For me, MfE is working OK, perhaps because I have it configured to sync only previous 30 days.
Another IMAP server (actually hosted Exchange) performs horribly. Like many, I just keep all my email in my inbox and use search to organize / find. I tried paring my inbox and sent email (largest folders, had probably 10 years of email in them) to about 300-700 messages and archiving the rest temporarily to test, but the client still crapped out.
Anyone having success against IMAP with any size folders? Or is it a folder size independent problem.
This is why I'm running an E71 in parallel (decent MfE performance and great IMAP client with profimail) and I have faith that Nokia or a 3rd party will address this before long. I'd like to get rid of the E71 and rely on just the N900.
My experience with the N900 has been great, seem more errors of omission than comission. But the email client is an exception. I probably would have been happier if they left it out and promised a decent mail client in a committed to future firmware release.
I've resorted to the browser to do IMAP email.
how can you set it to receive mail from the 30 last days only? can you please explain cause i m trying to do the same thing and i cannot find a way? thanks!
I don't think there is a way unless you use MfE (this requires Exchange as the server, bare bones IMAP won't do).
Again, I agree that your requirement is sensible. There might be some workarounds too; for example folder-specific subscriptions (solution #7 in the brainstorm) combined with server-side rules to auto-archive older mail might work - you'd retrieve your bulky archives folders only when really required.
But unless you put forward your requirement and vote in the Brainstorm, one thing is for sure, nothing will happen...
@das scglumpfie- if i am online the automatic refresh works as it should do!
@ spanner
when i choose settings->connect automatically->my provider - i do not get connected to the internet! what happens is that whenever i go online like for e.g open the webbrowser, refresh the mail client by pressend "send/receive" it goes online and doesnt ask me which connection i want. if i choose settings->connect automatically->always ask, it asks me which connection i want when i open the browser, refresh mail etc.
is my n900 not doing what it is supposed to do or yours/ his? would be nice to hear a third person give feedback
but thats exactly what i chose, if you dont want it to refresh simply choose "never" and it wont go online.
that exactly is my main concern, dont want to be online 24/7 just for the email client because of the battery performance...i want it to go online receive mail and forward it to me every hour, that makes more sense to me.
update: ok, i think i know whats going on... i set the search interval to never under settings-> internet connections assuming that it was searching for wlan (i have no wlan)! upon changing it to every 5 min it immediately went online...
but if its not searching for wifi, what exactly is it searching for every 5,10, 15 etc. minutes??
hi,
well sometimes i do get emails notifications, but sometimes i dont...
what the hell is wrong =[
People say you should've done your homework before buying the device but should I really have checked if the device has IMAP IDLE for Push E-Mail (something VERY standard for devices these days)?
I really like the device but some things are getting frustrating now. Its nice and some things are understandable but intentionally leaving out a feature like IMAP IDLE just to get people to use Nokia Messaging is kind of deceptive in my opinion.
I used Nokia Messaging but the trial expired. So basically, now I have no way to get Push E-mail for free!
I love the device but honestly, now that I think about it, if I had the money, I would have bought an Android or the iPhone. The browser is excellent but the other devices have a decent argument too: They have applications that fulfill the same purpose and are tailor-made for the devices!
I'm starting to regret spending 550 euros on this brick that can't even handle my e-mail properly!
I'm a lucky and recent N900 owner and as many here (and out there) get really frustrated by email client coming with this phone (way too slow, even with last update, unreliable). I tried alternatives like claws, but GUI is barely usable on this tablet.
I've seen some are using mutt. So I've been able to setup my scratchbox and cross-compile mutt with slang/ssl/imap/hcache compilation options. Testing it on my N900 accessing a GMail account with IMAP works good, except I can't read my emails offline, that is when there's no phone carrier/wifi. When network environment is poor, it becomes very slow, barely usable too...
I'm planning to use offlineimap or isync to grab/sync emails from my IMAP account (remote) to a maildir (local) and let mutt points to this maildir. This way I'll be able to read my emails offline as needed.
Before diving into this, is there any recommendations you guys could have ? Any other alternatives ?
