K9 ... Does it Push?

[kentl901]

Hey all,


Does K9 actually push email?

I have my work account set up to it. It's not an Exchange account, but I put in the IMAP server and all.

It polls fine, but I would actually like this app more if it can push email.

Thanks!

 

[kentl901]

If you don't mind me asking, what are you settings? These are the relevant ones that I can think of.. and here is what mine are set to:

Refresh IDLE Connection: 24 minutes
Background sync: Always
Folder Poll Frequency: OFF (I'm going to turn this off, previously, it was set to check at intervals).

Thanks!

 

[ianb11]

I thought K9 only did pull?

 

[GrenW]

My gmails certainly pushed when I used K9

 

[takeshi]

Does K9 actually push email?

K9 supports push. It doesn't push though -- the mail server does. Mail clients don't do the pushing. Your mail server needs to support IMAP IDLE. Not all IMAP servers do. For push email, all pieces in the chain must support push.

I thought K9 only did pull?

Nope. See for yourself:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/k-9-mail/com.fsck.k9

K-9 Mail is an open-source e-mail client with search, push email, multi-folder sync, flagging, filing, signatures, bcc-self, mail on SD & more!

 

[georgek99]

Push is only for IMAP. POP3 is still interval based.

 

[ianb11]

I only use POP3 a\c's so won't work for me

 

[BookLover]

I only use POP3 a\c's so won't work for me

You can kinda make it work

Two ways:

1) Forward your POP3 email to a GMAIL account. Since GMAIL pushes, you'll get the POP3 email as soon as it's received in GMAIL. This retains the original email in the original account. You will have to manually log in to the original POP3 account to delete any emails.

2) "POP" your POP3 email into your gmail (instead of forwarding) -- this will automatically clear the email from your original account without you having to login to delete.

I pop my comcast account into my gmail to get this pseudo push. Push is better for battery life than pull/fetch.

 

[ianb11]

You can kinda make it work

Two ways:

1) Forward your POP3 email to a GMAIL account. Since GMAIL pushes, you'll get the POP3 email as soon as it's received in GMAIL. This retains the original email in the original account. You will have to manually log in to the original POP3 account to delete any emails.

2) "POP" your POP3 email into your gmail (instead of forwarding) -- this will automatically clear the email from your original account without you having to login to delete.

I pop my comcast account into my gmail to get this pseudo push. Push is better for battery life than pull/fetch.

Great stuff.

I guess when you reply though it will come from the Gmail a\c rather than from the POP a\c?

 

[BookLover]

Great stuff.

I guess when you reply though it will come from the Gmail a\c rather than from the POP a\c?

If you use K9 as your mail app, you can set it to show your reply email as the original acct addy. But you would need to POP to gmail instead of forward for this to work.

 

[memenj]

Hey I am new to Droid 3 and I am trying to figure out how to get the notification about an incoming email from Yahoo using K9...what do you exactly mean by "POP" to gmail instead of forward ? I am sorry I am not much tech smart...please help.

 

[am78]

You can sync your yahoo account with your gmail... at this time I've got two yahoo accounts forwarding to my gmail....

I'm not all that tech smart either memenj... but I'm trying to learn...