On 5/29/05, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <hylton@global.co.za> wrote:
Sorry I've been out of the SLE loop for a while. On a recent need for more POP email space above the 10-20Mb from my ISP, I decided to auto-forward all mail coming to the ISP account to my GMail account.
I enabled POP on the GMail account and then figured I could download the mail in my GMail store to my local client machine via my dialup ISP. I have unfortunately not been able to receive a single mail from the GMail store.
On Mozilla Mail I have created a secondary account and entered the POP server settings as per the GMail suggestions for setting up other email clients. I did not enter the GMail SMTP server details as I already have my ISP's SMTP server added and figured it shouldn't need it.
On the GMail account though I am unsure about the 'Server settings' check boxes. I have them all checked except for 'Check mail at startup' and 'Empty trash on exit'. I also have 'Leave messages on server' unchecked.
What happens when I dialup and connect to my ISP and request GMail POP download is that it contacts the server, requests my password, and then tells me how many messages are waiting but then does not download any of them. If I wait a few minutes and then request my GMail again, an error message is returned saying that the folder is being processed and that I should try later.
I also tried setting up a GMail filter to auto-forward the email but the filters don't work on mail already received. :(
How or where can I go to get the 600 emails that are waiting there to download? I know it is not seemingly a direct SuSE problem, but I am using 'SuSE' to view the email etc.
Appreciate any help --
i'd say that your mail client is indeed trying to download everything. I tned to get this on my Window$ tin when using Pegasus mail. If I have a particularly large file it does take for ever. In fact, it doesn't have to be 'that' large to cause POP indigestion :-) I had a sudden lock up witha file of only 60k the other day. Can you check it using GMail through the web interface? Or have I misread your original post... -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR