I thought this would be a really simple issue to solve, but I can't seem to figure it out. I have two Gmail accounts and just signed up for a MobileMe account. I forward all my Gmail to my @me.com account and use smtp.gmail.com as my outgoing server for my @me.com address so I don't ever have to reveal my @me.com address. However, I still want the Gmail accounts on my iPhone so that I can use them to search my old emails on the server via IMAP and have them as options for sending email on the phone.
However, I don't want them wasting my battery life by checking email with any frequency (since all those emails will be pushed to my @me.com address anyway). So, I set my Gmail accounts to fetch mail manually on the phone. What I want is for those accounts to only fetch mail when I open the Mail application, go into one of the Gmail accounts and click on the refresh arrow in the lower-left corner. What I find happening is that they seem to check for mail whenever I open the Mail application at all. How do I make it so my Gmail accounts only check for mail when I really force them to and not just whenever I open Mail?
Thanks!
However, I don't want them wasting my battery life by checking email with any frequency (since all those emails will be pushed to my @me.com address anyway). So, I set my Gmail accounts to fetch mail manually on the phone. What I want is for those accounts to only fetch mail when I open the Mail application, go into one of the Gmail accounts and click on the refresh arrow in the lower-left corner. What I find happening is that they seem to check for mail whenever I open the Mail application at all. How do I make it so my Gmail accounts only check for mail when I really force them to and not just whenever I open Mail?
Thanks!