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Native Gmail App for iOS Reportedly Set to Launch
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SAD*FACED*CLOWN
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bpaluzzi
macrumors 6502a
Go into mail.app and set it up so that:
1 - you receive push notifications
2 - when you delete a message, it's really deleted
3 - you can assign multiple labels to a message
4 - you can mark something as spam
You can't do 3 or 4 at all, and you can't do 1 and 2 together.
That's why this is needed (for some people)
BoxerGT2.5
macrumors 68020
ericrwalker
macrumors 68030
I am a person with a few email addresses. A Gmail, work email, and my own hosted domain email through gmail apps. I don't ever see myself using a native app since I like the mail app that came with the phone to host all my email addresses.
EDIT: Though I don't see a problem with giving people a choice.
EDIT: Though I don't see a problem with giving people a choice.
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justinfreid
macrumors 6502a
Just so you know, you can manage labels through the folder system in Mail.app.
bpaluzzi
macrumors 6502a
Only if you treat labels as folders (one to many). Labels aren't, though. They're many-to-many. And there's no way to use that functionality in Mail.app
They do.
You can get a free me.com address when you sign up for iCloud. Apple still supports legacy users of the MobileMe service which was a direct descendant of the .Mac service (Apple still manages mac.com addresses). The me.com mail servers allegedly run on Sun Solaris boxes with Oracle software.
Note that apple.com e-mail addresses exist, but they are reserved for corporate use (e.g., employees, retail stores). You will never have an apple.com e-mail unless your paychecks come from Apple Inc.
There is absolutely no requirement that you have to use Gmail/MSN/Yahoo. The built-in Mail app will use basically any standard e-mail system that supports POP3 or IMAP protocols. Heck, you could run your own e-mail server and it would work with that. No one is twisting your arm into using Gmail/MSN/Yahoo/whatever.
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Le Big Mac
macrumors 68030
Why can't you put in your "as" address as the "send from"? You have to add the address in the gmail web interface.
On the iPhone, if you want to be able to choose, type out all your send from email addresses (in notes, or wherever), separate by commas, and then select all of them. Copy. Then go into email settings, and in send from field paste that selection. It will paste all the email addresses there, and then you will get a drop-down menu you can activate when you send a message to choose among them.
I've been using and loving Gmail since the day of 7 invitations per user. But what you've said is not true. Gmail does have a line of ads (no picture) above the inbox.
They even include some SPAM recipes there, in the Spam section, for fun. 😉
Back to the topic, I'd LOVE a Gmail app on my iPhone 4S (will buy it soon)!
Sardonick007
macrumors regular
Options Good
Regardless of what the centrists feel or comment on, I think an option like this is a good thing to balance out those who might not otherwise enjoy the way things are currently. Personally, it doesn't matter to me because my droid does well with its own app and my Macs do well with their fast connections. As options go, however, this is another example of good cross platforming aimed at the user base.
Regardless of what the centrists feel or comment on, I think an option like this is a good thing to balance out those who might not otherwise enjoy the way things are currently. Personally, it doesn't matter to me because my droid does well with its own app and my Macs do well with their fast connections. As options go, however, this is another example of good cross platforming aimed at the user base.
1) Set it up with ActiveSync
2) MOVE the message to the trash, do not use the trash icon as it will archive the message.
3) Not sure....I have a ton of filters that do that for me...
4) MOVE the message to the SPAM folder. It's now marked as SPAM
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If you set it up with ActiveSync, go to m.google.com, tap sync, select your device and enable send mail as checkbox. SIMPLE!
bpaluzzi
macrumors 6502a
1 is possible, as I said, but it breaks the delete function.
2 is a hack, due to the Exchange ActiveSync.
3 isn't possible
4 doesn't do anything other than moving the message. it doesn't report back to Google as Spam, which means it won't improve your spam algorithm
justinfreid
macrumors 6502a
Moving any message to the spam folder in any manner causes Google to analyze it. Check Google's support docs on Outlook and iOS.
bpaluzzi
macrumors 6502a
Wow, that's awesome 🙂 Okay, then I was definitely wrong on that. Good to know. Still would be nice to have a one-click "Mark as spam" (including multiple message select), but at least the functionality is available.
