If you are currently running Outlook XP/2000 (Microsoft Office XP Small Business) and are trying to configure a connection to either Gmail or your Google Apps account, you may run into this problem:

“Send test e-mail message: Unable to send test message. Please verify the e-mail address field”

To resolve, simply patch your Office installation with Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). You can either run the Microsoft Update utility or click here for the download page.