Which Smartphones Fully Support Fastmail IMAP? - Page 2

sflorack · 23 Dec 2009, 12:54 PM

"Nearly impossible" was my way of saying "not a very efficient way when you own a domain with endless possibilities of email addresses". (Why didn't you know that?!)

This is why I need to use FM's web interface or Thunderbird/Postbox with Virtual Identity add-on. The iPhone supports multiple personalities through hacks too, but certainly not easily and certainly not on the fly..

sterdeus · 31 Dec 2009, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by sflorack

Blackberry (over BIS) definitely supports IMAP (although not "fully" as you asked) and IMAP IDLE. I've used Fastmail on my BB for a few years now. Some things worthy of mentioning:

- Establishing personalities (alternate FROM addresses) is nearly impossible.
- Blackberrys only sync one way (deleting emails on FM won't delete emails on BB).
- Poor HTML-email support (rendering is pretty horrible, at least on my 320x240 device).
- IMAP support is really only for INBOX. Can't move emails to other IMAP folders, can't view messages in other folders, etc.

Basically it's good for "keeping up" on emails, not so good for being a total email solution. (Even the iPhone is better IMO.)

With regards to your second point, I've also noticed that when deleting an email on my BB and selecting "Delete - On Mailbox & Handheld" it only deletes it from my handheld and not from the inbox on fastmail.

sterdeus · 1 Jan 2010, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sterdeus

With regards to your second point, I've also noticed that when deleting an email on my BB and selecting "Delete - On Mailbox & Handheld" it only deletes it from my handheld and not from the inbox on fastmail.

Let me retract that. It does appear to work. Possibly only before the message is marked read and/or I may have needed to reconcile the emails..

RickNY · 11 Jan 2010, 03:11 AM

Blackberry as others reported -- supports IDLE for Inbox..

The Palm Pre is supposed to support IDLE -- but it is currently broken as of the latest OS update (1.3.5). When it WAS working, it was working great.

jgoldberg · 11 Jan 2010, 11:04 AM

I've been happy with the Mail client on the iPhone for IMAP. As others have noted, it doesn't Push over IMAP, but I'm happy with not draining my battery that fast.

My biggest problem with it is that it doesn't know how to message/rfc822 attachments. It's not a show stopper for me, but it is a serious annoyance.

11 Jan 2010, 11:04 AM	#20
jgoldberg Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 88	Happy with iPhone, except ... I've been happy with the Mail client on the iPhone for IMAP. As others have noted, it doesn't Push over IMAP, but I'm happy with not draining my battery that fast. My biggest problem with it is that it doesn't know how to message/rfc822 attachments. It's not a show stopper for me, but it is a serious annoyance.

23 Dec 2009, 12:54 PM	#16
sflorack The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,937	"Nearly impossible" was my way of saying "not a very efficient way when you own a domain with endless possibilities of email addresses". (Why didn't you know that?!) This is why I need to use FM's web interface or Thunderbird/Postbox with Virtual Identity add-on. The iPhone supports multiple personalities through hacks too, but certainly not easily and certainly not on the fly..

11 Jan 2010, 03:11 AM	#19
RickNY Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 52	Blackberry as others reported -- supports IDLE for Inbox.. The Palm Pre is supposed to support IDLE -- but it is currently broken as of the latest OS update (1.3.5). When it WAS working, it was working great.