Email question?

[jungleexplorer]

I use the Aquamail app on my i727 to check my email from my gmail (pop3 protocol) account while on the road, but for serious emailing I wait to get home my desktop and use Thunderbird. For my purposes I want to see my email while on the road, but leave it on the server to download later when I get home.

In the past this setup has worked great but something has changed and I can't find what it is. In the past when I used Aquamail to download my gmail, later I could go home and download it with thunderbird. But now I can't. I set Aquamail to leave the email on the server and it does, but thunderbird can't download it anymore. The only way I can see it is if I log into my gmail account and look in the "All Mail" folder. Even if I mark it as unread in Gmail, thunderbird will still not download it. The same thing happens in reverse as well. If I download the mail with thunderbird, I can't download it with Aquamail even the mail is still on the server.

I am not sure if this is an Aquamail issue or a gmail issue. I know it worked fine in the past, but now does not, and I have no idea why.

 

[GuitarG20]

This isn't exactly an answer to your question, but have you tried switching to IMAP instead of POP3? Instead of questioning whether something will stay on the server, it will simply sync up to the server.

In the same vane of questioning, have you tried using the gmail app to view your emails? I know it works using IMAP and tends to work well.

Again, I don't know if maybe you have a specific reason to use POP3. If so, I'd love to hear it since I don't know of any really.

 

[jungleexplorer]

Thanks for the response. I use pop3 for two reasons. First I like pop because it faster to use because it downloads the email locally where actions and functions are not dependent on a data connection. Imap is just a custom way to manipulate the email on the server and requires a good and consistent connection. Second, I use thunderbird and I like to store important emails locally and it is just easier to do it with pop.

 

[GuitarG20]

Okay, that makes sense. Have you tried using other email clients, or toggling the leave on server option off and on again? Although to be honest it sounds more like a server issue to me than anything else since its not working across the board.

 

[jungleexplorer]

I found the solution. It was a gmail problem. I had to go into the pop settings on my gmail account and adjust a new setting they added that instructs what action to take when email is downloaded via pop. I have had this account for 10 years and have never had to adjust this setting before. I guess google just decided to be "Helpful" again and adjust my settings for me. Google really gets under my skin with all their "Helpfulness" They keep insisting I use the new google maps which is glitchy and slower then molasses. I have clicked the button to switch back to the old maps 20 times but they keep helping me by switching back the new version. Same thing with picasa web albums, they keep switching me to Google+ which is painfully slow as a photo album. I wish google would stop trying to be so "Helpful" and let me decide what I want to do instead of trying to force me to do it their "New and Better" way.

 

[dvhttn]

Thanks for the response. I use pop3 for two reasons. First I like pop because it faster to use because it downloads the email locally where actions and functions are not dependent on a data connection. Imap is just a custom way to manipulate the email on the server and requires a good and consistent connection. Second, I use thunderbird and I like to store important emails locally and it is just easier to do it with pop.

Umm, yes and no. Yes, normally people use imap like that. No, you can use it locally as well. I use Outlook on my pc (though the wife uses Thunderbird using the same server) and Profimail Go on my phone and both are set to download ALL mails locally. That way a dodgy connection doesn't come into it but, unlike pop, all mail is still kept on the server so it's accessible anywhere/from anything.

Dave