using htc mail and messages widget

[scotth44]

hi i would like to use the htc mail widget for my email and messaging. but i use the gmail app and when i try to set gmail up as imap it wont log in my user and password is there any way to do this or any other free exchange email i could use to set this up? also how does sms come in over the htc widget exactly? how would i set that up? thanks