# GMail — Refresh External Account

> Automatically refreshes your POP3 external accounts in GMail once a minute

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/gmail-refresh-external-account](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gmail-refresh-external-account)

## Overview

- **ID:** `gmail-refresh-external-account`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Daniel Rozenberg
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-26
- **First published:** 2025-05-01
- **Size:** 24 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-02-26
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gmail-refresh-external-account/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/danielrozenberg/copy-2fa-from-android-messages](https://github.com/danielrozenberg/copy-2fa-from-android-messages)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gmail-refresh-external-account/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gmail-refresh-external-account/privacy/)

## Description

This extremely simple Firefox automatically refreshes your POP3 external accounts in GMail once a minute. It also causes the refresh button in your inbox to refresh your external accounts.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `alarms`
- `storage`
- `tabHide`

### Host permissions

- `https://mail.google.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `mail.google.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: google.com
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gmail-refresh-external-account)