The point is that with IMAP, the Gmail Inbox in your client will match
the Gmail Inbox on the server, so you will not see the forwarded and
archived messages. They will still be in your All Mail folder, but,
unless you choose to do so, they will not be downloaded.
If you want to continue to use POP, then you can try this:
When you open the account to turn off forwarding, change your POP
settings to "Download mail that arrives from now on". That should
avoid the messages that were forwarded.
On Aug 21, 3:07 am, Glogman wrote:
> Hi and thanks for the response.
> If I use IMAP and forward the emails during the day, to get past the
> port restrictions, wont IMAP consider the forwarded message to be
> different from the actual message? If so, I will be in the same
> predicament.
> Thanks again for your help.
> On Aug 20, 9:58 am, bkennelly wrote:
> > Gmail's POP server will download all new messages, including those you
> > archived.
> > You might want to take a look at IMAP, if you want to synchronise your
> > Inbox.http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=75725
> > On Aug 19, 5:14 pm, Glogman wrote:
> > > When at work, I set forwarding for my gmail to an account I can access
> > > from within my works network. I set gmail to archive the copy of the
> > > email it has forwarded. This allows me to get my gmail email from a
> > > different account during the day.
> > > The problem is when I turn off forwarding away from work. POP3 still
> > > retrieves all the forwarded emails even though they have been
> > > archived. Surely this is not correct.
> > > Please help.
