Comments on: Gmail Pop email refresher – UPDATE – now smaller and easier! http://blog.tinyenormous.com/2009/08/25/gmail-pop-email-refresher-update-now-smaller-and-easier/ arduino, robots, cameras, motorcycles, and life Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:20:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: TinyEnormous http://blog.tinyenormous.com/2009/08/25/gmail-pop-email-refresher-update-now-smaller-and-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-1600 TinyEnormous Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:16:54 +0000 http://blog.tinyenormous.com/?p=562#comment-1600 EyePulp: sadly, it looks like Gmail may have wised up to my plan! After a few weeks of running this google defaulted to checking my mail once or twice an hour. just like it regularly does. I'm not sure if they figured it out, or if they just changed their rules for how that scheduling is figured out. I'll find another way. have no fear... EyePulp: sadly, it looks like Gmail may have wised up to my plan! After a few weeks of running this google defaulted to checking my mail once or twice an hour. just like it regularly does. I’m not sure if they figured it out, or if they just changed their rules for how that scheduling is figured out. I’ll find another way. have no fear…

]]> By: Daniel Slaughter http://blog.tinyenormous.com/2009/08/25/gmail-pop-email-refresher-update-now-smaller-and-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-1596 Daniel Slaughter Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:11:05 +0000 http://blog.tinyenormous.com/?p=562#comment-1596 Interesting... I never considered using a 3rd party app outside of your browser to check POP3 accounts in Gmail. If you're looking for an in-browser solution for Firefox (on Windows or Mac) I wrote this Greasemonkey script that is pretty amazing: http://www.danielslaughter.com/projects/gmail-pop3-checker-for-greasemonkey/ Interesting… I never considered using a 3rd party app outside of your browser to check POP3 accounts in Gmail. If you’re looking for an in-browser solution for Firefox (on Windows or Mac) I wrote this Greasemonkey script that is pretty amazing:

http://www.danielslaughter.com/projects/gmail-pop3-checker-for-greasemonkey/

]]> By: EyePulp http://blog.tinyenormous.com/2009/08/25/gmail-pop-email-refresher-update-now-smaller-and-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 EyePulp Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:06:41 +0000 http://blog.tinyenormous.com/?p=562#comment-1561 This is a great trick. I have a company who points its MX records at an Exchange server but I can't give up my gmail filtering and slickness, so I have a Google Apps account for our company domain, and do POP reads from actual to gmail. I can't do forwards. My question is, after you've "trained" google, does it ever revert back to the slower pace? How long does the improvement last? This is a great trick. I have a company who points its MX records at an Exchange server but I can’t give up my gmail filtering and slickness, so I have a Google Apps account for our company domain, and do POP reads from actual to gmail. I can’t do forwards. My question is, after you’ve “trained” google, does it ever revert back to the slower pace? How long does the improvement last?

]]> By: TinyEnormous http://blog.tinyenormous.com/2009/08/25/gmail-pop-email-refresher-update-now-smaller-and-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-849 TinyEnormous Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:07:58 +0000 http://blog.tinyenormous.com/?p=562#comment-849 I agree that method does have its benefits, but if you get a lot of email then it can be tedious to have to open up each mail (because they are all from you) to see who sent it to you. Is there any way to forward while still being able to quickly identify the original sender? There is no doubt that this is a hack, and not even a fully featured on at that, but it does serve a need. I guess a better question might be: since I own all of the domains I am receiving email at, why don't I just set it up as imap? I don't have an answer for that. perhaps I should. Thanks for your thoughts! I agree that method does have its benefits, but if you get a lot of email then it can be tedious to have to open up each mail (because they are all from you) to see who sent it to you. Is there any way to forward while still being able to quickly identify the original sender?
There is no doubt that this is a hack, and not even a fully featured on at that, but it does serve a need.
I guess a better question might be: since I own all of the domains I am receiving email at, why don’t I just set it up as imap? I don’t have an answer for that. perhaps I should.
Thanks for your thoughts!

]]> By: Dan http://blog.tinyenormous.com/2009/08/25/gmail-pop-email-refresher-update-now-smaller-and-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Dan Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:14:00 +0000 http://blog.tinyenormous.com/?p=562#comment-848 I assume you are using gmail to check your POP account in order to take advantage of IMAP on gmail. Wouldn't it be much more efficient simply to set-up mail forwarding on your old POP account's server -- and forward all incoming messages to gmail? Mine works this way, and instead of waiting for gmail to check my POP account whenever the Google algorithm determines it is time -- and as opposed to sending an onslaught of email messages to my gmail account to manually adjust the algorithm, I simply look at it from the other side. Have your POP account forward all incoming messages to your gmail account. This happens instantly when an email message arrives in your POP account. A second later, gmail behaves as you would expect any IMAP system to work... it sends the message on to your mail client instantaneously. Essentially, you are using gmail as a go-between -- enabling an old POP account to function as IMAP. But with only a minor change (via POP mail forwarding), the message flows from sender to your POP account to gmail to your mail client smoothly -- and without the (up to) 58 minute delay gmail's algorithm can impose. Also, bandwidth is only utilized when a message comes your way (as opposed to sending-deleting, sending-deleting etc. to trigger gmail to check for any new mail). This seems like the most logical arrangement to me. I assume you are using gmail to check your POP account in order to take advantage of IMAP on gmail.

Wouldn’t it be much more efficient simply to set-up mail forwarding on your old POP account’s server — and forward all incoming messages to gmail?

Mine works this way, and instead of waiting for gmail to check my POP account whenever the Google algorithm determines it is time — and as opposed to sending an onslaught of email messages to my gmail account to manually adjust the algorithm, I simply look at it from the other side. Have your POP account forward all incoming messages to your gmail account.

This happens instantly when an email message arrives in your POP account. A second later, gmail behaves as you would expect any IMAP system to work… it sends the message on to your mail client instantaneously.

Essentially, you are using gmail as a go-between — enabling an old POP account to function as IMAP. But with only a minor change (via POP mail forwarding), the message flows from sender to your POP account to gmail to your mail client smoothly — and without the (up to) 58 minute delay gmail’s algorithm can impose. Also, bandwidth is only utilized when a message comes your way (as opposed to sending-deleting, sending-deleting etc. to trigger gmail to check for any new mail).

This seems like the most logical arrangement to me.

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