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Problem with email setup, always downloading entire email inbox!!!

I have been using my HTC Hd since Januaryy however I started using wb and work about 3 months ago, So i have my email setup such that, messages for only 3 days are downloaded to my phone, I recently reflashed my phone due to Display Issue with the same rom that I have been using(Davideuck V.4) But in the last 2 weeks, My phone has been downloading my entire yahoo email inbox to my phone, its making my phone slow and its annoying, because its downloading over 12,000 messages to my phone, I have deleted the email settup and recreated it but to no avail.. Please help.

saayinla said:
I have been using my HTC Hd since Januaryy however I started using wb and work about 3 months ago, So i have my email setup such that, messages for only 3 days are downloaded to my phone, I recently reflashed my phone due to Display Issue with the same rom that I have been using(Davideuck V.4) But in the last 2 weeks, My phone has been downloading my entire yahoo email inbox to my phone, its making my phone slow and its annoying, because its downloading over 12,000 messages to my phone, I have deleted the email settup and recreated it but to no avail.. Please help.
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maybe a stupid reply but did you re-set the 3 days time for your email downloads again? also I would check some settings in yahoo email as well... I dont know if that exists since I am not using yahoo mail, but in other mail programs there is an option to keep emails on the server or delete them after some designated time.

leftkats said:
maybe a stupid reply but did you re-set the 3 days time for your email downloads again? also I would check some settings in yahoo email as well... I dont know if that exists since I am not using yahoo mail, but in other mail programs there is an option to keep emails on the server or delete them after some designated time.
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Thanks for th ereply, i did reset the 3 days time limit for downloads and i have the option to keep my emails on the mail server as well. But still the keeps happening after few hours of conecting to mail server, its dosent do it the first time but about 2-3 hours after configuring the mail.

gmail not working

got my HD2 and cannot get gmail/googlemail to work, tried manual and auto. The HD2 keeps saying account user name or password wrong. it isnt. Activesync works, but i prefer gmail via imap.
any help please

I'm sure you have but have you tried your full email address as the username as well as just your name i.e. [email protected] or myname?
Sometimes I find it changes on what is required depending on where you are trying to access it from.
gavinfabl said:
got my HD2 and cannot get gmail/googlemail to work, tried manual and auto. The HD2 keeps saying account user name or password wrong. it isnt. Activesync works, but i prefer gmail via imap.
any help please
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gavinfabl said:
got my HD2 and cannot get gmail/googlemail to work, tried manual and auto. The HD2 keeps saying account user name or password wrong. it isnt. Activesync works, but i prefer gmail via imap.
any help please
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Tried Imap, worked.

i cannot get it to work!

Did you have it working on your previous phone or is this the first time you've used this service? Just checking as you need to activate pop3 or IMAP in Google settings first online.
gavinfabl said:
i cannot get it to work!
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i hace had it working many times.

Well if you had it working before and checked all the obvious settings, then I'm slightly stuck as Xmoo seems to be fine.
If no one else can help then I suppose it's HTC support that's where you need to try next....
I'll check mine tomorrow when it arrives...
gavinfabl said:
i hace had it working many times.
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maybe wrong password?

i wish it was that simple. i wonder if its because i came from htc hero?
also, no email accounts i setup synced until i went into the email account options and changed "the internet" to "t-mobile internet". so much for sim auto setup.

gavinfabl said:
i wish it was that simple. i wonder if its because i came from htc hero?
also, no email accounts i setup synced until i went into the email account options and changed "the internet" to "t-mobile internet". so much for sim auto setup.
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Coming from a Hero shouldn't make a difference. The Hero was using gmail push unless you manually configured imap on it.
Might be worth just double checking the ports etc to make sure. Don't get me wrong, I think you've probably got it all right, but best to be sure!
I'll be checking mine when I get it on Friday so if I have the problem, ill let you know, but I'm sure you'll have it sorted before then.
Sim Auto set up is great for novices, but not always what more experienced users want. I had to change my APN settings on hero to get faster / unproxied internet from o2.

