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Is there a way to get gMail to notify me when it is unable to retrieve mail from my other accounts?

I have gMail checking several accounts (under Settings->Accounts & Import), but on occasion it fails to connect to a web server (usually because that server is down). If I go into Settings->Accounts & Import there is a red warning message that it failed, but I may not notice this for hours or days. Is there any way to get some kind of warning on the main page of gMail? It could be a message box or an email.

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Good question - this has bugged me for a while. I get my old dial-up ISP's email (haven't used the dial-up in 5 years!) through my GApps account and it was failing for 2 months before I noticed! – Shevek Jul 2 '10 at 17:09
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Great question - this happens to me all the time with my University account. – Amir Rachum Jul 8 '10 at 22:05

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It does!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbrochh/4754756093/sizes/o/

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-1 That only appears if you have the Labs "Refresh POP accounts" switched on and have manually refreshed. It does not appear after a failed automatic, background POP download. – Shevek Jul 2 '10 at 17:06

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