Just a quick tip for anybody trying to set up POP3/IMAP email on an iPod Touch/iPhone. I've tried this several times and after getting a peculiar error about failing and asking me if I want to try again without SSL, it usually just ends up hanging up on Verifying POP email....This can go on for minutes and nothing seems to be actually going on. How long should it take to verify the POP server? Two seconds?

Anyway, today I decided to wait it out on the basis that something must happen eventually, after all, these were valid POP settings! About 10 minutes later, my POP settings are verified and I can see my inbox!

Why it took so long is still a mystery! but hopefully this may help people who've gone through the same as me.