Best Gmail Settings?

[tedzone]

I did it exchange style and I'm shocked to say-- I get an email a second BEFORE it hits my BB9900. Consistently.

 

[GulfCoastToad]

could you post a screenshot? if this is so, i may have to go back to exchange. thanks!

Cobra's link was a little confusing. The actual information is on that page, but difficult to find. Here it is:

On your iOS device, go to m.google.com/sync.
Select your device.

 

[iVazz]

I just have it setup so Gmail is auto-forwarded to my iCloud email. Then no worries on having to setup Gmail settings either way. Not for everyone, but works well for me.


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[TurboTiger]

Cobra's link was a little confusing. The actual information is on that page, but difficult to find. Here it is:

On your iOS device, go to m.google.com/sync.
Select your device.

Click to view quoted image

What exactly does the first box that checked mean?
"enable 'send mail as' on this device"

TIA

 

[reltm]

Wow -- I've been using imap for years because I thought gmail exchange on an iOS device wouldn't delete properly. Going to have to check this out!

Also interested in what the send mail as checkbox does...

 

[reltm]

The answer to the send mail as checkbox is about half way down this page:
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740

Also, it sounds like delete might work as expected according to this:

"When using Google Sync, certain actions in Gmail may have a different behavior than you're used to. For instance, if you "delete" a message from your Inbox, the default action is that it will archive the message and not delete it. To delete the message, you need to select Enable "Delete Email As Trash" for this device in your Google Sync settings. See our complete list of how actions taken on your device affect your Gmail interface."

But then the complete list of actions suggests that it won't work...
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=161771

Going to try it out...

 

[reltm]

Wow. This totally works. I have searched for this on and off maybe a half dozen times and never found this. Big thanks for posting it. This is so great!

Only drawback as far as I can tell (hopefully no battery issues) is that drafts are not supported:
"Editing email drafts is not supported by Google Sync for any device."

From:
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=161771

Oh well.

 

[GibMcFragger]

Cobra's link was a little confusing. The actual information is on that page, but difficult to find. Here it is:

On your iOS device, go to m.google.com/sync.
Select your device.

Sweet! That's awesome! I had no idea how to change that. Thanks!

 

[TurboTiger]

The answer to the send mail as checkbox is about half way down this page:
Setting up Google Sync with your iOS device - Google Mobile Help

Also, it sounds like delete might work as expected according to this:

"When using Google Sync, certain actions in Gmail may have a different behavior than you're used to. For instance, if you "delete" a message from your Inbox, the default action is that it will archive the message and not delete it. To delete the message, you need to select Enable "Delete Email As Trash" for this device in your Google Sync settings. See our complete list of how actions taken on your device affect your Gmail interface."

But then the complete list of actions suggests that it won't work...
Using Gmail Features - Google Mobile Help

Going to try it out...

Tks for the info reltm.

It helped

 

[TurboTiger]

Hey Guys,
My delete Trash function is a bit squirrelly. Sometimes is works and sometimes it doesn't. Deletes them for about a few seconds then reloads the trash folder.

Anyone else?
TIA

 

[reltm]

Hmm. That's a bummer. I didn't have that happen, but after all the excitement I went back to IMAP. I'm almost ashamed to say it! Exchange was quicker loading and checking, but it didn't always push very fast. Sometimes it would take ten minutes for a message to arrive, at which point I may as well just go back to IMAP. With IMAP my whole inbox loads (not just the last 30 days -- yeah I know, got some old messages in there). And IMAP syncs drafts.

This may not be that helpful, but even though the notifications for push on the gmail app don't work, the app badge status changes when a new message comes in. So I have the gmail app with app badge to tell me if there's a new message. Pretty lame, but at least I know it shows current new message numbers without having to open the app.