[Sort of solved] Re: gmail over POP3 - anyone else experiencing problems?

[Amos Shapira]

2012/3/5 Oleg Goldshmidt <pub at goldshmidt.org>

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> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Oleg Goldshmidt <pub at goldshmidt.org>wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I usually access gmail over POP3 using fetchmail, which has always worked
>> fine. I was on a trip recently, and did not POP mail for about 8-9 days or
>> so. Since I returned (Thursday) POP keeps telling me that there is no mail
>> for me, even though there is, and I can access it over the web interface.
>>
>
> I forgot to mention that I had checked that POP was enabled in gmail
> settings. I re-checked the "enable POP for email that arrives from now on",
> saved the settings, and fetchmail detected new mail, so it seems to have
> worked. I just missed some mail in my POPped collection (but not in
> general). Whatever it was, it seems to have gone away.
>
> If anyone finds out that it was connected with the change in privacy
> settings (the timing seems suspicious) please share.
>

Maybe next time it happens to you, one of the places to check is their
application status dashboard at http://www.google.com/appsstatus. It says
"Google Apps" but I think it refers to Google services also for none-domain
users (e.g. see
http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/45980/having-trouble-accessing-any-of-googles-services-check-the-availability-wit/

--Amos
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