Thanks everyone. Got it working.
I went into my gmail via pc and once again went into settings. This time I disabled pop (it was enabled along with imap) and from HD2 homescreen I added a new account. However, I didnt select GMail option, just other but everything just worked. Also, I didnt need to change the settings with the email account setup to "Tmobile Internet" as the "The Internet" setting just worked. Really really odd.
So I dont know if it was cured by turning off the pop setting, or setting gmail up on the HD2 via the other email option, but it works
Thanks for everyone who replied.

I have a similar but differnet issues.
Using Google exchange sync. it pushes contacts and calendar, but wont push ANY mail to my device (it synced the folders tho!) i've checked the dates, and the ranges to download, and it just wont do it at all. tried checking th ebox, unchecking th ebox, rechecking thebox (some people said it was second time lucky for them)
I've set up gmail as IMAP in the interim and that works fine. but im stumped as to why it wont exchange sync with the rest of the stuff!

Ok, i figured out my issue, and im surprise dit isnt documented anywher eon google,i found it on one of their forums and a member there discovered it, not a google Mod.
If you have subfolder under your inbox, it wont work.
i.e. if you have any "/" in your google mail labels (which is how GMAIL sets itself up if you use outlookwith IMAP on it),then it wont sync
i had sub folder sin outlook, so in gmail they becme labels such as:
Inbox/Ebay
Inbox/personal
and the "/" trips up the exchange sync. which seems very strange considering that the phone correctly recognises them as labels.

I had the same issue: my HD2 didn't want to sync with google. So I tried the option of disabling POP. At first it didn't work. But after I changed [email protected] to [email protected] it suddenly worked. I hope this helpes someone.

It worked for me but it doesnt push :S and ive set it to upon arrival of new mail or w.e it says..
It just doesnt push anything

I've got my gmail push working ok but, probs a silly question, how do you change the name of the account as mine is showing as Outlook and I've searched everywhere I know and can't find an option to change it to gmail

gavinfabl said:
Thanks everyone. Got it working.
I went into my gmail via pc and once again went into settings. This time I disabled pop (it was enabled along with imap) and from HD2 homescreen I added a new account. However, I didnt select GMail option, just other but everything just worked. Also, I didnt need to change the settings with the email account setup to "Tmobile Internet" as the "The Internet" setting just worked. Really really odd.
So I dont know if it was cured by turning off the pop setting, or setting gmail up on the HD2 via the other email option, but it works
Thanks for everyone who replied.
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I was having the same exact issue and manually disabling POP from the web solved it for me! IMAP now working perfectly.
Balls. Spoke too soon. Still not working for me. Get the same username/pass error as before.
WooHoo!
Using the "Other" email account option seems to have fixed it. There must be something screwy in the IMAP settings that HTC Sense uses by default when you select Google Mail.

Ok,
This is getting weird now. I have two gmail accounts configured using the same method, one works perfectly and consistently, the other sporadically fails to connect/log-on etc...
Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be?
EDIT:
There's no rhyme or reason to this. One account works perfectly everytime, the other account will work sometimes then randomly throw the username/password error.

any way to get push email from yahoo,hotmail

has anyone tried or found a way around it or an app because right now i'm using gmail,yahoo,hotmail,
any luck i tried googling but get alot of old crap i tried k9 with yahoo but says i can only check it when im on cellular signal basically

Your phone comes with that function...

no it only does it for gmail the other ones it does every 5 to w/e minutes i want to know is there a way to get them instantly
like a BB

lorijuan1024 said:
no it only does it for gmail the other ones it does every 5 to w/e minutes i want to know is there a way to get them instantly
like a BB
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Instantly like in using exchange? Then a Rom there has MS exchange would most probably help

so it cant be done without changing roms basically

You can add your hotmail and yahoo accounts to your gmail, then it will push them automatically as they arrive. I have this setup and it works fine...

el_smurfo said:
You can add your hotmail and yahoo accounts to your gmail, then it will push them automatically as they arrive. I have this setup and it works fine...
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I too have this and it works great. Here is how to do it.
ttp://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2009/03/13/how-to-send-and-receive-hotmail-from-your-gmail-account/

You can try Seven; it's still in beta.
It offers almost real time email syncing(read/unread, folders) for any number of email addresses including yahoo, hotmail.
The only problem is that the application will keep you phone 100% awake
I hope they'll fix that soon...

