

It is possible there might be an email causing a log jam, so in webmail, make sure the 'Spam' folder is empty and delete/move the next oldest email that did not download.

Then try to 'Get Messages' in Thundrebird. Once emails are moved, then compact the Inbox to remove all those hidden copies of moved emails to get file size more manageable. I'm not a fan of putting all my eggs in one basket, if you see what I mean. Move emails in Thunderbird pop account Inbox into other suitable folders for storage, so the single text file that is receiving those emails does not get too big.

suggest you logon to webmail and move all the emails you have downloaded into another folder as a temp store.Ĭheck pop/forwarding settigs are still set to download everything previously popped. Bit weird, you would have expected gmail to start poppng from the very oldest.Īre the 2006 - 2013 emails currently in the gmail Inbox ? I'm presuming the answer is yes.ĪS you pop download emails from the server Inbox, are you auto deleting off server - if no, then once gmail has got up to date with all the downloading and stopped - which might be a while.
