[Users] Get Mail checkbox

[Ricardo Mones]

Hi Johan,

On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 10:12:32AM +0100, Johan Vromans wrote:
> Today there was a hickup in my connection to Gmail. This led to numerous
> claws error dialogs "Can't connect to IMAP server imap.gmail.com:993".

https://www.google.com/appsstatus/dashboard/incidents/AFdF8J4m8XKadmM9NrVK

> But all accounts that connect to Gmail have their G checkboxes unchecked,
> and all accounts are set to "use global settings" for receive/send. So why
> is Gmail still polled?
> 
> Restarted Claws but no difference.
> 
> Did I misunderstood the purpose of the G (Get Mail) checkbox?

Indeed, IMAP is not POP:

https://www.claws-mail.org/manual/claws-mail-manual.html#account_multiple

regards,
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  Ricardo Mones 
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