Problems with K9 mail - anything better?

Are you sure that your settings are correct. I am using it for Yahoo mail a well and have no problems deleting messages from in the app.

 

i use moxier mail

 

I have been using K9 for my Yahoo for probably five months now and have had zero of the problems you have. It has worked perfectly and I really like it. I never tried to do anything with Gmail through it though, so maybe that is why it is acting differently for you. I first tried the Yahoo app and didn't like it. It locked up fairly often and was HUGE. I think it eventually grew to like 10MB. On our Optimus M, that is a lot to give up.

 

I'm using the Android email app that came with the phone for my Gmail and Fastmail accounts. The "official" Gmail app sucks on my phone. It randomly updates, doesn't show my mail. I have the Android email app to check for new mail every 5 minutes. Bingo! New mail arrives regularly. With the Gmail app on this phone, I would go a whole day before getting new mail.

And yes, I went into Accounts and Sync settings MANY times trying to straighten it out. I even deleted my gmail account from the phone and re-entered all the info but still only sporadic gmail updates using the official Gmail app from the Android Market.


I know the Android email app won't work for Yahoo mail, as the Android email app is for IMAP and POP. Yahoo mail is different protocol, unless you have a "pro" Yahoo account (to my knowledge). My wife uses the Yahoo Mail app and it works well for her.

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I sort of mentioned it above but the Gmail app that comes with this phone is NOT the official Gmail app, it's LG's version of the Gmail app. I uninstalled that and downloaded the official Gmail app from the Android market -- and that's the one that only updates sporadically. Whereas the Android email app that comes with the phone seems to be rock solid. I have it set to check for new email every 5 minutes.

 

Moved to Applications forum

 

Maildroid - good for what ails you.

 

I've been using K9 for 6 months, no problems at all. Selectively polls 6 of my 15 Gmail folders. My Gmail account polls my "Incoming" on my Company server and polls my Yahoo account, and deletes from those servers, so all my mail is at Gmail. I have K9 set to only poll when Background Sync is checked (and I do that manually only when I want to check mail). I have it leave all mail at Gmail (and do all my deleting at work). All POP3, no IMAP.

 

Do you have a HTC handset? There looks to be an issue with HTC and Yahoo at the moment.

http://androidforums.com/htc/365654-yahoomail-intermittent-outage-htc-phones.html

 

im tryin k9 right now. Only one problem which i need help with - i cant it to display my custom hotmail folders. I have the option turned on but no luck.

Any solution?