

Cant wait for the gmail widget. Will check back soon.

Keep up the good work everyone, I just reciveved my chumby today, it rocks!

GMail users, you might want to use 'recent' mode. (check out http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answ … swer=47948 ) basically In your POP client, replace 'username@gmail.com' in the Username field your POP client settings with 'recent:username@gmail.com'. I was having problems with other pop devices (seeing the same thing that you guys above are seeing with Chumby) and this fixed them. I haven't tried the Chumby POP Widget yet, but this might help. It works for Google Apps for Domains too.

I have email with optimum online and I have the same problem  "error opening mailbox"  I have tired a few times and wish I could get it to work for me.  My other email is a hotmail account and I don't think that works either.

Joanna

One thing to check are you using the right port to access you POP gmail account?

I'm using gmail and it works fine for me. But I get some e-mails that say that they can't be displayed becuase of a unsupport format.

Per. the setup directions on gmail the port is secure so you must type in "995" as the port to connect to in the email viewer setup.

Let me know if this fixed you problem.

One last idea.
What about starting over:
1. Remove the e-mail viewer widget
2. Reload the widgets on the Chumby make sure the email viewer widget isn't showing.
3. Turn off the POP  access on Gmail
4. Turn back on the POP access on Gmail
5. Put the email viewer back onto chumby and enter all the settings and the port.

Kinda of strange that it works for me but not you...

Great! to hear that...

This addressed my "stalemail" (as opposed to snailmail) problem - thanks for the tip! It works!

Whoo! I got it to work.
I wasn't putting the right thing in the server box.

Glad to know gmail works, but no luck with Yahoo for me.  Here are the settings I've entered.

Incoming Mail Server (POP3):      incoming.yahoo.verizon.net
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):     outgoing.yahoo.verizon.net

using SMTP port 587

Account Name/Username:     [username]
Email address:     [email]Password:     my Yahoo! Mail password