Unencrypted e-mail passwords in JB - Nexus 7 General

This is only relevant if you are "rooted" AND using the stock email app. Back in 8/2010 at http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10809 it was reported that unencrypted passwords for the stock email app in Honeycomb were being held in /data/system/accounts.db. The situation carried forward into ICS and in JB it is still there but the file has moved to /data/system/users/0/accounts.db. X-plore File Manager (free) lets you drill down to the account table.
If you delete the email account in the app the account record is deleted. K9 email app doesn't have this problem.

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[Q] Setting sent and deleted email folder in default email app

Hi Guys,
Does anyone know if there is a way to set the folders where deleted and sent emails are stored in the default email app.
I am using it mainly for a gmail email account but don't like the gmail app (mainly because it can't send to groups).
I also use Thunderbird on a PC and laptop.
I have set up Thunderbird to use the default gmail folders/labels but the phone email app doesn't seem to have a setting to change the folders, at least not one I can find. So I end up with two sent items and two deleted items folders which is a bit of a pain to manage.
Is there a way to set/change these folders in the email app?
Or, if not, is there another email app that will allow me to set it up to integrate with gmail folders/labels properly and allows sending of emails to groups
not sure but try k9mail

[Q] IMAP emails in stock app permanently deleted

Is anyone else having this issue?
I have 3 email accounts setup all as IMAP.
All have worked fine until recently.
When I delete an email on my phone, the email is deleted permanently. It doesn't get saved into the "Trash" folder, or even the specific "INBOX.Trash" folder.
I even check the webmail through website, and deleted completely.

How to change Email default program?

Just got the note 3 a few days ago. Came from HTC One m7. I have not been able to disable the default email and use the gmail app. If I go to delete the email account in the default app it says it will delete all my contacts etc. How to get around this? Thanks.
If you're rooted try using titanium backup and freeze the default email app and see what happens. Worst case just unfreeze the app and you'll be back to where you started.
Thanks for the reply. I just removed the email account from the app. It did not seem to mess things up. My contacts did refresh, but all there. Why they don't just let you disable it and use gmail app?
Honestly for me my email never used that app. It went automatically into gmail app. I had to setup my other email through the app though since it was a @Live.com email I wanted to use as well.

Email App Crashes

I am on an unrooted / unmodified Sprint M8.
I have 2 exchange emails and my hotmail account running within the stock email app.
If i have the app set to show "all accounts" and an email comes in, if i try to move it to another folder the app will crash.
If i only have the specific account showing and move the mail to another folder it works fine.
Anyone else seeing this?

Nexus 6 Best email app?

Hi,
I'm looking for a good email app for my Nexus 6. I basically only use a personal outlook/hotmail account. I want to sync emails manually only, not push nor auto sync after a few minutes. With the gmail app, when I delete an email in my outlook IMAP account, it comes back and i have to delete it again. it annoys me. I've tried removing and re-adding my account as well. So Gmail is a no go unless this problem is fixed. I've tried many apps from the Play store including aquamail, cloudmagic, K9-mail, bluemail, WeMail, Air Mail-email, Solmail, Outlook app and Email Typemail mail. I'm not satisfied with any of these apps because either 1. no manual sync option (only push) 2. interface isn't that nice, 3. takes too much time to load emails. I've tried Nine which is perfect for me, but I'm looking for a free app. Currently, I'm using Boxer but still not totally satisfied as it takes time to refresh my emails. Any suggestions of free third party apps will be appreciated or maybe testes stock email apps of other phones?
Thanks!
You've mentioned that you have to delete the email twice. I'm assuming you're deleting the email in GMail, then having to enter your Outlook account and delete it there, if I'm understanding you correctly. If that is the case, then the problem is with your email setup. IMAP by design leaves messages on the server, since with IMAP only a copy is downloaded to a client, with the original remaining on the server. Since Outlook is your server, you have to access Outlook to permanently delete the message. If that behavior is not what you want, check in the settings for your Outlook account and see if you can send messages using POP3 instead of IMAP.
If you can make the switch to POP, the GMail app should then function as you expect it to, deleting the messages off both server and client.
yasirrfc said:
Hi,
I'm looking for a good email app for my Nexus 6. I basically only use a personal outlook/hotmail account. I want to sync emails manually only, not push nor auto sync after a few minutes. With the gmail app, when I delete an email in my outlook IMAP account, it comes back and i have to delete it again. it annoys me. I've tried removing and re-adding my account as well. So Gmail is a no go unless this problem is fixed. I've tried many apps from the Play store including aquamail, cloudmagic, K9-mail, bluemail, WeMail, Air Mail-email, Solmail, Outlook app and Email Typemail mail. I'm not satisfied with any of these apps because either 1. no manual sync option (only push) 2. interface isn't that nice, 3. takes too much time to load emails. I've tried Nine which is perfect for me, but I'm looking for a free app. Currently, I'm using Boxer but still not totally satisfied as it takes time to refresh my emails. Any suggestions of free third party apps will be appreciated or maybe testes stock email apps of other phones?
Thanks!
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k9mail is best option.
And I suspect that complaint of "only push" is targeting k9mail (since the rest of your complaints definitely don't apply), so I will say that you CAN set it to be exclusively manual. Its in Account Settings --> Fetching Mail --> Push folders, set it to "none". Also so it NEVER checks unless you tell it to, set Poll folders also to "none".
Edit: This should give you a hint;
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159420
Seems that MS does NOT implement the "Trash" directory in their IMAP structure. That means that any attempt to delete a message via an IMAP client will perform the deletion locally, then issue a MOVE command to move the message from INBOX to Trash on the server, and since the "Trash" directory doesn't exist, the MOVE fails on the server and the message remains in the INBOX.
Solution: in k9mail account settings --> folders, scroll down to "Trash folder", and select "Deleted Items".
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
You've mentioned that you have to delete the email twice. I'm assuming you're deleting the email in GMail, then having to enter your Outlook account and delete it there, if I'm understanding you correctly. If that is the case, then the problem is with your email setup. IMAP by design leaves messages on the server, since with IMAP only a copy is downloaded to a client, with the original remaining on the server. Since Outlook is your server, you have to access Outlook to permanently delete the message. If that behavior is not what you want, check in the settings for your Outlook account and see if you can send messages using POP3 instead of IMAP.
If you can make the switch to POP, the GMail app should then function as you expect it to, deleting the messages off both server and client.
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Actually, I meant deleting it twice from the Gmail app. So for instance, I get an email and delete it in Gmail by swiping. After several seconds, I'll get a notification or receiving that same email. And then I have to delete it again in the Gmail app.
Even so, IMAP could very easily cause this, for the reasons stated. But thanks for the clarification.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Even so, IMAP could very easily cause this, for the reasons stated. But thanks for the clarification.
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No. IMAP *can't* cause this unless there is either a protocol failure OR a configuration error.
How do you resolve the OP's problem then?
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
How do you resolve the OP's problem then?
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I've actually setup my account with exchange activesync on the Gmail app. Entered the manual settings for setting up the Exchange account and now the Gmail app seems okay. Although, it's sending emails only from my outlook alias and not the orignal email ID, but that's not an issue at the moment.

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