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Push email on Android

Currently, I fall on the WinMo side of the coin.
All my email is hosted by Google Apps, and is pushed to my WinMo device by GoogleApps using the MS Activesync (MS Exchange Server) protocol.
If I move onto an ANDROID device, what mechanisms are available to me, to have 'always on' push-email? Will my GoogleApps account have to MS ActiveSync to my Google Powered phone? Seems a bit weird. I know there are some 'constant connected' implementations of IMAP too, but apparently they're particularly resource / data hungry.
Can anyone advise - I'm likely to buy my first Android phone quite soon.

The default gmail application does push. There are also several options and settings for push or timed queries for other mail services, exchange or otherwise through market applications or the stock email application.

Android phones usually have 2 mail apps. One for gmail which automatically pushes mail to the app and works absolutely brilliantly. The second is for all other types of mail accounts eg pop, Imap, and exchange ActiveSync. This can be scheduled or set to push under ActiveSync.

Thanks folks, for all the input.
This sounds like it would actually work better for me, as it seems I'd be able to have instant push email through the gmail app, for my google-apps domain, and the second mail client could be pushed email directly from an exchange server.
Wonder how it'll handle contacts from both!
I think all that remains now, is do I get the HTC Desire, or the SE Xperia X10,
and that's a question out of scope for this thread, I think.

Has anyone tried setting up gmail as an activesync account so all email will be in one app? I've tried different things for the username and domain and can't get it to connect.

I actually switched from having a hosted MSexchange account to a Googleapps GMail acct, and push works great.

n0ahg said:
Has anyone tried setting up gmail as an activesync account so all email will be in one app? I've tried different things for the username and domain and can't get it to connect.
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according to googleapps, username is your FULL email address - [email protected] or [email protected]. domain should be blank. the 'Exchange' server is m.google.com. The option for using security should be selected.
Having never laid hands on Android, I can't tell you how to input these; but this is what I use on WinMo, and on my Nokia with the MailForExchange client.

youbrokeit said:
according to googleapps, username is your FULL email address - [email protected] or [email protected]. domain should be blank. the 'Exchange' server is m.google.com. The option for using security should be selected.
Having never laid hands on Android, I can't tell you how to input these; but this is what I use on WinMo, and on my Nokia with the MailForExchange client.
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The email app on android doesn't have a seperate domain box and keeps putting a '\' on the front of the '<mail name>@gmail.com' :-(

I know this is some sort of thread necromancy but I have a question regarding setting up google mail while also using the standard google account for synchronisation.
Both methods offer also synchronisation of contacts and calendars. While having both calendar synchronisation options active it will clone your entries. What about the contact synchronisation? It seems reasonable to have both options active as adding a new contact over the email app (which will use the exchange active sync) would synchronise with the google contacts which in turn should fill up your contacts handbook. Or is it obsolete as the stock email app will already add the contact to your google account even using seemingly another account?
I would appreciate any attempts to clear this confusion
Nevermind. Found it out myself: just stay with the google account, the stock email app takes it info from there and does integrate it.

issue im facing on the GMail app that comes built in with the OS, I cannot move emails to a specific folder. Any overcome ?

Some of this needs to be done from a PC......

well moving to a folder is a basic function, and being a google phone i feel the GMAIL app is lacking in quite alot of basic needs, not mentioning the UI.
Been an iphone user, and GMAIL was awesome on iphone. Can say, gmail on iphone mail app been an awesome experience. The push mail is quite similiar to BlackBerry on iphone. Quite disappointed on my email experience with android.

ratta77 said:
well moving to a folder is a basic function, and being a google phone i feel the GMAIL app is lacking in quite alot of basic needs, not mentioning the UI.
Been an iphone user, and GMAIL was awesome on iphone. Can say, gmail on iphone mail app been an awesome experience. The push mail is quite similiar to BlackBerry on iphone. Quite disappointed on my email experience with android.
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Same here.
With 4 email accounts, i feel like the only one that works correctly with push is Gmail.
Other emails have to be set through independent apps, if available, which is very annoying.
The native email app doesn't have a push option, draining battery every time it goes fetch.
Android is a powerhouse.
There's gotta be a solution for this.
I would like emails on the same app, and push.
I need a phone for business and the best email phone is still the Blackberry.

