iOS issue---missing many old gmails on gmail web server
(previously incorrectly posted in servers)
I have used gmail for years and recently noted that in one gmail account, many important emails from 2009 to October 2021 sequestered in gmail folders are gone. I have been in Apple environment that entire time, accessing gmail server via laptop, and thru Apple mail on iphone. I've gone through all of the steps google suggests regarding forwarding, and etc. to no avail. I do note that in some folders within this account (no problem with other gmail accounts) that if I had place an unread gmail into a folder (usually from iphone) those emails are intact within the folder back to the time of the unopened mail. In fact, I have gone back to mark as "unread" those oldest emails in an attempt to preserve data.
Reddit and other sources in online search suggest apple IPOP is the cause for all of this somehow. I cannot begin to express the importance of these lost emails.
Clearly this has been a more common issue than I might have expected. Is there any recourse for recovery? Google communities simply says "go ask Apple, they're the reason, and they won't even admit there is a problem."
iPhone 14 Pro Max
