Mogul (Sprint): Gmail update not working if set to last 3 days

[bones20]

I have a weird problem with email updates. If I set it to update last 3 days in outlook, many times (2/3) it would sporadically not update the email messages without any notification/error messages. However, when I set it to update for today's messages, it works fine. Any ideas?

I configured a pop access to gmail and an always on internet connection.

[3boos]

try configure it as IMAP, I think Gmail does not work fine with POP.

[gator2k83]

Yes gmail works with pop as default and if you want to use it with imap you have to go into your gmail settings and enable imap first as it is off by default.

[bones20]

Originally Posted by 3boos

try configure it as IMAP, I think Gmail does not work fine with POP.

You sure? I have been using it for 5 months now. Only lately these problems

[3boos]

Originally Posted by bones20

You sure? I have been using it for 5 months now. Only lately these problems

I am 100% positive that it works IMAP for me and most of the guys here in the form, I used to use it as pop but while back I think after one of Sprint upgrade it stopped working probably, so it was advised to set it up as IMAP. I do not know if they fixed it recently or not because since I switched I never went back to POP, IMAP is just much better.

Try it, nothing to loose I guess, and the way to do it is manuelly, start with enterring your email wrong (e.g. bones20@GGG.com) and just follow the instruction in Gmail online step by step settings, it is straight forward.

[bones20]

Originally Posted by 3boos

I am 100% positive that it works IMAP for me and most of the guys here in the form, I used to use it as pop but while back I think after one of Sprint upgrade it stopped working probably, so it was advised to set it up as IMAP. I do not know if they fixed it recently or not because since I switched I never went back to POP, IMAP is just much better.

Try it, nothing to loose I guess, and the way to do it is manuelly, start with enterring your email wrong (e.g. bones20@GGG.com) and just follow the instruction in Gmail online step by step settings, it is straight forward.

Thanks dude. I understand that IMAP might be worth a try. But for a few reasons, I have always liked POP. I would go to using IMAP if only POP is not available. Few of the issues with IMAP:
- I dont want continuous updates to and pro from the MD to web for message statuses etc
- I want new copy to stay in my Inbox so that my desktop outlook can pop it out. IMAP will mark it read if I open it on my MD.
Just a few of the many annoyances not to mention the extra usage of data bandwidth.

[Firon]

IMAP doesn't do continuous updates on this phone. It still only updates when it's set to sync every x hours, or if you do a manual send/receive.

[bones20]

Originally Posted by Firon

IMAP doesn't do continuous updates on this phone. It still only updates when it's set to sync every x hours, or if you do a manual send/receive.

What if I read a message on my phone? Will it mark it read on the server?

[JimSmith94]

Originally Posted by bones20

What if I read a message on my phone? Will it mark it read on the server?

Yes, it does do that.

[bones20]

Originally Posted by JimSmith94

Yes, it does do that.

Thats what is undesirable. I want my PPC mail box to be secluded from the server once the messages are downloaded.