1000s email from Gmail to Mail

I want to use my Gmail through Mail, but I have 7000 emails stored in Gmail. All these start to download when I set up a new account. Any way to avoid this??
Thank you!

Just setup your Gmail account with one piece of information that is incorrect (or bypass the setup "wizard" and setup the account manually), then correct that invalid information and set the "Check for new mail:" time to "Never". But when you do check for new mail, those 7000 emails will download. The only way to avoid that entirely is to delete them on Gmail before you setup that account.
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