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bigsam
08-29-2009, 03:39 AM
hi guys,

can someone help me please, im have an issue with my POP email account on my iphone 3G, it keeps retrieving emails while push and fetch are off / manual.....i kill the process....but after a while....the mail application starts again......thanks.
iphonewarrior
08-29-2009, 03:47 AM
Launching Safari will retrieve mail as well.
bigsam
08-29-2009, 03:52 AM
and the solution?:)
iphonewarrior
08-29-2009, 03:56 AM
delete all your email account and use Safari online you view your email.
bigsam
08-29-2009, 04:40 AM
ur kidding right? :) what the point of the mail app then? lol im sure there is a solution or at least some sort of fix for it....
iphonewarrior
08-29-2009, 05:45 AM
I'm pretty sure there is no other way. When you load the internet or any form of connection your mail app downloads whatever is available from the server.

I'll do a bit of googling and i'll see if there is another way.

One question, why do you want it disabled, I thought the idea of the mail app was to retrieve your emails for you, without the hassle of having to go onto the internet then into your mail service provider to view your inbox.... I'm confused.
bigsam
08-29-2009, 06:26 AM
no issues there....i just want to be able to control when to download....the data plans we have are so expensive and i dont want mail to start downloading without knowing when.....
bigsam
08-29-2009, 06:27 AM
specially when my emails contain attachments....
iphonewarrior
08-29-2009, 06:42 AM
you have to manually download the attachment anyway. The email appears in your inbox and you have to physically tap an icon to download e.g a Picture etc..

Can't you get an unlimited internet package attached to your plan?

I'm stumped with trying to stop it, try giving apple a call.
rarity
08-29-2009, 02:18 PM
Make sure in advanced settings it's set to manual.
iphonewarrior
08-29-2009, 02:19 PM
Make sure in advanced settings it's set to manual.

Doesn't make a difference. When you launch Safari, your email app will download as well.
garykirsten63
08-30-2009, 11:15 AM
launch Safari and then be ware of the advanced settings. make sure it is in manual mode. I would also suggest this. Hope this will work for you. Go fix it.