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Battery life massively improved: E-mail tip.

I don't use the stock email client-haven't even tried to configure it. The built in gmail app works fine imo. Only thing I don't like is not being able to make the font bigger..a little small for my 50+ eyes
 
sremick said:
No, you don't "have" to. I'm not a fan of Gmail either. The web edition and the Android client are extremely limited and pale in-comparison to a real email client like K-9. It fall so short that there really isn't any comparison in features.

Gmail is to K-9 like Notepad is to MS Word.

I've been on Android since the day after the Captivate was released, and only use my Google account to "enable" my device. Any email that that junk account receives is simply forwarded to my real email account. No one gets my Gmail address. I don't use it.
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I only created my Gmail account because I had to. I have my own mail server. I send junk to my gmail account as well and no one else knows it exists.

On the other hand, rather than keep separate contact lists on my phone and worry about whether I can sync with Outlook, I use Gmail's contact list on my phone, update the contacts there then I can import new contacts into Outlook if I have to. But I don't have to worry about losing addresses and numbers now.
 
Gmail's fine for personal emails, but not business use. I can't use Gmail for work-related emails because when I respond to something it goes out with the gmail.com domain rather than our company name in the domain.
 
Timberline said:
Gmail's fine for personal emails, but not business use. I can't use Gmail for work-related emails because when I respond to something it goes out with the gmail.com domain rather than our company name in the domain.
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I can't figure why that would be a problem...
 
fldude99 said:
I can't figure why that would be a problem...
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Very simple - it's a matter of perception that we're either not "real" or not a big enough company to have our own domain. I frequently receive requests for information - most are legitimate, but some are "fishing" and a few are likely from competitors. Without fail those who claim to represent some Fortune 500 company yet provide me with contact email such as aol.com, yahoo.com, etc. are bogus.

That door swings both ways. Hence, I'm happy to use gmail for my personal use, but not business.
 
Timberline said:
Very simple - it's a matter of perception that we're either not "real" or not a big enough company to have our own domain. I frequently receive requests for information - most are legitimate, but some are "fishing" and a few are likely from competitors. Without fail those who claim to represent some Fortune 500 company yet provide me with contact email such as aol.com, yahoo.com, etc. are bogus.

That door swings both ways. Hence, I'm happy to use gmail for my personal use, but not business.
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I think if your company uses Google for business (e.g., is a Google Apps customer), you can use google for gmail. But your company would have to convert to Google for email service. But it would have your company name in your email, eg., Timberline@company.com.
 
Timberline said:
Gmail's fine for personal emails, but not business use. I can't use Gmail for work-related emails because when I respond to something it goes out with the gmail.com domain rather than our company name in the domain.
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You should be able to set up Gmail to send/receive showing another email account. Go to the "accounts" tab in Gmail settings and change the "send mail as" settings.
 
Considering that even John Doe individual like me can trivially and cheaply set up a custom domain for his personal email, it's true that any business should have its own domain.

For me, I set it up to unchain my email address from my email provider. Now I'm free to change ISPs or email companies at will without having to dread letting hundreds of contacts know about my new email address, and then years later still be dealing with people who refuse to update their address book.

My emails go out without any sign in the basic headers of who my email provider is (although someone determined enough could sleuth it out by studying the IPs in the full headers).
 
+1..when I send emails from gmail, I use my office domain..and that's how it shows on the other end...doesn't show anything of the "@gmail.com" sort..
 
I've been doing all these tricks and tips, and I still go through batteries. Using Gmail to check all of your mail is the only way to go IMO.

I kill apps I don't need running like the weather, Paypa, Ebay, etc.

Now I'm thinking of just completely uninstalling some of these apps. I rarely use them anyhow. I also have two spare batteries.

My lastest change is that I am now turning snyc off until I actually want to check my Email.......so it's not constantly checking my email 24/7.

I will admit I have been bad about not using my wifi while at home though.

It's all about turning bad habits into good habits.
 
sremick said:
Considering that even John Doe individual like me can trivially and cheaply set up a custom domain for his personal email, it's true that any business should have its own domain.

For me, I set it up to unchain my email address from my email provider. Now I'm free to change ISPs or email companies at will without having to dread letting hundreds of contacts know about my new email address, and then years later still be dealing with people who refuse to update their address book.

My emails go out without any sign in the basic headers of who my email provider is (although someone determined enough could sleuth it out by studying the IPs in the full headers).
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I agree! I have a my own domain registered through GoDaddy. I have my email mx records going through Google Apps/Gmail mail servers. Setup as an imap account I get personal and business emails pushed to my Fascinate. This is no way tied to a xxxx@gmail.com account.
 
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