First of all, if your syncing is disabled it means that you will not receive any new email unless you manually check your account. So in order to change this setting easily without reinstalling the app or whatever has been suggested just follow the following steps:
To set up Syncing 02/26/2012
1. make sure you have an account set up and syncing and that you start this tutorial from within the "inbox" of your account.
2. Tap or Push the "settings" hard/soft key on your Android phone. Please refer to your phone's manufactures instructions for further info about this button.
3. on the popup menu tap on the "More" button. A new menu will pop up.
4. Tap "Accounts" from the menu.
5. Now this may sound redundant, but you will need to push/tap on the "settings" hard/soft key at the bottom of the phone screen again, a list of options will pop up at the bottom the screen.
6. , Tap on the "More" button, a menu with two selections should appear.
7. Tap on the "Settings" button from the menu, a new menu will appear.
8. Tap the "Network" button from within the menu.
9. Tap on the "Background sync" button, a list of options will appear.
10. Tap "Always" from the list of options. Exit the menu by the "back" button hard/soft key.
Congrats, you have now set up syncing on your k9 email!
To Set up Push syncing 02/26/2012
1. Make sure you start this tutorial from within the "inbox" of your account.
2.Press or tap the "Settings" hard/soft key on the bottom of your phone screen. Several options will appear on the screen.
3. Tap the "More" button within the options. A list of options will pop up.
4. Tap the "Settings" button from within the list, a popup will appear.
5. Tap the "Account settings" button from the list, a menu will appear.
6. Tap the "Fetching mail" button from the menu, a sub menu will appear.
7. Tap the "Folder poll frequency" button from within the menu, a popup will appear.
8. Tap which ever selection suits your needs for syncing with your account, then press the back button twice to exit the menus.
Congrats, you've set up push syncing!
This ends my tutorial on setting up syncing and custom push syncing on your k9 email app!