Problem setting up pop3 Email

I convinced the Mrs to get get a wildfire (nice!) but having set up pop3 exactly like i set up on my Hero it says the password/username is incorrect, even tho the password or username is fine!
anyone else had this problem?
i checked to see if all the set up options were the same as my hero and they match perfectly.............any ideas?
the only thing anomalous is the sim card isnt working yet as her number ports today, but connection is fine over wifi

Don't know if this will help, but I set mine up to my yahoo email account using IMAP without any issues.

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Ok I now know its not a fault specific to the wildfire, I've tried setting up her email on my hero, with the same result. I've also used my pc to log on using her password and username with no problem at all..........weird!
As I said previously my own pop 3 sets up fine and is also with the same provider, yahoo in this instance, the only thing I can guess at is wether there is a user name length issue? Hers is only 12 letters long tho?
Will try imap and let you know, thanks for the suggestion or try the yahoo app.
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installed the yahoo email app from the market and the email comes thru fine with the mrs password etc.....wtf?!!! now i just want to get the HTC email app to work.......really dont get why this not connecting

weirder still!
just got my old diamond working and using the htc email app set up the mrs email account with no problem......
oh also works on my old Xda exec.........................

Hi,
are u setting it up manually or automatic. Because when i put my hotmail account in its working fine automatic. Manually i have no idea.
Also exchange and of course gmail works great on this phone!

Thanks for looking in I've tried to set up both ways even comparing with the settings on my hero, strangely all looks fine!
And as I said her settings work on every device I've tried except sense on android.

ANy solutions yet... ?? it tells me authentication failed..incorrect username/password .. i m setting up my gmail account .. not working for imap and pop both

Possible temporary solution
I bought this phone yesterday for my younger brother and since then its.. f***ing my mind out how to setup his email...
Well after trying all bull**** and even going on email settings tweaking it several times could not get the mails on Wildfire...Also the problem is not with username or password length coz tried to change that too..
For some reason though my account could be setup in a fly on his cell.. but for his own account i had to find a temporary solution
Tap Email setup >> type ur username and password and click manual setup>> Then in the first drop down menu Select POP instead of IMAP >> in the pop server box type pop.gmail.com>>Click on next and finish the process...
Note: For my account IMAP setup was done pretty quickly so it seems to be error from GMAIL server side i have mailed them to look into the matter and resolve the bugs if any.

Works fine for me both POP3 and IMAP.
I am thinking of switching to K9 mail though.

Skye Menjou said:
Works fine for me both POP3 and IMAP.
I am thinking of switching to K9 mail though.
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DUDE i wish my bro was as lucky as you.. in any case no development goin on here for wildfire i hope i am not the one to make the first Custom ROM for it..

Password Length
In case anyone comes across this thread as I did looking for an answer to this question:
The length of your Hotmail Password was the culprit for my login success. I had a 17 character password and kept getting "Authentication Failed..." I then tried shortening it to 10 characters and it worked like a charm.
I hope this is the solution to a problem many others have been reporting.