Hi guys,
For all those who are looking for having your private domain mails pushed to your phone, without having an Exchange setup, GMAIL does it!
Here is a step by step guide for adding POP/IMAP mail accounts into your GMAIL account and therefore getting the mails pushed to your phone.
Only thing is that the mails take around 15-20 minutes to come through, as GMAIL fetches your POP/IMAP mails into its server every 15 minutes.
http://www.androidcentral.com/using-gmail-your-own-personal-push-mail-server
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Next alternative is using SEVEN MAIL! this is a brilliant app, very very easy to setup, and gives you mails in 5-10 minutes max!
here is the page where they have a direct download link for the SEVEN app
http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/seven-a-push-email-client-released-on-android-2-1.html
and above all, like Gmail, its also FREE!

Airosa said:
Same here.
With 4 email accounts, i feel like the only one that works correctly with push is Gmail.
Other emails have to be set through independent apps, if available, which is very annoying.
The native email app doesn't have a push option, draining battery every time it goes fetch.
Android is a powerhouse.
There's gotta be a solution for this.
I would like emails on the same app, and push.
I need a phone for business and the best email phone is still the Blackberry.
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I have to agree with you. How could google let us down? the email app is crap.... I miss iphone email client but i hate APPLE

Problem push mail motorola Razr
Hello i just got my razr 3 days ago is running 2.3.5 I just notice that i dont get my emails on time i have to keep refreshing every-time i happen either with gmail app nor email app i try to modify the settings but is not too much to set i try to delete the gmail update and still the same problem, i have also a blackberry and the emails goes straight away to my blackberry and after 30 or 40 to my razr which is very annoying i want to get rid of blackberry, Somebody knows how to fix it? thanks

[Q] My and Wife's Email?

Have one arriving today. I anticipate my wife and I both will use it. Basing it in the kitchen.
Anyone know of a reasonable way for it to handle email for both the wife and myself? I'm sure we could access Gmail via the Browser, but just wondering if there is a client. Then of course I expect there to be a login / logout for each of us if it is even possible.

You could configure the Gmail app for one mailbox, and the normal Android mail app for another. They are both accessible by different icons

Gmail can monitor multiple accounts but it doesnt really do what you want to do to separate them.
This is one of my biggest beefs with tablets at the moment, there arent multiple logins. Its assumed that everyone is going to have their own personal tablet with their own bookmarks and such like a phone when it isnt the case. Hopefully Google is quick to recognize this and allow multiple accounts to access the device like a Windows machine.

I'm not sure how it is on honeycomb since the gmail app is newer than the one on the market, but on my phone running gingerbread, adding a second google account creates a separate section in the gmail app so that both accounts have unique folders rather than combining them.
You could of course add one through gmail and another through the stock email app, or access one via the browser.

Gmail will handle two accounts just fine. As long as neither of you have problems with the other having access to your account. In the upper right corner of the gmail app you'll have hte ability to switch between mutliple gmail, or google app accounts. The calendar apps will show all calendars in different colors as well and let you filter out only events from certain accounts if you'd like. Same with contacts.
If all you care about is gmail you just un check everything else in the account sync options and you will easily have your two accounts to access.

The android mail app works quite fine with gmail and push messaging as long as its set up for an exchange account and not gmail which seems counter intuitive but works great

You can also put widgets on the homescreen specific to each account.

This is great information. Many thanks!
The ASUS arrived about 15 minutes ago. Charging it now.
I'll experiment with the various thoughts, and post back how I ended up doing it and how it is working out.

Viper2488 said:
The android mail app works quite fine with gmail and push messaging as long as its set up for an exchange account and not gmail which seems counter intuitive but works great
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I wouldn't use the Default Mail app for Gmail. You're better off using the actual GMail app.

I added my wife's account to the Gmail app, and it works great.

IMO, Default email app for gmail is crap compared to the gmail app itself.

donatom3 said:
I wouldn't use the Default Mail app for Gmail. You're better off using the actual GMail app.
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Why not? Works great for me and I prefer it. I'm not sure why I'm better off as it acts pretty much exactly the same, and it lists my inbox subfolders better than the gmail app for me.

