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piblondin · 07-03-2009, 03:24 PM

I thought this would be a really simple issue to solve, but I can't seem to figure it out. I have two Gmail accounts and just signed up for a MobileMe account. I forward all my Gmail to my @me.com account and use smtp.gmail.com as my outgoing server for my @me.com address so I don't ever have to reveal my @me.com address. However, I still want the Gmail accounts on my iPhone so that I can use them to search my old emails on the server via IMAP and have them as options for sending email on the phone.

However, I don't want them wasting my battery life by checking email with any frequency (since all those emails will be pushed to my @me.com address anyway). So, I set my Gmail accounts to fetch mail manually on the phone. What I want is for those accounts to only fetch mail when I open the Mail application, go into one of the Gmail accounts and click on the refresh arrow in the lower-left corner. What I find happening is that they seem to check for mail whenever I open the Mail application at all. How do I make it so my Gmail accounts only check for mail when I really force them to and not just whenever I open Mail?

Thanks!

07-03-2009, 03:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
piblondin Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Forwarding email to @me.com but keeping other accounts for manual fetching? I thought this would be a really simple issue to solve, but I can't seem to figure it out. I have two Gmail accounts and just signed up for a MobileMe account. I forward all my Gmail to my @me.com account and use smtp.gmail.com as my outgoing server for my @me.com address so I don't ever have to reveal my @me.com address. However, I still want the Gmail accounts on my iPhone so that I can use them to search my old emails on the server via IMAP and have them as options for sending email on the phone. However, I don't want them wasting my battery life by checking email with any frequency (since all those emails will be pushed to my @me.com address anyway). So, I set my Gmail accounts to fetch mail manually on the phone. What I want is for those accounts to only fetch mail when I open the Mail application, go into one of the Gmail accounts and click on the refresh arrow in the lower-left corner. What I find happening is that they seem to check for mail whenever I open the Mail application at all. How do I make it so my Gmail accounts only check for mail when I really force them to and not just whenever I open Mail? Thanks!