text: email problem. want to check the mail in offline so outlook preffered? configured gmail to outlook express but i can use outlook for receiving as well as replying but if a new message is composed, it does not get mailed with the reason that i do not have outgoing server. help me" your isp may be blocking the port you are trying to use for smtp.  if you are using port 25, gmail recommends trying a different port number.  see: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13292&topic=1555  if you have already tried the recommendations from that site, the alternate technique is just to use the smtp setup defined by your isp.  if you do not understand how to do this, either gmail help or your isp help should be able to advise you.