javamail pop3 getmessagecount gives lower number

Hi All

Since there is no javamail in other apis im posting here.

I am using javamail to connect to my gmail account via pop3s when i open a folder (INBOX) and get messages or getMessageCount I only get 471 messages despite having 2016 email.

imap works fine but pop3 brings too few messages.
Im a bit clueless where to begin looking since code is all correct and there are no errors.


GX

Are sure it doesn't have to do with your gmail settings? When you enable pop in gmail settings there is a setting that says something to the effect of 'enable pop for mail after someDate'.

Thanks for your reply yellowledbet.

Im quite sure I checked my gmail settings and the emails received are from 2006 they are really old emails recent ones are not being received. I also tested other pop accounts and recent emails are not being fetched.

I tried

prop.put("mail.pops.forgettopheaders", true);
prop.put("mail.pops.disabletop", true);

but it did not help

GX

Hi all

disabling and enabling pop3 not only retrieves 336 messages, gmail remembers which messages have been downloaded by pop3 and has a 'recent mode' to work around this. Hence it is my conclusion that gmail uses non standard procedure and it is not a problem with javamail settings but gmail itself, I have also has problems with non gmail accounts but not yet investigated them.

Thanks

GX

dear friends can i have POP3 source code in java?because i m having project in which i have to read emails from email client.thanks

Wrong site. This is a forum. You seem to be looking for a code mill.

db