1. Gmail, by design, prefers archiving over deleting a message
2. Not a hack, its by design - "Delete a message in inbox > Move that message to Archive"
4. Not according to Google - "Move a message to Spam > Report a message as spam"
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In your inbox, click edit, mark the multiple messages you want to move, tap move > then spam. You just marked multiple messages as SPAM 😀
Google bringing the confusing and ambiguous feature set of Android to iOS.
If youre not paying for a product or service - you are the product.
You dont understand how Gmail works? Google reads your email, just like it tracks your web usage to better tailor your ad experience. You dont see ads in native Gmail clients, but thats not where they make their money. Google sells the content of your email to advertisers. You didnt think it was coincidence when you sent an email to your friend about the new Xbox game then the next time you surfed the web you saw an ad for said game did you?
Now Im not saying ad tailoring is a bad thing, to the contrary if Im going to see an ad Id like it to be about something I am interested in, but its important to understand that Google and free isnt some magnanimous gesture and there isnt a cost involved.
If youre not paying for a product or service - you are the product.
You dont understand how Gmail works? Google reads your email, just like it tracks your web usage to better tailor your ad experience. You dont see ads in native Gmail clients, but thats not where they make their money. Google sells the content of your email to advertisers. You didnt think it was coincidence when you sent an email to your friend about the new Xbox game then the next time you surfed the web you saw an ad for said game did you?
Now Im not saying ad tailoring is a bad thing, to the contrary if Im going to see an ad Id like it to be about something I am interested in, but its important to understand that Google and free isnt some magnanimous gesture and there isnt a cost involved.
Menel
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qft
Though you could, and I have contemplated this, but haven't made jump.
Configure exchange for Google, and only sync cal and contacts for push sync, but leave mail set off.
Then create a regular gmail account, for the email portion. Yea don't get email push, but would have server side searching...
This benefits Apple by providing users of one of the biggest email platforms with a fully functioning clients that takes advantage of all the Gmail functionality. I know for me, and many other Android users, a native Gmail client will make switching to iPhone very attractive.
So in the middle of a platform war making it easier for users of your biggest competitor to switch to your side is a huge advantage.
FSUSem1noles
macrumors 68000
No thanks, that's just another icon and app that will have to go on my home screen or in my dock.. I'll continue using the default mail app..
Westside guy
macrumors 604
Having used both OSes, I prefer iOS over Android by a significant margin - but there are a few Google-specific apps I'd miss if I got an iPhone. Gmail is one of those, so this is great news!
(another is Google's Navigation with Voice, which is amazing for a free app)
(another is Google's Navigation with Voice, which is amazing for a free app)
AppleInLVX
macrumors 65816
Hm. Since I bought the 4s, I've wanted to move to apple mail entirely, and have done for the most part. Thing is, the spam filtering is orders of magnitude better in gmail. I get more spam than real mail at apple, and the system works better in google. I love everything about the Apple ecosystem, but they've got to at least get spam under control. I subscribe no where, I give out my .me address to no one I don't know personally. Given how xenophobic I am with my address, it shocks me the level of spam I get from apple, and I am totally lasse faire with my gmail account, and I get maybe one spam a month.
Apple needs to up its game with this. Is it because gmail is such a group thing that when anyone marks a message as spam, it propagates to the whole system? Whatever they're doing, it's awesome, and it's why I'll use this, in spite of my desire to move away. Sigh.
Apple needs to up its game with this. Is it because gmail is such a group thing that when anyone marks a message as spam, it propagates to the whole system? Whatever they're doing, it's awesome, and it's why I'll use this, in spite of my desire to move away. Sigh.
Drumjim85
macrumors 68030
Maybe someone else already said this, but Google's products aren't free. You're just the product they're selling, not the client.
bigjnyc
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By ANY other device do you mean android devices where Google already makes money off licensing the OS? Remember they dont make any money in iOS, and the app will be free so they could very well make that version ad-supported
The moral of the story is dont make assumptions and dont call someone else an ass for making one while slipping in an assumption of your own.
rwilliams
macrumors 68040
Wow, that's a lot of email. I used to hoard messages like that, but realized that I never went back to them, so they were taking up space for no reason. And as I've gotten older, I can't stand clutter.