Email apps

Hi i was wonder is there a email apps like HTC VIVID? gmail, yahoo, hotmail all in one email apps.

K-9 mail works great
https://market.android.com/details?...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5mc2NrLms5Il0.

K-9 is a great "free" email app for Android but if you don't mind dropping some money for an email app you can check out Kaiten Email which is a more supported and refined version of K-9. Also, I was lucky enough to get Enhanced Email when it was Amazon's FAOTD and I think it adds more features but also a higher price tag, but I have had no issues with any of them.
tonyph33r said:
Hi i was wonder is there a email apps like HTC VIVID? gmail, yahoo, hotmail all in one email apps.
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floppy__ said:
K-9 mail works great
https://market.android.com/details?...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5mc2NrLms5Il0.
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I have enhanced email but I like the stock better, I only wished it had the check marks so I can delete multiple email from the list w/out having to open like the enhanced email.

One thing to note...
The enhanced email developer is really interested on people's opinion.
That is a good thing!
I expect a couple of updates to this program soon.

I tried stock & K9 and found Enhanced Email works best for me after fixing a few default settings.
I've got an EE widget pasted on my lockscreen so I can see how many new emails I have without having to log into the phone.
EE forum:
http://quantumsolutions.us/forum/index.php
K9 was probably more powerful & had more options. But was just too flakey.
And missing a couple critical (to me) features that made no sense why it didn't have them.
edit: Enhanced Email is flakey with Hotmail & Live (at least with settings I'm using). It's flawless with Gmail and Yahoo though. Still using & loving it.
Also, there is no option to mark email as "SPAM".

I use K-9, but was wondering what were the critical features you wanted?

floppy__ said:
K-9 mail works great
https://market.android.com/details?...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5mc2NrLms5Il0.
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K-9 does outlook exchange 2010 yet

Is there anything to auto delete bulk mail?

[Q] what replacement email app is used by many ?

what email app is widely used as a replacement for the standard one from Android ?

I just use the gmail app.

Foax said:
I just use the gmail app.
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Foax said:
I just use the gmail app.
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ehm gmail app is only for gmail I guess I wonder what more general-use email app many ppl use (and like). It needs to connect to my own email server (POP3) etc.

Kaiten Mail.
Besides the native e-mail clients pre-installed on my phones/tablets and K9 this is the only mail app I ever used.
IMO the best.
Every other app I tried had a few flaws I didn´t like.

Kaiten is my choice.

Enhanced email : it's support pop3, imap and exchange
Only con's : interface is not still adapted for ICS (no dual pane like gmail)

Kaiten is in fact the best, has all the good features, but there's no free version.
K9-mail isn't tablet adapted, made for vertical view, doesn't have dual panel view (most efective on tablets).
Other option is MailDroid, it's free, has all the goodies including dual panel viewing.

Thanks for all the suggestions. More are always welcome ofcourse.

Check the options and help in the gmail web interface. I have it fetching mail from 2 accounts and sending using their SMTPs. Not synced with the accounts though, so mail not removed there, nor sent mail stored except in gmail.

You may want to look into Moxier for Tablets and there is one other that has a tablet-specific version of all apps (Email, tasks, calendar, etc)... They are not free, but have free demos available (2 week fully functional demos) - I always end up back with the stock apps for one reason or another though... But, if you need to sync tasks, etc with Outlook, they are a nice option since there is no tasks app in Android by default....
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10 Best Email Client Apps For Your Android Phone With Everything you Need

Did you ever want to manage all of your emails right from your Android smartphone like professionals?
We know that even in this world of ongoing communication where most of the people opt for social media platforms to communicate with each other quickly. But there are a lot of professionals as well as authorities who still prefer to use emailing as their primary method of conversation.
And to keep up with all the emails and to be able to find and respond to the important ones that matter most to us, we need some unified emailing apps that make the whole emailing system smoother.
To help you out finding these useful email apps, here are the ten best emailing apps for Android that will make your email organization and email responding task easier than ever.

