I just got my captivate for a few days, and I really like the gmail app, which syncs emails very fast. however, I just found out that the gmail app doest not support pinch to zoom, which is very useful when reading emails. Is there a way to enable it ?
No there isn't, and it's very lame. I use k9 mail. It has wonky pinch zoom. It works, but only if you pinch exactly side to side. It also supports copy and paste (gmail doesn't). It will push email with google too.
got it, thanks, i'll try that one
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On Cyanogen's ROM, there's 2 email apps. One called eMail and the other is Work Email. I want to sync my school email to the phone. So, I don't want it taking them off the server but just copying them. Anyway let me know which one I should be using, and maybe what's different about them?
I'd usually forward to my Gmail but my school filters out forwarded mail to Gmail.
You should use eMail for the task. Work Mail is to connect to exchange server.
My suggestion is K9 Mail. You can download from Market, and it has much more features than stock eMail app.
There is no free Mail app for Android I tried so far that I could say I like.
GMail app misses some important GMail functions, eMail app never ever shows me notifications even though I enabled them, Work eMail is exchange only with nearly no options and K9 has graphical, usability and speed issues.
Maybe I should try Touchdown Exchange for my University Mail (which uses exchange).
Are there any other Mail apps someone could recommend?
I have been using k9 for my email since I have multiple gmail accounts, but today since I can use multiple accounts in gmail now, I set up gmail. I have found that emails that have embedded pictures do not show the pictures even if I click on show pictures. Any idea on how to fix this?
This has me considering going back to K9, but if I do does anyone know of a way to get messages to completely delete from the server instead of moving to Imap/Trash? I have it set to delete from server, but did not know if there was anything else I could set in K9 to do this. Thanks for any ideas.
The only 2.1 ROM that has pictures showing up in Gmail (so far) is DarchLegend v4.1.
is there a way to have push email on android ? i used the email service on it but it updates my inbox every 2 days and i have set it on every 5 minutes update...so is there anyway to sync my hotmail account with android ? thanks
I don't know about the stock email app but K9 supports push, although it's quite flakey on 2.2 (most caused by service api changes)
zer0day said:
I don't know about the stock email app but K9 supports push, although it's quite flakey on 2.2 (most caused by service api changes)
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The stock supports push but I think only for exchange servers. I'm not sure Hotmail can push.
Push is only for Exchange. And the stock one sucks for features and the interface.
If you want good Exchange support for Activesync with push, use the Desire Rom, the interface and features are good.
Also, there is a third party Exchange push app that does it all too that will run on stock Roms.
Any other Push I don't think exist right now...but then again, I guess I never really looked and needed it since I used Exchange.
To the original poster - if you use any standard IMAP email provider that supports IMAP IDLE, K9mail has flawless push email. Unfortunately, I don't think Hotmail supports IMAP IDLE.
zer0day said:
I don't know about the stock email app but K9 supports push, although it's quite flakey on 2.2 (most caused by service api changes)
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Setting the record straight - I've been running K9mail 2.8 and now 2.9 on FRF50, then FRF72 and now FRF83 and IMAP IDLE has been rock solid stable for me. Not a glitch since several releases ago.
i've never used hotmail (ok i lie i used it in 1998) but if it supports forwarding or pop you can forward all email to gmail or have gmail fetch hotmail through pop. android's native gmail app supports push.
You could also setup your gmail account to go POP your hotmail account on a regular interval. Then anything that gets brought over would be pushed to your local android gmail app right away.
New K9mail works great on CM6 and Trackball colors for each account possible
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rori~ said:
New K9mail works great on CM6 and Trackball colors for each account possible
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that's cool!
Hotmail will have Exchange support shortly, so you could wait and do it that way.
Or you can get GMail to pull your emails and then read them in the GMail client. The problem with this message is that you reply from GMail and not Hotmail.
It's not possible to get Hotmail to forward emails outside of their accounts.
The gmail client its the best mobile email there is, period.
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New K9mail works great on CM6 and Trackball colors for each account possible
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just an fyi..
I have 3 accounts set up in gmail and also have Gmail Notifier (from marketplace) installed. I get separate color and sound notification depending on which account receives email with this combo.
If you have other non-gmail accounts just set them to forward to a dummy gmail account - you'll still be able to get custom notification (trackball, sound etc)
maybe it's just me.. but the mobile gmail website that opens up in the stock browser looks 100x better with it's UI and color scheme..
the gmail app is so darn ugly.. why can't they make it look at least as decent as the mobile site?
My mother use i9000 and she can't zoom in gmail application.
I try settings, menu but there is no option for zoom inside of Email. She complain that font is too small.
So is there any solution for this ? But without changing application ?
you can easily use pinch and expand to zoom in and zoom out
just like iphone
Pinching doesnt work with gmail app. You have to use samsungs email app. Open your gmail account with samsungs email app and you should be good to go...
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I can't zoom in gmail... Has there been some sort of update that my phone has failed to recognize?
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The default e-mail client is kinda useless if it doesn't support nested conversations and push e-mail, especially considering how laggy it is... Why doesn't google's own client work with zooming?
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warfanax said:
Pinching doesnt work with gmail app. You have to use samsungs email app. Open your gmail account with samsungs email app and you should be good to go...
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True,
there are 2 email software included with the phone.
I always use the Samsung Push Email (Samsung Hub) you can configure all your email accounts Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo mail, etc
and you can zoom and unzoom by pinching the email.
Now I have the Froyo (jpk) ROM and I can't remember if I already had the option before.
But now in GMail app, in settings you can choose the text size.
cedricberger said:
Now I have the Froyo (jpk) ROM and I can't remember if I already had the option before.
But now in GMail app, in settings you can choose the text size.
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ah that is great. Can't wait update then
vrhunski said:
ah that is great. Can't wait update then
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but you can use it now even without the update
just setup the email to work on the Samsung Email, and you are done
I'm sending or "sharing" some pics from the gallery and it seems to me I should be able to get to contacts to select addresses. Is there a way to do that instead of having to type in all the email addresses? The gallery part is really immaterial I guess other than it is a natural flow of steps...
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Turns out you can't. switched over to the regular email app.