GMAIL - App,Thoughts?

A great app is Mailbox http://www.mailboxapp.com

I'm still on a 4 though so not sure how it is on 5s but my whole phone is kinda slow so I can't comments on one app's speed.

Yes, I just tested it. mail is pushed for my gmail account.

http://www.mailboxapp.com/help/#faq
Does Mailbox support push notifications?
Yes! Push notifications on Mailbox will alert you of incoming messages even when your app isn't open. To enable push, make sure it's toggled ON in Mailbox Settings and iPhone Settings < Notifications.

To get push notifications I forward my gmail accounts to my iCloud account and then just use Mail. I've set it up so I can choose whether my response has my iCloud address or one of my gmail addresses.

Sital said:

To get push notifications I forward my gmail accounts to my iCloud account and then just use Mail. I've set it up so I can choose whether my response has my iCloud address or one of my gmail addresses.

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That's smart. But we really shouldn't have to go down those routes to get push

kshen1 said:

That's smart. But we really shouldn't have to go down those routes to get push

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I agree, but at least the iCloud route works well.

Sital said:

To get push notifications I forward my gmail accounts to my iCloud account and then just use Mail. I've set it up so I can choose whether my response has my iCloud address or one of my gmail addresses.

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Can you explain where you got this or how to do this?

yungskeeme said:

Can you explain where you got this or how to do this?

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I explained it here. Let me know if you need more help.

Sital said:

I explained it here. Let me know if you need more help.

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I ment in detail how you set it up

yungskeeme said:

I ment in detail how you set it up

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Forwarding to iCloud is done through the Gmail settings on the web interface.

On your phone, setup your iCloud account since this is where your incoming mail is being forwarded to. In addition, you need to setup a mail account for any Gmail address you want to send mail from. The post I linked explains this in more detail.

What part are you having trouble with?

Sorry. I didn't see the hyperlink before. I got it. Thanks for the help.

Sital said:

Forwarding to iCloud is done through the Gmail settings on the web interface.

On your phone, setup your iCloud account since this is where your incoming mail is being forwarded to. In addition, you need to setup a mail account for any Gmail address you want to send mail from. The post I linked explains this in more detail.

What part are you having trouble with?

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I tried the settings listed in your other post but I keep getting an error. I went to new account> other. I entered my name, gmail address and password. For incoming servers, I put my iCloud information and for the Outgoing I put my gmail information. Already have the emails from Gmail forwarded to my iCloud. Just I want my gmail address to show when I send messages.

I'm not sure what the purpose of setting up your Gmail account as "other" is. I set it up as Gmail. You will receive email through iCloud (after forwarding your Gmail to iCloud) and when you reply, click "from" and change from iCloud to Gmail.

The Gmail app is useless to me for day-to-day email. I keep it on my phone for when I'm searching for something as it excels at that.

Push is nice but the delay to actually open the app and download the message is too long and nearly negates any advantage. I am disappointed that Google has not updated it to take advantage of some of the new background app refresh features in iOS 7 to alleviate this issue. Opening the app and seeing emails that are no longer actually there while it refreshes is annoying; or opening the app to an error screen and having to tap back and refreshing to get it working again.

As for Mailbox, it is a great tool however I'm somewhat against unnecessarily introducing a third party and another server between me and my email.

techiegirl said:

I'm not sure what the purpose of setting up your Gmail account as "other" is. I set it up as Gmail. You will receive email through iCloud (after forwarding your Gmail to iCloud) and when you reply, click "from" and change from iCloud to Gmail.

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Do you keep the mail on Gmail's servers after you forward? I need to, so I assume that if I set it up as a Gmail account I would get double messages in my inbox (one from iCloud and one from Gmail).

Sital said:

Do you keep the mail on Gmail's servers after you forward? I need to, so I assume that if I set it up as a Gmail account I would get double messages in my inbox (one from iCloud and one from Gmail).

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Instead of "forward and keep in inbox" I select "forward and archive". It is still saved in Gmail, just not the inbox.

yungskeeme said:

I tried the settings listed in your other post but I keep getting an error. I went to new account> other. I entered my name, gmail address and password. For incoming servers, I put my iCloud information and for the Outgoing I put my gmail information. Already have the emails from Gmail forwarded to my iCloud. Just I want my gmail address to show when I send messages.

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For incoming servers don't use your iCloud information, use incorrect information. For outgoing use your gmail info. This way you won't receive email from your gmail account, but you can send from it. Set up your iCloud email as a normal iCloud account.

Techiegirl's suggestion will work too. See her post for how she set it up.

techiegirl said:

Instead of "forward and keep in inbox" I select "forward and archive". It is still saved in Gmail, just not the inbox.

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Hmmmmm, thanks for that tip. If I ever have to set it up again, I'll try that, but right now since it ain't broke......

techiegirl said:

Instead of "forward and keep in inbox" I select "forward and archive". It is still saved in Gmail, just not the inbox.

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This worked!!! Thanks.

Is it possible to set the stock app or Mailbox to only receive mails in "General"? I have set up the Gmail app to do this, but i like the stock one better.

Dislike the app icon.