gmail pop3 email problems

[MPS240]

Hello,
I have problem with my email. I have set up my gmail account on the phone and it works ok. I connect through wifi and for the moment i don't have a data plan.
The problem is with my old emails that disappear when i connect and receive new messages. After that i can only see the new emails.
Is any setting that I've done it wrong or what ? Maybe the emails are moved somewhere else ?
Thank you,

[gnick666]

Use IMAP4, it's way better... (and is free to use with google) if you want to know why: [link]
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imap#Advantages_over_POP3)
Also you can set how recent can the messages be that will be downloaded...

eg.: download messages from the past 7 days... can be set up to all your messages....
It can be configured in the email setup wizard the first time you setup the email account, or you can re-run the wizard from the Menu -> Tools -> Option -> [gmail account name] menu...

Page 122 of the printed manual...

[MPS240]

After i have opened this thread i have done that, but now there is another problem. The emails that i open on the phone aren't downloaded into my outlook on the desktop pc. And if i use pop3 on the phone it doesn't matter if i read them or not, i still can download them on the desktop.

[gnick666]

You can use both protocols simultaneusly...
Also you can force the gmail account to download mails... [link] (http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47948)

But, here is how I use my gmail, outlook, PDA...

My outlook is only for storing contacs, and calendar events (as a backup, and for easier editing)
Gmail syncs my mail via IMAP on my PDA (no need for storing mails on PC as Gmail has almost 7GB space for storing mail and attachments, and with IMAP the status of the email is snyced as well...)

This way I can read my mail, and reply on the spot, but if something more complex is needed (like formatting or several attachements then the web based gmail is just as good as the outlook...)

Of course I have a Data Plan...

[MPS240]

ok, i think i got it thank you.

As for a data plan i have a good offer from orange. 5 mb/month for 5.95 euro and 1.19 euro for each additional 10 mb. So it's quite cheap, but i have wifi at home, at my office and in many other places that i go.
When i don't have wifi acces it means that i'm on my free time or holyday so i don't need the email.

[gnick666]

my polaris generates a 200-250 MB/month traffic... I have a 5GB data plan for 22 EUR :p
btw, i have the RSS HUB and some other programs running constantly, so it's no wonder...

[MPS240]

that's nice, i mean the price for the data plan, but i don't need that much traffic. In fact i don't need even 200 mb.

If i calculate correctly my traffic on the phone is roughly 40 mb/month just for emails, and no more than 10 mb for weather and some internet.

LE: In the other post i said 5 mb/month for 5.95, but it's wrong, 30 mb/month for 5.95 and 1.19 euro for each additional 10 mb is correct. but even like this your data plan is much cheaper.

[gnick666]

Sound better that way (30MB for 6 EUR)... but why calculate?
If you got an original Polaris (not O2), then the SPB GPRS Monitor is bundled on one of the CDs...

Sadly I need that much traffic... Using WMWifiRouter between 4-5 PCs can cause some nasty thing if you're not prepaired...

[MPS240]

I understand, you use your data plan from vodafone to give internet to other computers. I have diffrent internet providers at home and at the office which both have unlimited traffic at very hi speed with about 10 euro/month.

I calculated because that is a gprs monitor and i don't have gprs...i calculated just as an estimation of what i would use if i would have gprs.