Unable to get mail to download all of the messages in my inbox

I have around 1300 messages in my gmail apps inbox that i want downloaded. I have set up this account to use pop and told gmail to enable pop for all messages, even those already downloaded. The iPad now will download chunks at a time and then suddenly stop and i can't download anything more recent than june. So far it has about 400 of the 1300 available.
Tips?

cmscritic wrote:
I have around 1300 messages in my gmail apps inbox that i want downloaded. I have set up this account to use pop and told gmail to enable pop for all messages, even those already downloaded. The iPad now will download chunks at a time and then suddenly stop and i can't download anything more recent than june. So far it has about 400 of the 1300 available.
Tips?
I believe that the iPad only shows the 200 most recent emails. Moreover, POP3 email doesn't work that way. Once it's read, it's removed from the server, so it can't sync with other devices.
Switch to IMAP, that way you can store emails in folders which sync with your iPad.

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