How do I set Mail to only download one-month old emails?

Hello there

I have been a Mac user since 2008 but I have never actually used the default Mail client. I always used third-party applications but since most applications on Yosemite perform really well, I decided to give Mail a shot. The only problem I am facing right now is finding a setting to have Mail only download one-month old emails rather than the whole inbox? I have three accounts (Two on GMAIL and one on Hotmail) and of course they contain thousands and thousands of emails and it will take a very, very long time to download all of them since my internet is pretty slow (2MB), so I was wondering if that option is available? It'd be fantastic. It's available on Android and iOS AFAIK so I assumed maybe it's an option on Mac too?

Thank you for your time.

Regards,

Tarek Elsakka

nope it will just auto download the full inbox

Well that most definitely sucks. I guess I'll just let it download everything overnight. By the way, Mail have to run in the background in order to retrieve or does it just do it automatically without having to open the Mail app?

Run in the background and you set in preferences under General, and choose Automatically, time up etc up to once a day. Look at opening Mail as turning it on at the power point.