Not downloading all emails from gmail server

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jondoor
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Not downloading all emails from gmail server

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Hi, haven't used email clients for a while. Now I decided to start again from scratch. I set up an account in PP with Oauth2 mode. On the Gmail server, POP is enabled for all emails (even those already downloaded). Only 269 emails out of 1500 are downloaded to PP. It doesn't see any more. If you delete one email in PPand refresh, another next only one email is downloaded from the server.
Why do not download the rest of the letters? Is it a glitch of the server, Oauth2 mode or PP?
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Jeff
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Re: Not downloading all emails from gmail server

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It's the way that Gmail is designed to work with POP3. The option, "Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)" is misleading because it will only work that way when you first set it; after messages have been downloaded (by any POP3 client), they'll be hidden from POP3 clients again.

The best solution is to use IMAP instead of POP3 for your POP Peeper account.
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