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Question on IMAP and Exchange for gmail

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hokiepokie07

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If I set up my gmail account for Exchange on my iPhone, that's not IMAP? So, my e-mail will not look the same on my computer, iPhone, and gmail.com?

If I want them to be the same on all, I'll have to use IMAP on all of them, and not exchange on my phone, right?
 
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "look the same", but assuming you mean read, unread, tags, etc then both will do that without a problem. They're just two different ways of exchanging the same info. One uses push which will deliver mail immediately, while the other uses fetch. In my experience both work well but I am currently using exchange.
 
cotxia said:
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "look the same", but assuming you mean read, unread, tags, etc then both will do that without a problem. They're just two different ways of exchanging the same info. One uses push which will deliver mail immediately, while the other uses fetch. In my experience both work well but I am currently using exchange.
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I guess what I mean is, will the sync the same?

For instance, let's say I delete an e-mail on my computer. I am using IMAP on my computer, so it will automatically delete it from my gmail.com. If I was using POP on my computer, it would not delete it from gmail.com, so when I log onto gmail.com, it will still be there.

So my question is, if I use exchange on my iPhone, when I delete something, will it delete it from my computer and gmail.com?

Does that make sense, or I am just typing way too much? ha
 
hokiepokie07 said:
I guess what I mean is, will the sync the same?

For instance, let's say I delete an e-mail on my computer. I am using IMAP on my computer, so it will automatically delete it from my gmail.com. If I was using POP on my computer, it would not delete it from gmail.com, so when I log onto gmail.com, it will still be there.

So my question is, if I use exchange on my iPhone, when I delete something, will it delete it from my computer and gmail.com?

Does that make sense, or I am just typing way too much? ha
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i'm using exchange on my iphone and imap on my pc, i delete email from one of my devices and it goes from all.
 
andythursby said:
i'm using exchange on my iphone and imap on my pc, i delete email from one of my devices and it goes from all.
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so, exchange uses IMAP then?

what are the settings you used for Exchange on your iphone?

I love IMAP because it syncs my gmail across everything I use, but I'd love to have push.
 
hokiepokie07 said:
so, exchange uses IMAP then?

what are the settings you used for Exchange on your iphone?

I love IMAP because it syncs my gmail across everything I use, but I'd love to have push.
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Exchange is exchange. It's a variant on IMAP, but actually does more.

If you're concerned with true push, then you'll probably want to chose the exchange route for gmail. GMail on iPhone is not true Push.

w00master
 
I started the Gmail on Exchange on my iphone. Now, when I click on inbox to get all my e-mails to show up, none show up and it just sits there with "checking for mail ..."
 
hokiepokie07 said:
I started the Gmail on Exchange on my iphone. Now, when I click on inbox to get all my e-mails to show up, none show up and it just sits there with "checking for mail ..."
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weird, is the net connection working ok on the iPhone? have you put in your email address and password in right? only things i could suggest
 
Sorry for all the questions, but how do you get rid of the [Gmail] folder on exchange gmail?

For the normal Gmail I just put in [Gmail] and it went away.
 
andythursby said:
weird, is the net connection working ok on the iPhone? have you put in your email address and password in right? only things i could suggest
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It seems to be working, but all my mail is going to the All Mail folder under GMAIL.

I'd like to use it like GMAIL where I could just insert [Gmail] and the [Gmail] folder would go away.

I'd like to use Inbox as Inbox, Sent Mail as Sent Mail, etc.

I can't find the settings to use for this like in the Gmail settings.
 
ok, I think everything is working fine now, I just want to get rid of the [Gmail] folder on Exchange.

I knew how to do it on GMail, but how do I do it on Exchange?

thanks
 
To get rid of it on IMAP, go to the GMail's web interface, go to labs and install Advanced IMAP tools, then you can uncheck which folders you don't want showing up on IMAP.
 
swiftaw said:
To get rid of it on IMAP, go to the GMail's web interface, go to labs and install Advanced IMAP tools, then you can uncheck which folders you don't want showing up on IMAP.
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How do you get rid of them on exchange though?
 
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