So this isn't exactly android specific, but it really helps if you use email on your android phone that isn't gmail. We all know the gmail app is better than the different stock emails apps that come with phones, so why not just utilise gmail for every email account you have? With the added benefit that you can also use the gmail desktop interface at your pc to manage all your email accounts..
Source: Droid Den - How To Best Manage Alternative Emails With Android and Gmail - Droid Den
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Source: Droid Den - How To Best Manage Alternative Emails With Android and Gmail - Droid Den
So you have an android phone, but your main email account isn't a gmail one. What do you do? Well lets get the important thing over with first. Make gmail your #1 main email! You won't regret it. It works so flawlessly with android that it would be silly not to. Not to mention its fantastic on your PC, especially if you use Chrome browser (and if not, why the hell not?!). Anyway, I know lots of people have other, non-gmail accounts (me included). So I thought I'd write up a guide on how to best manage these alternative emails you have within android. I'll be using hotmail as the example alternative email, simply because its the most common email you guys will have.
- Open gmail on your PC and go to settings.
- Click on the Accounts and Import tab.
- Click on Add POP3 Email Account.
- Enter your hotmail email address and click next.
- Enter your username and password.
- Tick Label Incoming Messages, and in the dropdown box scroll to the bottom and select New Label.
- Enter Hotmail as the name.
- Tick Archive Incoming Messages (Skip the Inbox).
- Click Add Account.
- Done.
Now all your hotmail emails will automatically arrive in your gmail account, under the label Hotmail. Therefore they won't get mixed up with your gmail emails. And you can just click on the Hotmail label to see them all. Sort of like having a second email account inside your gmail account.
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