Mail and Gmail problem (beginner in mac)

Hello, I just moved from windows to mac. Right now I am having this problem:
I seted up my gmail account in apple mail, i have never deleted an email in my gmail account (i have around 4k mails), and now when i sync the account, apple mail downloads all and every email to my mac from my gmail account.
is there anyway to download only unread emails (update)? and after a day or two mail deletes old emails?
i just followed mail's steps to set the g acct.
thanks,

I'm having the same problem, but before I follow this step, I just want to be clear:
I want my NEW mails to be loaded with imap in Apple Mail, but I don't want the old messages (more than 18,000) to be downloaded. Are you saying that if I check "only messages I've read" that only the subject line of the emails will be automatically downloaded from the old mails, but not the contents of the emails themselves until I click on the mail?
Problem is, I also work a lot 'offline' in airplanes, and I want to be able to work on my current emails so that when I'm back someplace where I'm 'online' all those messages can be sent. I do need to have the contents of my current emails (the ones I need to respond to), so will this work against me?
Thanks in advance.

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