pop mail to gmail

davy51 · 17 Jun 2004, 08:38 AM

Is there any program out there that will retrieve my pop accounts to gmail

rob_au · 17 Jun 2004, 08:48 AM

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Originally posted by davy51
Is there any program out there that will retrieve my pop accounts to gmail

You are wanting to retrieve messages from your existing POP3 message stores and forward them through to your Gmail account? (Presumably for archival purposes) If this is the case, then you might want to consider an application called fetchmail (http://catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/ for UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X, http://unixmail-w32.sourceforge.net/ for Windows) which can retrieve mail from a number of sources (POP3, IMAP4) and forward it onto an alternate destination.

kander · 17 Jun 2004, 08:49 AM

I don't know of any program, unfortunately.

I hate to say this, but Fastmail can do this. Create a Poplink, then set up a redirect rule that points at your Gmail account, triggered by the header X-Link-Name (don't pin me on that one, I'd have to look it up to make sure), and Pop go your mails...

(edit: Rob beat me to the second, methinks. Hadn't thought of using Fetchmail... isn't that supposed to be pretty much an UberGeek tool, though? )

--K

rob_au · 17 Jun 2004, 08:52 AM

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Originally posted by kander
(edit: Rob beat me to the second, methinks. Hadn't thought of using Fetchmail... isn't that supposed to be a rather.. geeky tool, though? )

Okay, so I'm a geek then ... :-)

kander · 17 Jun 2004, 09:27 AM

Ay, I guess that's what you get for posting in The Technical Zone

I believe this is more an an 'Email Help Needed' issue.. well.. used to be, before Fetchmail was mentioned

--K

17 Jun 2004, 03:47 PM

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Originally posted by kander
I hate to say this, but Fastmail can do this. Create a Poplink, then set up a redirect rule that points at your Gmail account, triggered by the header X-Link-Name (don't pin me on that one, I'd have to look it up to make sure), and Pop go your mails...

Set the rule directly from the POP links screen, if you aren't using a custom script; else, the test is header "X-LinkName" "ExactPOPLinkName".

davy51 · 18 Jun 2004, 07:02 AM

Thanks for all the info sorry i posted on wrong forum but figured this was a tech question.
found easir way to do .stumbled on by accident.
I used outlook express.entered all my accounts and then set to retrieve every 2 hours
then wrote rule to forward to gmail seems to be working great so far
thanks for all the help

robert@fm · 19 Jun 2004, 02:54 AM

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Originally posted by kander
I believe this is more an an 'Email Help Needed' issue..

Surely it's more a 'GMail Forum' issue?

**ReuvenNY** · 19 Jun 2004, 03:03 AM

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Originally posted by robert@fm
Surely it's more a 'GMail Forum' issue?

It is now in the Gmail section...

davy51 · 19 Jun 2004, 04:24 AM

Thank you reuven
At the time it seemed like a tech question since i couldnt think of a program to do the job.I tried the outlook express thing and it works great

pyedka · 19 Jun 2004, 07:00 AM

ERC can do this.
http://www.chimera.co.nz/

It's a freeware and can do this automatically!

davy51 · 19 Jun 2004, 09:39 AM

Ill have to try that one and see how it works thanks

ajent · 23 Jun 2004, 09:25 AM

is there any way to check your gmail with popclient?

ady · 23 Jun 2004, 02:24 PM

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Originally posted by ajent
is there any way to check your gmail with popclient?

You can check this thread.

ajent · 24 Jun 2004, 06:25 AM

answered my question exactly.
thanks.

17 Jun 2004, 08:38 AM	#1
davy51 Master of the @ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,077	pop mail to gmail Is there any program out there that will retrieve my pop accounts to gmail

18 Jun 2004, 07:02 AM	#7
davy51 Master of the @ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,077	popmail to gmail Thanks for all the info sorry i posted on wrong forum but figured this was a tech question. found easir way to do .stumbled on by accident. I used outlook express.entered all my accounts and then set to retrieve every 2 hours then wrote rule to forward to gmail seems to be working great so far thanks for all the help

19 Jun 2004, 04:24 AM	#10
davy51 Master of the @ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,077	pop gmail Thank you reuven At the time it seemed like a tech question since i couldnt think of a program to do the job.I tried the outlook express thing and it works great

19 Jun 2004, 07:00 AM	#11
pyedka Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 737	Email Redirecting Client (ERC) ERC can do this. http://www.chimera.co.nz/ It's a freeware and can do this automatically!

19 Jun 2004, 09:39 AM	#12
davy51 Master of the @ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,077	chimera Ill have to try that one and see how it works thanks

17 Jun 2004, 08:49 AM	#3
kander The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,112	I don't know of any program, unfortunately. I hate to say this, but Fastmail can do this. Create a Poplink, then set up a redirect rule that points at your Gmail account, triggered by the header X-Link-Name (don't pin me on that one, I'd have to look it up to make sure), and Pop go your mails... (edit: Rob beat me to the second, methinks. Hadn't thought of using Fetchmail... isn't that supposed to be pretty much an UberGeek tool, though? ) --K

17 Jun 2004, 09:27 AM	#5
kander The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,112	Ay, I guess that's what you get for posting in The Technical Zone I believe this is more an an 'Email Help Needed' issue.. well.. used to be, before Fetchmail was mentioned --K

23 Jun 2004, 09:25 AM	#13
ajent Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 11	is there any way to check your gmail with popclient?

24 Jun 2004, 06:25 AM	#15
ajent Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 11	answered my question exactly. thanks.