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I've been pretty happy using Mail with GMail set up as an Exchange host in order to get push. I am glad that Google is putting effort into their client. I could
by alayne 14y ago
I've been pretty happy using Mail with GMail set up as an Exchange host in order to get push. I am glad that Google is putting effort into their client. I couldn't figure out how to get the new Gmail to do a real delete instead of an archive.
- eddieplan9 14y ago> I couldn't figure out how to get the new Gmail to do a real delete instead of an archive. This is exactly the reason I forwarded all my GMail emails to my iCloud email. There is zero configuration after that. I use Mail.app on my desktop too. GMail is merely an address and an backup archive for me after that.
- neotek 14y agoHead over to http://m.google.com/sync http://m.google.com/sync on your phone and you can change the settings to allow proper deletion.
- brown9-2 14y agoYup, this is the solution, as weird as it seems to have to go to a Google preferences page to control delete behavior in the iOS mail app.
- chmars 14y agoSpeaking of ActiveSync/Exchange, is it possible to use Gmail on the Mac this way? IMAP works but there's always the 'too many simultaneous connections' issue since Gmail IMAP is limited to 10 simultaneous connections within a certain time frame and you easily reach this number of connections if you access Gmail from 3-4 devices …