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After downloading large # of mails, Gmail POP downloads only one message at a time

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Mar 15, 20266722 views
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I have configured Thunderbird to download emails from my Gmail account. Essentially, this is back up of my Gmail account. In Gmail settings, I enabled POP download from the date of account creation. Within a few days, Thunderbird downloaded all the mails from the date of account creation (back in 2…

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Fix for: After downloading large # of mails, Gmail POP downloads only one message at a time

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Another thread on Gmail forum has the correct solution. I resolved this issue as well by following what ant0nis did. Uncheck "Leave messages on the server" in Thunderbird, but LEAVE "When messages are accessed with POP:" to the setting "Keep Gmail's…

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