Some people have one extra mailbox. Others have the full set: info@, sales@, support@, an old ISP address, and a Yahoo account nobody wants to kill. With Check mail, everything landed in one Gmail. Without it, the problem multiplies.
The old Mail Fetcher limit on “a few accounts” was already painful. The end of POP and Gmailify makes it urgent.
Paths people try
- Several apps or profiles: workable, annoying.
- Forwarding every mailbox: more SPF/DKIM failure points.
- Workspace users or aliases: tidy, but another bill.
- A desktop client: unifies outside Gmail.
If the goal is staying in Gmail web
You need sync that does not stop at five mailboxes. GetPopMail is built to connect several IMAP accounts and label them in one Gmail. It helps when the Mail Fetcher ceiling was part of the problem, not only the POP protocol.
Start with an inventory. Low-traffic addresses can go to forwarding or the app. Mailboxes that move leads should get a solid sync.