I read an earlier forum post (possibly not here -- I forget where) about someone who had setup their iPhone with 2 email accounts: a Gmail using IMAP, and a MobileMe account. The Gmail was forwarding to his MobileMe so that he would get push notifications, but his reply-address was his Gmail account -- so recipients would just see the Gmail address and continue writing to it. He only used the Gmail IMAP to search through older messages/threads.
I like this idea, as it is similar to what I do on my current WinMo device. My only difference is that I'm using a free Mail2Web account over Activesync (but also with my sent-from address set to my gmail account). I have almost the same result, but without having to pay for MobileMe. I'm strongly considering ditching my WinMo device for an iPhone, but am wondering if this solution would work. In other words, an Exchange account setup on the iPhone w/my Gmail as a reply-to/sent-from (is that option even in the iPhone's mail.app?)...
Anyone try this yet?
I like this idea, as it is similar to what I do on my current WinMo device. My only difference is that I'm using a free Mail2Web account over Activesync (but also with my sent-from address set to my gmail account). I have almost the same result, but without having to pay for MobileMe. I'm strongly considering ditching my WinMo device for an iPhone, but am wondering if this solution would work. In other words, an Exchange account setup on the iPhone w/my Gmail as a reply-to/sent-from (is that option even in the iPhone's mail.app?)...
Anyone try this yet?