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Old 02-19-2008   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Gmail IMAP: Few messages appear in Inbox or Sent Mail

Thanks. The directions turn out the same--at any rate, the same behavior
results: the inbox does not show all mail, only a few recent emails, and
there are the other issues noted.

Peter.R" wrote:
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> Maybe it would be better to follow the instructions specifically for
> Windows Live Mail at this link:
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> http://email.about.com/od/livemailde..._get_gmail.htm
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Peter
> (Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606)
> "There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in
> your philosophy." - Shakespeare
> ---------------
>
> "ML" <ML@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:0C3C7B0D-1D71-44A2-B2C1-6F6DF425C26F@xxxxxx
>
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> > One issue with these directions (not setting [Gmail] as the root folder
> but
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> > putting the full path names under special folders), is that WLMD throws
> an
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> > error when it gets to [Gmail], the label or folder holding the other
> folders,
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> > in the send and receive process, though it then continues with the rest
> of
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> > the folders.
> >
> >
> > "ML" wrote:
> >
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> >> By following a slight variation on these gmail IMAP windows mail
> directions
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> >> (adjusted slightly for WLM), I can get all the Sent Mail to appear
> properly,
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> >> but I still can't get all my mail in the gmail Inbox folder to appear
> in WLM
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> >> Inbox for imap gmail.
> >>
> >> http://email.about.com/od/windowsmai..._get_gmail.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> "ML" wrote:
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> >> > Unlike Thunderbird, with WLMD, I can't get all my Gmail imap messages
> from
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> >> > the Inbox or Sent Mail folders to appear--only a few of the most
> recent
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> >> > messages appear. The correct number of messages will appear in WLMD
> beside
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> >> > the folder name for a minute or two (over a thousand) but then
> disappear, and
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> >> > only the most recent few will actually be downloaded. The All Mail
> folder
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> >> > seems to work correctly however.
> >> >
> >> > Any thoughts?
> >> >
> >> > (p.s. I have Imap set up by changing the root folder in settings to
> >> > [Gmail] and setting special folders to "Sent Mail," "Drafts,"
> >> > "Trash," and "Spam.")
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