this works for me. thanks heaps!
seekingmemoses said:
In case anyone comes across this thread as I did looking for an answer to this question:
The length of your Hotmail Password was the culprit for my login success. I had a 17 character password and kept getting "Authentication Failed..." I then tried shortening it to 10 characters and it worked like a charm.
I hope this is the solution to a problem many others have been reporting.
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HTC e mail IMAP/POP gingerbread

hi,
I have problems with syncing my pop3/imap mail accounts. It does not automatically sync every hour. I have to do it manually. Sometimes, after 4 hours or so, it might or might not automatically sync.been struggling with it to be honest.
it syncs normally for a few hours then somehow it blocks out and only works by manual syncing .
What I tried:
- Deleteing the accounts and new setup
- fresh installation of ARHD 5.1.7 (with EXT4 script)
of course I haved checked the auto update box. I do not have any problems with manual syncing.
Do you have any ideas on how to get this over with ?
Thank you.
P.S , when i go to settings>accounts&sync>mail account , i have 3 email accounts setup and the sync time is always something like from when i last manually syncd it , unlike with weather and facebook , last sync time changes according to your preferences, but with mail its not.

I think the HTC mail app is FUBAR'd. My problem is with IMAP using their app. When I send something from the phone it's not saved to my 'sent items' folder, and when I delete a message, it comes right back at the next synch.
Not sure if it's an HTC problem or an Android problem, but if they expect to be taken seriously, it really needs to be fixed. I mean, really... email isn't exactly a new technology anymore where it should be confusing to anyone with HTC's or Google's experience and resources.

some peeps at android forums reported this too :
"Did a update to Gingerbread yesterday. I have a few imap accounts synced up with my phone which has been working perfectly.
Since the update, the phone won't check for emails after my off peak times even though its set to check every hour in off peak times. During peak, it does its job fine. Just not off peak.
Gmail is fine also."
as for the imap sent items , i didnt notice that yet (may be cos mainly i read mails lots and dont check what i send)
but for this syncing imap issue , its really serious and i never had it before with froyo.
would appreciate any help.
thx

confirmed issue , gingerbread htc mail off peak does NOT autoupdate
i can confirm this issue after gingerbread update.
i just realized after testing that my issues been related mainly due to not updating in off peak period ! even though its set up to hourly auto updates during the off peaks. really weird.
anyway to get through that ? its very important cos we r loosing a basic functionality of our phones
thx for any help , appreciated.

Hi,
I found I had the same problem with the HTC email app when I upgraded to a Gingerbread ROM (LeeDrOiD).
I was able to resolve the issue by deleting all five of my email accounts then manually adding each account again (three IMAP gmail, two POP hotmail).
Everything has worked since then (although I don't like how the unread count now relates to since you last used the app rather than actual amount of unread messages).
Hope this helps.

Oh, and I'm in the process of contacting HTC as I'm eager to find out exactly how the stock email app schedules its mail retrievals from the server.
I set mine for once a day but would like to know if that time can be set for 8am daily so that I get them in the morning before work.
I'll be sure to update you with any information I find.

cementboy said:
Oh, and I'm in the process of contacting HTC as I'm eager to find out exactly how the stock email app schedules its mail retrievals from the server.
I set mine for once a day but would like to know if that time can be set for 8am daily so that I get them in the morning before work.
I'll be sure to update you with any information I find.
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cheers mate , would be great to hear HTC's feedback to u , keep us updated.
thx

jus to point out , i installed a froyo based rom , and everything was working , even the hotmail exchange sync (no deleted messege bug).
i started using k9 mail to avoid all those issues mentioned above , as i read that its the best 3rd party mail app.
but can someone show me how to set it to push with yahoo? normally it should push yahoo but for me it doesnt .
and for activesync hotmail, it doesnt connect at all , this is really frustrating , and i contacted HTC about this but they didnt reply !!!!

Bah. HTC gave me a generic reply explaining how to set up auto sync rather than giving any details about how it operates. Never mind.

pfff same here , their reply was nothing meant to be useful !!! generic stuff and not related to the issue! as if its a wifi or 3g connectivity issue , meh

same problem for me ..... after the update(gingerbread) ......

Need go setting ,receive , tick delete on service , and sync folder tick inbox and send, should fix it
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think we will only need an update from HTC for this to be fixed , seen alot of other users complaining to several HTC mail (gingerbread) issues.