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Major flaw with iPhone: Email

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NJRonbo

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I am sure everyone else is experiencing the problems that I
have experienced.

The first problem is that while I synched my iPhone to my Mac
via iTunes, I must have asked the software to port over all my
email messages.

Additionally, I receive 200+ spam messages per day so I am
getting a lot of email on my iPhone (and it's taxing the battery).

The flaw is this...

There is no mass deletion. You have to delete email one-by-one
and with 1500+ messages on my iPhone there is no way it can
be done.

Additionally, my iPhone is locking up while deleting all this email
because it can't handle so much deletion.

I am going to call Apple later today to report this problem.

I was hoping some of you had suggestions on what I can do here.

I also need to know what I must CHECK or UNCHECK in iTunes
during my next synch to prevent an email synch between both
devices.

Thanks in advance!
 
I agree that spam is currently a huge problem with the iphone! Not sure what to expect from the software updates Apple promised...
 
At least a Mark All as Read would be nice. I use Fastmail andhave Junk Mail filtering enabled on the server so it doesnt clutter up my inbox too much. I agree some more control in the mail app would be nice. We'll get there!
 
Time to port over to gmail
(no spam on my iphone)

Now if apple would only integrate google calendar into the iphone so I don't have to access the web with safari everytime I look at my calendar.



macbook123 said:
I agree that spam is currently a huge problem with the iphone! Not sure what to expect from the software updates Apple promised...
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I use google domain services to host the e-mail for my domains and I'm trying to setup the system to use the SMTP server to deliver mail. I can receive fine via pop.gmail.com for my domains (for example: sampledomain.org, using an account joe@sampledomain.org) but when it tries to send it gets an error.

Anyone get this working yet? Not being able to send mail is a serious issue IMHO.
 
Another big problem I see is that there is no way to choose a port for SMTP. Unless you mail server is set to use the default port, you're out of luck.

Exchange support is not real Exchange support either. It requires the Exchange server is configured to accept IMAP connections. This is often disabled on corporate systems for security reasons.
 
TheScappian said:
I agree some more control in the mail app would be nice. We'll get there!
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Do you think that features such as erasing multiple emails, Google Calendar integration, spam filtering can be upgraded with a software patch?

I'm not so sure.
 
I have not tackled mail yet. I know my main account gets way to much mail and spam.

I think I will have to set up a seperate account for my phone. Which will make it much less useful.
 
paj said:
Another big problem I see is that there is no way to choose a port for SMTP. Unless you mail server is set to use the default port, you're out of luck.
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Just put a : between the servername and port number

smtp.mymailserver.com:5678
 
What's Gmail like on the iPhone, application or web-based? Is Google Talk supported?
 
macbook123 said:
Do you think that features such as erasing multiple emails, Google Calendar integration, spam filtering can be upgraded with a software patch?

I'm not so sure.
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For the items you listed, I'm fairly certain that all could be resolved with a future software update.
 
I'm having this same issue. Coming from a blackberry 8800, I am disappointed.

One odd issue I am having as well. When I login on my MBP Mail, I am asked for a password to my pop3 account. I enter it in, and it says it is wrong, when it is not.

So for some reason, all the mail is going to my iPhone, not my computer!

:confused:
 
z400central said:
I'm having this same issue. Coming from a blackberry 8800, I am disappointed.
:confused:
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One thing in which the BlackBerry stands out is that one doesn't have to check the email manually/it is only checked automatically every 15 minutes. Can "push" technology be incorporated in the iPhone via a software update?
 
I'm expericing the same problems. I have an excellent 3rd party spam filter on Mac Mail. My server is IMAP, so if I my Mac checks the mail then it will take care of the spam for me. But if I check my mail on the iPhone than all spam will persist. I'm sure Apple will address this, that's why they have us playing with it and reporting problems.

jon
 
Re: Gmail, if you go into Gmail and tell it only to send POP3 mail that is new from that moment forwards it wont download a month's worth of stuff. Also, with Gmail, and I assume with Yahoo and everyone else, if you set the system to be strict on spam it won't get through to your POP mail anyhow.
 
Mass Delete on iPhone Mail

I had the same problem, and worked around it by deleting all the worthless messages from the server first (using a conventional Mac), and setting the iPhone mail preferences to delete after one day and anything else I thought would help. I then synched again, and I'm clean.

I still have to work a permanent fix for going forward, though, and a "check all" box needs to go on the squawk list.
 
Spitfire,

Can you elaborate on this further?

I went into Settings -> Mail -> Account -> Advanced

And selected "Remove deleted messages after one day"

However, notice it says remove DELETED messages not CURRENT

Even though I selected REMOVE AFTER ONE DAY, I still have several
days of email on my phone.

Would appreciate the assistance!
 
*Spitfire* said:
I had the same problem, and worked around it by deleting all the worthless messages from the server first (using a conventional Mac), and setting the iPhone mail preferences to delete after one day and anything else I thought would help. I then synched again, and I'm clean.
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Where do you see you can set the delete time to one day? I've got Never, 7 days, and "when removed from inbox"...
 
I had the same flood of email issues, but it got fixed after I deleted all messages from server. Glad to know other people had the same idea before doing any research on the forums -we must be smart-.

Now I am up to date and luckily I do not get spam on the accounts a sync up to the iPhone.
 
A few questions based on the above few posts....

1. How do you erase all emails from the server? I download all
my mail to my Mac desktop. I would think it's all off the server
now, but instead, iPhone downloads the same exact email. It's
not unusual, mind you, as my Blackberry did the same exact thing.

2. As the question right above mine asks, where EXACTLY do you
go to tell iPhone to only keep 1 day worth of email?


BTW, called Apple and talked to a very nice gentleman who heard
my email complaint and said he will make certain that it gets
brainstormed with the engineers later today. I told him it was a
MAJOR flaw in a perfect phone.
 
NJRonbo said:
BTW, called Apple and talked to a very nice gentleman who heard
my email complaint and said he will make certain that it gets
brainstormed with the engineers later today. I told him it was a
MAJOR flaw in a perfect phone.
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Hoping the iPhone software designers are listening, here's one more suggestion: although the virtual keyboard works pretty well, I'd say it's a hint slower than that on a blackberry. This is in all modes BUT the horizontal mode which is only available under Safari/internet at present. On the horizontal keyboard the keys are a little larger an more separated than on any blackberry, and I claim that typing is faster! Too bad this is only available on the mode where one usually types least (i.e. Safari) but not on email and text messaging...

What do you guys think?
 
Actually, I prefer the iPhone keyboard over Blackberry.

I was typing fast from the getgo on the iPhone. I must have
slim fingers. :)
 
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