The Gmail Sync Is Stuck
Offline Gmail is a plugin for Google Gmail that allows you to synchronize your email folders and messages with your desktop computer, so that you can access your messages even if your Internet connection fails. Google created the plugin before the changing the default Gmail access protocol from unsecured "http" to the more secure "https" type. For Offline Gmail to be able to synchronize messages between your desktop client and the webmail version properly, you must access Gmail using the regular "http" protocol when logging into the service. By default, though, Gmail redirects logins to the "https" URL -- even if you enter "http://gmail.com" into your Web browser. Fortunately, there is a simple workaround.
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Instructions
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Navigate to the Gmail login page. Enter your Google username and password, and then click "Sign In."
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Click the "gear" icon in the upper right-hand corner of the main Gmail page. On the drop-down list, click "Mail Settings."
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Click the "General" tab, and then scroll down to the "Browser Connection" section. Enable the "Don't always use https" option. Click the "Save" button. Your mail synchronizes automatically. Wait a few minutes for the sync process to complete.
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Click the "Sync" icon at the top of the Gmail page after the synchronization finishes. Click "Show Actions," then "Disable Offline Mail." Click "Remove" when prompted to remove all mail.
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Click the "gear" icon at the top of the page, then "Mail Settings." Click the "General" tab. In the "Browser Connection" section, re-enable the "Always use https" option. Click the "Save" button. Gmail redirects your webmail client page to the "https://mail.google.com" page.
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Click the "gear" icon again, then "Mail Settings." Click the "Offline" tab, and then enable the "Enable Offline Mail for this computer" option. Click the "Save" button. Gmail reinstalls the Offline Gmail client and synchronizes the message between your computer and the webmail client. Offline Gmail no longer gets stuck when you try to synchronize your messages.
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