Gmail and downloading question

[archcommus]

Is there any way to check if a message has previously been downloaded and only download it if it hasn't been? I download all my emails but I think there's a bunch I'm missing, and if I set Gmail to "use POP for ALL mail," then it will redownload EVERYTHING from the beginning.

 

[karstenanderson]

probably not..

 

[Pepsi90919]

gmail would be even better if:

* you could download messages from IMAP/POP servers to gmail
* gmail had IMAP capabilities

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
gmail would be even better if:

* you could download messages from IMAP/POP servers to gmail
* gmail had IMAP capabilities

Isn't downloading from POP servers exactly what I'm doing?

Well in any case, for someone who wants to use Outlook for their email but have a portable address that doesn't rely on their ISP, is Gmail with POP my best bet?

 

[karstenanderson]

i could be wrong, but i think you're stuck with letting outlook download everything from Gmail the first time, then just updating from there on out..