Email is coming to my Iphone, but not MAIL on my computer

Hello All-
I am seeking help, I am very very frustrated at this point. Up until yesterday somehow my mail account and mail on Iphone was somehow messed up. I went to the Apple store and they said they fixed it. I am receiving email on both my Iphone and the MAIL account on my phone, but I am receiving emails on my phone that are not coming into the Mail account on my computer. I was wondering if someone can help me figure out how to fix this? My email account is thru Gmail, and currently I have it set up as a POP account. Thanks for the help.

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