Gmail won't send emails

When I try and send an email from my gmail account the following things occur.
Pre acts as though it is sending the email. All looks as it should.
I get an error saying that it was unable to send the email
email sits in outbox and every couple of minutes the Pre tries to send the email only to give the error message again.
Some of the attempts to send the email make it through but I have no indication as to when it goes through as it stays in the Outbox and keeps giving me the error messages
I have to go into the Outbox and delete the email to get the error to stop coming. At this point I may have sent a copy out or I may have sent 5 copies out. I have played with the account settings based upon what I have seen recommended to others having similar issues to no avail. Here are my account settings: smtp.gmail.com, Authentication on, username with and without @gmail.com has been tried, password has been entered multiple times to make sure it is there correctly, SSL, and Port 465. Please help!
Post relates to: Pre p100eww (Sprint)

I am having the exact same issue. I am unfortunately not sure when it began.
Icthusman1, have you installed any patches? I suspect it may be an issue caused by one.
EDIT: After a little more research, I found a solution that worked for me. Check out this thread: http://forums.precentral.net/gsm-pre/216747-problems-sending-email-since-1-3-1-a.html
Message Edited by dguitaramann on 11-29-2009 01:11 PM

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