I'm hoping someone has figured this out. More than that, I hope the Googleheads are reading this. I know there have been other questions posed regarding POP access from multiple locations. And, yes I realize there are instructions located here: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=54637. But this feature simply does not work. Period. And from what I've read, I'm not the only one having problems.
Here's my situation: I have two clients accessing the same e-mail account, and both have recent: prepended to their login name as per the instructions. But it seems to do nothing. It's still pretty much first come, first served. The first client to see the message is the only client to see the message. If google is serious about having their service accepted in the enterprise space, they need to fix this. In this day and age, with so many locations mobile workers have to access their mail, GAFYD should not be handicapping it's users in this way. Does anyone know of a way to get this to work properly that doesn't involve forwarding mail? It's getting rather frustrating...
I feel your frustration. I have moved my company and clients to it and have had to learn things by much trial and error. However, I have clients using recent: on many email clients and it is working.
What email clients are you using? Have you checked the account and to see if it is archiving or deleting the emails? The emails might be being deleted. This shouldn't matter according to the docs but I have found that and other things are just not true. POP doesn't work exactly as the docs say especially with some email clients (Eudora, Entourage, Outlook). I think it come that google does POP differently but the email clients are doing standard POP and google hasn't got the communication down right.
> I'm hoping someone has figured this out. More than that, I hope the > Googleheads are reading this. I know there have been other questions > posed regarding POP access from multiple locations. And, yes I > realize there are instructions located here:http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=54637. But this > feature simply does not work. Period. And from what I've read, I'm > not the only one having problems.
> Here's my situation: I have two clients accessing the same e-mail > account, and both have recent: prepended to their login name as per > the instructions. But it seems to do nothing. It's still pretty much > first come, first served. The first client to see the message is the > only client to see the message. If google is serious about having > their service accepted in the enterprise space, they need to fix > this. In this day and age, with so many locations mobile workers have > to access their mail, GAFYD should not be handicapping it's users in > this way. Does anyone know of a way to get this to work properly that > do
esn't involve forwarding mail? It's getting rather frustrating...
> I'm hoping someone has figured this out. More than that, I hope the > Googleheads are reading this. I know there have been other questions > posed regarding POP access from multiple locations. And, yes I > realize there are instructions located here:http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=54637. But this > feature simply does not work. Period. And from what I've read, I'm > not the only one having problems.
> Here's my situation: I have two clients accessing the same e-mail > account, and both have recent: prepended to their login name as per > the instructions. But it seems to do nothing. It's still pretty much > first come, first served. The first client to see the message is the > only client to see the message. If google is serious about having > their service accepted in the enterprise space, they need to fix > this. In this day and age, with so many locations mobile workers have > to access their mail, GAFYD should not be handicapping it's users in > this way. Does anyone know of a way to get this to work properly that > doesn't involve forwarding mail? It's getting rather frustrating...
Thanks for the feedback. I'm using Outlook '03 for both locations. The account is neither archiving or deleting the emails. Both locations have the recent: command enabled, but it still behaves as if recent: was not specified. If one client downloads an e-mail, the other cannot see it (though it is still in the inbox on the server and shows an unread status). Weird. :-/ I've already done this, but I'm going to try deleting and setting up the accounts in Outlook again from scratch. We'll see...
> make sure that your mail is not in the trash if it is in the trash you > need to move it back to the inbox before therecentcommand will > work.
> On Jun 19, 3:57 pm, -Alan- wrote:
> > I'm hoping someone has figured this out. More than that, I hope the > > Googleheads are reading this. I know there have been other questions > > posed regarding POP access from multiple locations. And, yes I > > realize there are instructions located here:http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=54637. But this > > feature simply does not work. Period. And from what I've read, I'm > > not the only one having problems.
> > Here's my situation: I have two clients accessing the same e-mail > > account, and both haverecent: prepended to their login name as per > > the instructions. But it seems to do nothing. It's still pretty much > > first come, first served. The first client to see the message is the > > only client to see the message. If google is serious about having > > their service accepted in the enterprise space, they need to fix > > this. In this day and age, with so many locations mobile workers have > > to access their mail, GAFYD should not be handicapping it's users in > > this way. Does anyone know of a way to get this to work properly that > > doesn't involve forwarding mail? It's getting rather frustrating...- Hide quoted text -
OK, guys... Problem solved. Root cause: I'm an ass. Ha ha. I must not be sleeping enough lately. I had the recent: in the email address field, instead of the user name field. Time for Al to lay off the crack.
> Thanks for the feedback. I'm using Outlook '03 for both locations. > The account is neither archiving or deleting the emails. Both > locations have the recent: command enabled, but it still behaves as if > recent: was not specified. If one client downloads an e-mail, the > other cannot see it (though it is still in the inbox on the server and > shows an unread status). Weird. :-/ I've already done this, but I'm > going to try deleting and setting up the accounts in Outlook again > from scratch. We'll see...
> On Jun 19, 9:25 pm, LMckin51 wrote:
> > make sure that your mail is not in the trash if it is in the trash you > > need to move it back to the inbox before therecentcommand will > > work.
> > On Jun 19, 3:57 pm, -Alan- wrote:
> > > I'm hoping someone has figured this out. More than that, I hope the > > > Googleheads are reading this. I know there have been other questions > > > posed regarding POP access from multiple locations. And, yes I > > > realize there are instructions located here:http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=54637. But this > > > feature simply does not work. Period. And from what I've read, I'm > > > not the only one having problems.
> > > Here's my situation: I have two clients accessing the same e-mail > > > account, and both haverecent: prepended to their login name as per > > > the instructions. But it seems to do nothing. It's still pretty much > > > first come, first served. The first client to see the message is the > > > only client to see the message. If google is serious about having > > > their service accepted in the enterprise space, they need to fix > > > this. In this day and age, with so many locations mobile workers have > > > to access their mail, GAFYD should not be handicapping it's users in > > > this way. Does anyone know of a way to get this to work properly that > > > doesn't involve forwarding mail? It's getting rather frustrating...- Hide quoted text -
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