I am fed up with the stock email program issues with HTML messages not sizing correctly. Any opinions on K-9, MailDroid, Kaiten, or other email programs for handling IMAP accounts (Yahoo, Exchange)?
Thanks
I agree although I don't feel I should have to use a third-party mail program to get basic functionality that should have been right from the start.
Why is it nobody has addressed this in their ROMs?
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Hi Folks,
I have been using an iPhone 3G till now and just made the switch to Android. Just received my Atrix today and spent time getting familiar with Android/Motoblur and setting things up.
Now, I am really confused between these three apps
1. Email
2. Messaging
3. Gmail
From the time I've spend playing around, I know that Email and Messaging look pretty much the same, except that messaging also has text messages. So why do we have these two separate apps? Then there is Gmail. If I have a gmail account, should I add it to the Motoblur accounts or set it up with the Gmail app? Why are there so many overlapping apps?
Basically all I want is a single app where I can check all my emails from different accounts just like iPhone's native email app.
Please be easy on me as I am an android newbie Thanks in advance!
- Gmail is Google's gmail app that supports multiple gmail accounts
- Email is Moto's email app that supports different types of email accounts (integrated with MotoBlur)
- Messaging is Moto's text and MMS app
agentdr8 said:
- Gmail is Google's gmail app that supports multiple gmail accounts
- Email is Moto's email app that supports different types of email accounts (integrated with MotoBlur)
- Messaging is Moto's text and MMS app
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"Messaging" actually integrates texts, GMail, and the MotoBlur Email client. There is also a "Text Messaging" app that just handles texts. If you use the "Messaging" widget, you can even get FB messages on it.
Oops, I stand corrected. Was thinking about the captivate's Messaging.
samgnb said:
Hi Folks,
I have been using an iPhone 3G till now and just made the switch to Android. Just received my Atrix today and spent time getting familiar with Android/Motoblur and setting things up.
Now, I am really confused between these three apps
1. Email
2. Messaging
3. Gmail
From the time I've spend playing around, I know that Email and Messaging look pretty much the same, except that messaging also has text messages. So why do we have these two separate apps? Then there is Gmail. If I have a gmail account, should I add it to the Motoblur accounts or set it up with the Gmail app? Why are there so many overlapping apps?
Basically all I want is a single app where I can check all my emails from different accounts just like iPhone's native email app.
Please be easy on me as I am an android newbie Thanks in advance!
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To answer your other question, if you want to use the Moto "Messaging" with Universal Inbox then all you have to do is go to Accounts and select Google at the bottom and deselect "Sync Email" and then just setup your Gmail through Moto's Email client and you can get all your emails (just once) in the universal inbox. If you use both then you will receive redundant notifications for your Gmail.
I'm a little disappointed with the standard Atrix mail widget. Just one entry and it's blank if there is no new mail. I'd love to know what people think are the best mail widgets that can work with Atrix. I'd like to find one that can handle a combination of POP, iMAP and Exchange Server. And it can list multiple entries and optionally list mail whether it is unread or not. I simply can't get K9 working with our Exchange Server, and my phone is rooted, so Email Widget and Pure Messenger don't work. The Touchdown widget is nice, but Touchdown doesn't integrate with GMail (iMap) or POP3. What do you think?
Enhanced Email is supposed to provide a single inbox for Exchange/GMail/POP mail etc, but haven't tried it myself.
Cheers
Dan
Enhanced E-mail is the bee's knees!!! The only E-mail app I use... all stock email programs, processes, universal inbox, etc. are frozen.
"Bee's knees??"
Swiftks said:
Enhanced E-mail is the bee's knees!!! The only E-mail app I use... all stock email programs, processes, universal inbox, etc. are frozen.
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Dude, you must be like 90. Congratulations on keeping up with technology!
Hi,
I use my phone mostly for work related things and I find the default email client to be quite hopeless. If I set it up as a premium a/c, then as soon as I read an email, all mails are marked read. If I don't set it as a premium, I can't use the push mail feature and thenceforth have to set it on a periodic poll. Also here the email notifications are quite unreliable.
I was on 2.3.3 and recently flashed to 2.3.5 and I sees no difference at all.
So I use touchdown, but it has its own share of problems.
I would just like to know how you all are dealing with this. (I expected Samsung to pack a powerful email apparently, but looks like its not on their list of things)
Thanks
Vishal
I use Kaiten mail due to the same problem you have had with stock mail client. Setup your email for imap and it becomes true push email with Kaiten mail. Very nice program.
I'm using ICS 4.0.3 and new to Android.
I have several email accounts Yahoo / Hotmail / Cablevsion / etc.
When setting up email accounts on my phone, is it best to setup a new email account for each of the above,
or is it better to setup Gmail to read them all and only view and send email through Gmail?
Joe_PDA said:
I'm using ICS 4.0.3 and new to Android.
I have several email accounts Yahoo / Hotmail / Cablevsion / etc.
When setting up email accounts on my phone, is it best to setup a new email account for each of the above,
or is it better to setup Gmail to read them all and only view and send email through Gmail?
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There is no "better" way to do this - you've got to do what suits you.
I do personally prefer to have all my emails picked up by Gmail though. I just find it easier having Gmail open on my PC for everything, getting all my emails effectively through one account. With incoming mail rules I can filter them to individual folders (labels), and even have notifications based on individual folders as well. For example, I don't get notifications for my work emails, but I can access them via Gmail. I do get notifications of all xda PMs and emails though.
That's just my preference though.
Archer said:
There is no "better" way to do this - you've got to do what suits you.
I do personally prefer to have all my emails picked up by Gmail though. I just find it easier having Gmail open on my PC for everything, getting all my emails effectively through one account. With incoming mail rules I can filter them to individual folders (labels), and even have notifications based on individual folders as well. For example, I don't get notifications for my work emails, but I can access them via Gmail. I do get notifications of all xda PMs and emails though.
That's just my preference though.
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Archer,
Thanks for that reply. I was just wondering if best to have several icons on my device for each email account or if its best to let
Gmail do the work? I was looking for info from a users POV and appreciate your details.
So I guess you have no problem keeping track of sending and receiving from the various accounts, all through Gmail?
The labels (folders) are just on your desktop, or on both your mobile & desktop?
What email client is the best on playstore?
I've used K9, but I think it's a bit outdated, I like the holo look, but it's not a deal breaker
What would you recommend for me?
I'm using outlook.com (Exchange ActiveSync), imap and pop3.
Preferably free, but I can pay also.
For over a year, I use MailDroid, I'm very happy with it. I've tried K9 but the case is not appealed to me.
using stock email apps (for hotmail only)
gmail then gmail apps
that all
For me the best combo is: Stock mail client for yahoo, hotmail other spam accounts. my official is Gmail and I use the normal Gmail app. I find the gmail app to be one of the very best.
You should try Aqua Mail (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kman.AquaMail&feature=search_result). I used it as my primary app. Its very robust and the support is extremely good.
Why to use several clients for different accounts? Use one with all your accounts configured.
For me Emoze Push mail works a treat. It solved my POP3 account autosync problem I had with the stock client as well with K-9.
Also you have Push option for POP mails which is nice.
I'm trying to get my outlook.com account to get pushed into an email client.
But I can't get it to work, I've tried TouchDown, Moxier etc.
Any more suggestions?