#01 – Aqua Mail
Aqua Mail has made it to the list because of its versatility and ability to support multiple email services. So if you are one of those Android users who find it hard to manage multiple email accounts in different email apps, then Aqua Mail is for you.
The app user interface is highly configurable and works flawlessly on most of the Android phones. And if you are one of those advanced users who love to tinker with different apps and looking to automate Aqua Mail then you can even integrate it easily with Tasker app.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo, Apple email (Cloud/ME), FastMail, AOL, GMX and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, POP3, and SMTP.
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#02 – Blue Mail
Are you looking for an email client app for your Android phone that has a unified user interface for all of your email boxes? If yes, then Blue Mail would be the best app for you as it provides all of your emails in one place.
Blue Mail’s universal emailing system, the ultimate ability to manage a virtually unlimited number of mailing accounts, highly configurable, various personalization options for each account, and intelligent push notifications system is what makes it the perfect replacement for the stock mail app.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo Mail, Office 365 and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, SMTP, Exchange and POP3 auto configuration.

#03 – Nine – Exchange Emailing
Nine brings the Exchange ActiveSync to the Android and provides direct push synchronization. It is the simplest and the fastest emailing app for your smartphone that connects you directly to the server.
The user interface is very powerful and provides you with several message filtrations. The app supports left and right swipe gestures that allow you to perform quick actions like deleting or moving a message.
The app comes with a free 14-days/2-weeks trial period, after which you can purchase the full version right from the Google Play for $9.99.
Supported Servers: Exchange Server 2003, Office 365, Outlook, Hotmail, Google Apps, and other services that support Exchange ActiveSync.

#04 – Alto
Alto is the emailing client app designed by AOL for Android smartphones and tablets. And it is one of the great alternatives for the native mobile email client that comes preinstalled on your mobile.
The app provides several features to improve your overall emailing experience. Some of those include multiple emails management, threaded email conversation view, active push notifications (with added personalization option), and the ability to organize all of your emails by category neatly.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail (Outlook), Apple Mail (iCloud), AOL, Office 365, and any other IMAP email account.

#05 – TypeApp
]TypeApp is a universal emailing client that has a material design and provides instant push notifications with customizable options (like quite hours and custom notification alerts) that will make sure to keep you updated with all of your emails and messages.
Unlike other apps mentioned in the list, TypeApp is efficient and allows you easily manage all of your email accounts within one app. You can perform bulk actions to categorize or mark multiple email messages at once.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo, Apple email (iCloud/ME), AOL, and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, Exchange ActiveSync, POP3, and SMTP.

#06 – K-9 Mail
K-9 Mail is an open-source and community developed mobile mailing app. It supports a large number of email services and protocols along with lots of easy-to-customize options that can improve your overall email management experience.
The interface may look a little bit undeveloped to you, but I believe that you will admire the way it is going to handle all of your emails because it has been precisely designed to make it easier and less confusing for you to manage multiple mailing accounts.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo, and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, POP3, SMTP, and Microsoft Exchange.
#07 – myMail
myMail is one of the most flexible and user-friendly emailing apps for Android. It provides you with hugely customizable push notifications for all of the email accounts along with support for multiple email account management that are added into the app.
You will also get the ability to filter notifications and emails you are receiving, based on the filters and folders you have created within the app. The app also gives you a “silent mode” that you can customize according to your work-life schedule.
Moreover, the search feature enables you to search through the contacts that are stored in your local storage as well as those stored in your email accounts.
Supported Email Providers: Google Mail, Microsoft Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo Mail, AOL, GMX, Apple iCloud, and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: Automatic setup and configuration for IMAP, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange and POP.

#08 – WeMail
WeMail is an intelligently designed email app that provides you with a unified inbox where all of your email accounts are nicely grouped by the sender’s name automatically. That is what makes your email management easy and clutter free, and reduces the overall length of your inbox by up to fifty percent.
Supported Email Providers: Google Mail, Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo Mail, and AOL.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP. Support for the Exchange ActiveSync will be added shortly.

