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problem with default email app

I have a samsung captivate and I'm having problems with email. the default "email" app works great with my work's exchange account, but it wont pull my personal gmail account. when i click on the account, it will update with the newest emails, but it doesn't do it in the background. I know I can use the gmail app, but I don't really want to use two different apps for my two addresses. I don't think this was always a problem, I've tried deleting and re-adding the account.

any ideas to what I've done?
 

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