eMail apps, which do you recommend

[icebike]

I just switched from gmail and yahoo mail to the stock email app for my 3 gmail and 1 yahoo acct. At least now I have ability to adjust polling frequency or turn off sync altogether and just pull as needed. I also turned off email sync on gmail but left sync on for everything else. I am testing if this works and if it saves some battery life. It is kinda silly that google doesnt offer ability to adjust poll frequency for mail, contacts, chrome, drive, photos, etc.. Not clear how often they try to synch but the most data I do get is e-mail. Still, not clear if this will have any affect. Also, not 100% clear if I can simply turn off synch on all the other google apps and pull as needed as I see no synch button on Contats for instance so not clear how or if they would synch if I unchecked the sync. Anyone have any color on that??

Once you understand how push mail work you will realize that you've made a mistake using polling to check for email instead of sync.

With sync, the Gmail app NEVER polls. It just receives a packet over the net that tells it there is mail. Exactly the same method is used to sync calendar and contacts.

You save nothing turning Gmail sync off, and it actually takes more battery to wake your phone and do a manual mail check.

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[bobkornz]

this is good to know.. I am more than happy to stickw google mail as i find it serves its purpose. I was under the (false) impression that this would save some battery, but your comments make sense. Thx

 

[nvnight]

As "baai" mentioned previously, I'm experiencing the same problem with the native Samsung email app on my SIII. Most email has missing text when tapped from the "Inbox". If you "Forward" the email, then everything appears properly in the forwarded email, but this is very annoying and should be unnecessary. I called Samsung and they didn't resolve the issue. Any ideas on how to fix it ??? (short of using a different app)
This seems like a simple issue that should be addressed by the developer. My previous WebOS phone had no problems with this - same email provider.