#09 – Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a fully featured mobile version of its desktop Outlook program and shares the same user experience as well as the user interface. The email client is very powerful and is well integrated with contacts and calendar.
The app is specifically designed to support Exchange ActiveSync account, but it also allows you to add IMAP and webmail accounts like Apple iCloud, Yahoo Mail, and Gmail.
#10 – Gmail
Gmail is an official Android emailing app and has been developed by Google itself, which is the reason why it comes preinstalled in every Android smartphone and tablet as a default email app.
Initially, the app was limited to the Gmail accounts only. However, the recent updates have officially added the support for various non-Gmail emailing services and protocols. And the developers have managed to improve it with every new release.
We all are very well aware of the Google’s idea of simplicity and material UI/UX. So the same has been implemented in the Gmail app, making the emailing experience clean and clutter free.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo Mail, and several other email services as well as hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, POP, and SMTP.

im using aqua

newton is really the best email app aver, it's very simple, great design, lightweight, and free. You can subscribe to a premium features, but even without them the app is just amazing. It's used to be called cloudmagic.

Just remember this when choosing an email app:
http://androidforums.com/threads/email-which-apps-keep-it-private.935578/
Btw: Newton = Cloud Magic

I'm using Alto. Tried almost all app in the list (except Nine which is not free) but my heart is with Alto. Want to vote but no Alto in the list, only Gmail and Aqua?

You can add a poll to the first post?
Sorry for my bad English.
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Tatsch said:
Just remember this when choosing an email app:
http://androidforums.com/threads/email-which-apps-keep-it-private.935578/
Btw: Newton = Cloud Magic
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Read it. My favorite (Alto) is not secure!
K9 mail is not good enough. Aqua mail is limited to 2 accounts in free version. Mail Droid contains ads. What's left is [email protected] mail which is new to my ear. Tried it and [email protected] mail seems fantastic. A lot of features and customization. And secure too.
I'll use it side by side with Alto for next few days before I decide which one is better.

janolucero said:
newton is really the best email app aver, it's very simple, great design, lightweight, and free. You can subscribe to a premium features, but even without them the app is just amazing. It's used to be called cloudmagic.
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It's a good mail app but now it forces pay premium to use, unless it is not load new emails! 50$ for 1 year, too expensive to use with premium feature. I must uninstall it after 2 year using. It's a stupid Newton Mail development team.
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I always prefer Gmail and recommend to others. It is free and very easy to use. One of the best things is to login to multiple accounts on a single browser at a time.

salmanfarisy said:
K9 mail is not good enough. .
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Could you please explain what you mean by this?
If you don't like the user interface: There's a forke with material design style, see https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9.material/

M.Twain said:
I always prefer Gmail and recommend to others. It is free and very easy to use. One of the best things is to login to multiple accounts on a single browser at a time.
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Apart from that, you can also use NoxApp+, which can not only run multiple accounts for emails but also for many other apps like whatsapp. facebook, or even games, without even switching or quitting!!

#10 – Gmail, the only one I'm using.

markS991 said:
#10 – Gmail, the only one I'm using.
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Cuz i have to switch work and personal accounts, not only mails, so I found it useful.

bonisoul said:
Cuz i have to switch work and personal accounts, not only mails, so I found it useful.
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In some europ. countries using g-mail is not permitted without written permission of your partners: E-mail addresses and the mails itself are sensitive personal data and must not be stored on servers outside the EU without permissions of all who it may concern...

Aquamail:
Now there are advertisements even in pro key versions. Not ad-free anymore... See comments in play store.
FairEmail as an alternative has an more honest developer.

Download:
Last version of AquaMail without popup advertisements, when opening an attachment, see below. To use only with legal pro key of AquaMail.
This apk is signed with ZipSigner, so there won't be a request to update anymore.

Although many users complain, the Aquamail company does not want to remove this advertisement mentioned above from the paid and ad-free called version of Aquamail.
It is now installed from version 1.17 onwards.

Good Share! Using a Lockdown Solution to run these Apps would be great!
When it comes to enterprise, using a kiosk lockdown solution that allows managers or IT admin to control and manage devices by selecting apps, websites & content leads in improving.

thanks for the list.

I'm currently using Spike (formerly Hopmail) for my Gmail(s) and Swing Mail for my Outlook. Both have very good conversation UI and reliable push notifications. Swing Mail has another plus : it can handle Twitter DM with push notifications