I believe this is a setting in Google configurations. Are you sure your new phone is still using POP? The IMAP protocol has been in more favour recently since it will keep everything in sync.
Perhaps if you delete your gmail account, disable IMAP service from the Gmail settings and then re-add your account to the phone everything will work as you want. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 21 Mar 2016, at 01:37, Kevin Gibbs <kevj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > guys, > > I’m sorry if the subject line isn’t clear. It used to be that my Gmail > account, which is a Pop3 on my iPhone, used to only download the most recent > 150 messages, or so. When I upgraded from my iPhone 4, running iOS 6.x, to > my iPhone 6, running iOS 8 and then 9, my Pop3 account changed so that tens > of thousands of e-mails were downloaded to my phone. Space is not an issue. > but I really wish I could change this so that it works the way my iPhone 4 > used to. that is, I only want 150 messages, or less, on my phone unless I > choose to “see more.” Can this be changed? > > Sorry if I already posted this. > thanks, > Kevin > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
