diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/mail_handler.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/mail_handler.php
index 67a90114b..363b82917 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/mail_handler.php
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/mail_handler.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class Mail_Handler{
         
         //creates child process
         $pid = self::mail_fork();
-        $pidfile = '/tmp/ams_cron_email_pid';
+        $pidfile = '/tmp/ams_cron_email_pid2';
     
         //INFO: if $pid = 
         //-1: "Could not fork!\n";
@@ -89,15 +89,14 @@ class Mail_Handler{
         
         if($pid) {
         
-        // We're the parent process, do nothing!
-    
+            // We're the parent process, do nothing!
+        
         } else {
             //make db connection here because the children have to make the connection.
             $this->db = new DBLayer("lib");
             
             //if $pidfile doesn't exist yet, then start sending the mails that are in the db.
             if(!file_exists($pidfile)) {
-                 
                 //create the file and write the child processes id in it!
                 $pid = getmypid();
                 $file = fopen($pidfile, 'w');
@@ -143,12 +142,13 @@ class Mail_Handler{
                 unlink($pidfile);
             }
             // Check mail
-            /*
+            
             //$mailbox = imap_open("{localhost:110/pop3/novalidate-cert}INBOX", $inbox_username, $inbox_password);
-            $mbox = imap_open($cfg['mail']['server'], $inbox_username, $inbox_password);
+            $mbox = imap_open($cfg['mail']['server'], $inbox_username, $inbox_password) or die('Cannot connect to mail server: ' . imap_last_error());
             $message_count = imap_num_msg($mbox);
     
             for ($i = 1; $i <= $message_count; ++$i) {
+                
                 $header = imap_header($mbox, $i);    
                 $entire_email = imap_fetchheader($mbox, $i) . imap_body($mbox, $i);   
                 $subject = decode_utf8($header->subject);    
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ class Mail_Handler{
                 $from = $header->from[0]->mailbox . '@' . $header->from[0]->host; 
                 $txt = get_part($mbox, $i, "TEXT/PLAIN");   
                 $html = get_part($mbox, $i, "TEXT/HTML");
+                
                 //return task ID
                 $tid = oms_create_email($from, $subject, $txt, $html, $to, $from);
     
@@ -163,12 +164,14 @@ class Mail_Handler{
                     $file = fopen("$basedir/mail/$tid", 'w');      
                     fwrite($file, $entire_email);     
                     fclose($file);     
-                }    
+                }
+                //mark message $i of $mbox for deletion!
                 imap_delete($mbox, $i);
             }
+            //delete marked messages
             imap_expunge($mbox);  
             imap_close($mbox);
-            */
+            
         }
     
     }
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.php
index ce1439acb..516ae0da4 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.php
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.php
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ $cfg['db']['ring']['name']    = 'ring_open';
 $cfg['db']['ring']['user']    = 'shard';
 $cfg['db']['ring']['pass']    = '';
 
-$cfg['mail']['username']    = '123';
-$cfg['mail']['password']    = '456';
+$cfg['mail']['username']    = 'amsryzom@gmail.com';
+$cfg['mail']['password']    = 'lol123bol';
 $cfg['mail']['host']    = 'test.com';
 
 // To connect to an IMAP server running on port 143 on the local machine,
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ $cfg['mail']['host']    = 'test.com';
 // $mbox = imap_open ("{localhost:995/pop3/ssl/novalidate-cert}", "user_id", "password");       
 // NNTP server on port 119 use: $nntp = imap_open ("{localhost:119/nntp}comp.test", "", "");
 // To connect to a remote server replace "localhost" with the name or the IP address of the server you want to connect to.
-$cfg['mail']['server'] = '{localhost:110/pop3/novalidate-cert}INBOX';
-
+//$cfg['mail']['server'] = '{localhost:110/pop3/novalidate-cert}INBOX';
+$cfg['mail']['server']= '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX'
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // If true= the server will add automatically unknown user in the database
 // (in nel.user= nel.permission= ring.ring_user and ring.characters