Using gmail imap & sympatico ISP

I'm using an iMac running 10.3.9
I'm having trouble setting up Mail 1.3.11 using gmail IMAP. I just get a message saying that imap.gmail.com could not connect.
Does it matter what ISP I'm using? I use Sympatico in Toronto. Presumably I'm not required to have to route email through their servers?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
Are you following Google's help pages for setting up Mail?
http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78799&topic=12920
There's no specific page for Mail 1.3, but there is one for Mail 2.0 if it helps:
http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77663&topic=12920
Also, did you remember to enable IMAP in GMail's setting prior to trying to configure Mail?

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