Bob, GMail states that it checks the account on a variable frequency depending on the volume collected. So, if it was seeing very low volume, it would stretch out the checks to a longer interval. Also, if it encounters some error when checking, it backs off and delays the next check. It's possible that some combination of these factors got you out to the 17 hour mark; perhaps even permanently pausing the checks. When you manually checked, all variables got reset.
Glad it's working again. On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Agunat <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know how or why but it is working fine again. > > Bob > > > On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:31:51 PM UTC-5, Agunat wrote: >> >> I have both a Gmail account and an email address provided me by Cox >> Cable, my internet provider, call it [email protected]. For years I have had >> my Gmail import mail going to the xyz account to show in addition to the >> email sent directly to my Gmail address. Gmail has done this fine without >> incident. For some reason today the mail addressed to the xyz account is >> not showing up in Gmail. I went to my Gmail settings under the Accounts >> heading and looked at the section labeled "Check for mail in other >> accounts". All the settings were accurate. I did notice that it said >> "last checked 17 hours ago"! I clicked the link that said "Check mail >> now". When I did this all the missing xyz email showed up. This indicates >> to me that indeed all the settings for the other account are indeed >> correct. HELP PLEASE! Can anyone tell me why Gmail has stopped checking >> this account on its own? As I say it has been doing it this way for years >> with no problems. >> >> Thanks in advance... Bob >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
