Gmail POP3 Refresh Button

Gmail POP3 Refresh Button

Refreshes all POP3 accounts when the POP3 button is clicked

Gmail POP3 Refresh Button
What is Gmail POP3 Refresh Button?
Gmail POP3 Refresh Button is a small Chrome Extension that adds a button/shortcut on the Gmail Website for easy and fast refreshing of all POP3 Email-accounts linked to your Gmail account. It automates the process of manually clicking the 'Check mail now' link in the settings.
Stats
Users: 991 ▼ -9
Version: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2023-09-28)
Creation date: 2022-10-12
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 22.34K
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Summary

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This small Chrome-Extension adds a button/shortcut on the Gmail Website for easy and fast refreshing of all POP3 Email-accounts liked to your Gmail account.

Before, you had to go into the settings and click the "Check mail now" link manually but this extension now does all this automatically.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE EXTENSION

To use it properly first navigate to mail.google.com/#settings/accounts and scroll down to "Check email from other accounts:". Here you will see the Email-accounts that are linked to your Gmail account together with a Button "Check mail now" (this may vary depending on your language). Copy the link text ("Check mail now" in English), click on the extension icon in the upper right corner, Click on the "Gmail POP3" extension, paste it into the "Your language" field, and press "OK". If you now navigate to mail.google.com you should see a gray Button with the Text "POP3" in the upper left corner, next to the Gmail logo. Pressing this, now should automatically go to the settings, click the required link and navigate back to the inbox page (This does not work reliably 100% of the time and it might get stuck in the settings page. Is this the case, just press the "POP3" button one more time and it should work).

This Extension is heavily based on the "Easily refresh all your POP3 E-Mail accounts linked to Gmail" bookmarklet by David Mohr (https://david-mohr.com/blog/bookmarklet-refresh-pop3-accounts-gmail) so all credit goes to him for the internal workings.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Fills a major gap in Gmail for POP3 clients
  • Quick developer, attentive to reports and very competent
  • Unobtrusive and works well
Cons
  • Issues with printing when the extension is active
  • No integration for Firefox
Most mentioned
  • Works perfectly
  • Need for Firefox integration
  • Works well for checking mail from multiple accounts
Recent reviews
extension does what should be standard in Gmail Workspace
by Julita Wojtowicz Julita Wojtowicz, 2024-05-14

by Vítor Frias Vítor Frias, 2024-04-30

With version 0.1.4 everything works perfectly. Quick developer, attentive to reports and very competent. For those who use POP3 clients it is absolutely necessary and fills a major gap in Gmail. Thank you so much -- previous review The extension works fine, only that when it's active I can't print.
by Marco Rossi Marco Rossi, 2023-09-02
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Safety
Risk impact

Gmail POP3 Refresh Button is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Gmail POP3 Refresh Button has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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