Android email/Gmail old mail confusion.

[marco772]

Hi,

I have a ZTE Blade/Orange San Francisco and my main bug bear is the lack of memory it carries. I was using the Hotmail app but, as it was rather large (and that the stock email app cannot be deleted), I uninstalled it and set up
the stock email app to receive all Hotmail. Worked a treat.

In the interests of saving space it occurred to me I could do the same with the Gmail app (which also serves as my main email of choice).

However, upon configuring the stock app for my Gmail account I remembered that I have tried this before and gone back to the Gmail app and why.

My problem is as soon as I check my gmail through the stock app it automatically retrieves the 2000+ emails I have in my account.

Naturally, even if they go to the SD card, this rather scuppers my "phone space saving" plan!

I'm sure there's an easy way around this but my Googling has failed me on this occasion!

So my question is, can I set up my Gmail account through the stock app but to ONLY receive email as it comes and NOT download all past emails (as it does with Hotmail)? And, obviously, how do I do this?

Also, question two, can I set it up so I can delete the email from the phone but have it left on the server? So I could still see it later if I wanted on my laptop, for example.

I'm sure this is simple stuff, but it has me foxed.Help would be most appreciated!

Thanks
Mark

 

[Crashdamage]

In your email app, open the Gmail account settings, go to server settings, and set it to sync deletes with the server.

 

[marco772]

Hi, do you mean the email app on the phone? Also, in my online gmail settings I have IMAP enabled rather than POP3, is that okay? Never really did understand this side of email!

 

[Crashdamage]

Hi, do you mean the email app on the phone?

Yes, of course.

Also, in my online gmail settings I have IMAP enabled rather than POP3, is that okay?

Yes.

 

[marco772]

Thanks, I've done that, but it's not sending or receiving at the moment. The Hotmail account is working but not the gmail. I'm assuming I have the settings on the phone somehow wrong.

My settings are;

Sync deleted message (checked)

Incoming Settings

Username (full gmail address)

IMAP Server - imap.gmail.com

Port - 993

Security Type - SSL

(This returns an "Setup could not finish. Unable to open connection to server" message)

Outgoing Settings

SMTP Server - smtp.gmail.com

Port - 465

Security Type - SSL

Require sign in - (Checked)

Username (Full gmail address)

(This returns an "Setup could not finish. Unable to open connection to server" message)


I'm hoping there's some idiotic error in there you can point out?

Thanks again.

 

[Crashdamage]

Those settings work perfectly for me. Not sure where to go from here...

Do you get those errors with WiFi and mobile data connections?

 

[marco772]

I might try to set it up again on the phone using POP3 (even though online it's set to IMAP), as that at least collected everything originally. So if the Sync setting has sorted that out it should all be golden!
Will keep you posted.

 

[marco772]

Hmm, nope, now it's just downloading everything from my inbox again...:/

 

[Crashdamage]

If your Gmail account type is IMAP (the default) it *must* be setup as IMAP on the phone. If you change the Gmail account type to POP3 it *must* be setup as POP3 on the phone. You cannot mix them.

 

[marco772]

Ahh, okay, will retry it with the IMAP and above settings tomorrow. Maybe I should uninstall the Gmail app beforehand?
Have sadly run out of playtime now, but will keep you posted!

Many thanks.

 

[Crashdamage]

Not necessary to uninstall the Gmail app.

 

[WWLK]

Sorry for posting my question in someone else thread but as a new user I'm now allowed to start new threads.

My question is: I recently removed the large email app (the default one) which had the preview of several emails but when I tried to create the shortcut back on the home screen it was only a standard small size one and not the large "preview" email app.

How do I get this back?