Zimbra not getting all messages from external POP3

[nosiath]

Hi guys,

I've been using Gmail for around 8 months, and now I switched to Zimbra. I set it to get POP3 from Gmail, everything works fine, except that it does not load all mails from Gmail. I have around 4000 mails in Gmail and Zimbra got around 1700. Right now it is getting new mails and works fine, but what about that old mails ? I don't know if it is fetchmail configuraton or it is Zimbra.

Thanks,
Nosiath

[phoenix]

Welcome to the forums.

Zimbra should get all the mail in the box as far as I know. You have to hit the 'get mail' button for Zimbra to collect the mail, it doesn't do it automatically at the moment. Are there any errors in the zimbra log?

[nosiath]

Hi Phoenix,

Thanks for your response. I think it was a setting in Gmail because I keep pressing Get Mail. I am now downloading again, let's see what happens. About the Get Mail button, is there anyway to set a cronjob and do this ? Maybe that could be a temporary fix ? Sorry if the question might be noob but I am new to linux

[phoenix]

There's no method using the Zimbra pop aggregation to download mail on a schedule, there's a bugzilla entry for that enhancement. However, if you want to get your mail on a schedule I'd suggest using fetchmail. Is it only for you and/or a limited number of users? Using fetchmail means you have to enter the passwords for the remote mailboxes.

[Klug]

Additional question : are your 4000 messages in the gmail inbox or in (sub)folders ?
POP3 (and it's not about Zimbra's implementation) can not fetch messages that are in (sub)folders.

[nosiath]

Thanks guys

@Phoenix: It is only for me. Is there any tutorial in the forum where I can perform this ? After configuring fetchmail do I need to set anything in zimbra ? I'd appreciate your help. That could be a temporary fix for many others meanwhile we wait for the feature to be developed.

@Klug: Gmail does not have subfolders, it uses labels, and I don't think that is a problem. Yeah I know the subfolders thing when using POP3, thanks for the clarification.

[phoenix]

The easiest thing to do is use a product called 'webmin' to manage fetchmail, you can install it from here - it's a nice interface to all that horrible Linux command line stuff for a beginner like me. If you get that installed the fetchmail config should be self-explanatory but let us know if you need any help.

[PortoPotenza1]

Dear Zimbra users,
I’m sorry if this subject has already been treated in this forum, but I couldn’t find an answer to my question.

Question is: I want to fetch mails I receive on zimbra, reading them on GMAIL

The problem is I cannot find the right parameters to use in my gmail account to import mails I receive on Zimbra.
Can some of you help me, please?

Thank u in advance

Ciao

[phoenix]

Which product is this? Is it Zimbra Desktop or Zimbra Collaboration Server and which version?

Originally Posted by PortoPotenza1

The problem is I cannot find the right parameters to use in my gmail account to import mails I receive on Zimbra.

Are you asking if you can read the email on a Zimbra server in your gmail account? If that's not the question please explain what you're trying to do it in more detail as I don't quite understand what you're asking.

[PortoPotenza1]

"ZCS Standard Web Client"
this should be the product i use (i'm not sure where to find the version).

yes, phoenix, i was exactly asking if there's a way to read the email i receive in a zimbra server, onto my gmail account (thus fetching emails through gmail service).

i've read that Zimbra allows to read other emails account, but i haven't found how to read in gmail what i receive on zimbra.

thank you again for your support