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In my Gmail account, I use "Refresh POP accounts" by Emmanuel P to add a simple button at the top of my email list to quickly refresh all the POP email accounts I have attached to my Gmail account.

I cannot, for the life of me, find a method to do this on my LG Optimus. Is something like this available for Android?

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I use the official Google Gmail app. Gmail automatically checks pop accounts, but does not check the accounts on a regular schedule. The POP accounts can be checked manually via "Refresh POP accounts" Labs plugin in desktop browswers. However, this is not available in the Gmail app or in mobile browsers.

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Travis Pflanz
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You could give POP3 Refresh for Gmail app a try. It sounds like it does what you are looking for.

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Using the desktop vesion of gmail works, even though it's a bit clumsy. Here's how to access it:

  • open Chrome, go to gmail.com
  • click "go to the mobile Gmail site"
  • open Chrome's options menu (3 vertical dots), tick "Request desktop site"
  • roll out the hamburger menu in gmail (button with 3 stripes), scroll down and click "View Gmail in: Desktop"
  • switch to the "standard" Gmail view instead of "basic HTML" (at the bottom right)
  • you should now see the standard gmail app, which has a refresh button refresh button
  • click it and wait for a bit, your POP3/IMAP emails should be fetched
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Alternatively to a standalone app, I’ve just added this link to my home screen, after saving my Gmail credentials, and click the “Check mail now” link next to the account to do the POP3 refresh.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&fs=1&view=pu&st=labs#settings/accounts

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