Hi Grant You are correct, I was not aware that they had ended ActiveSync support. For the benefit of others like me, here is the page about it http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2716936
You are also correct about IMAP Idle not working in iOS. Pity, looks like your only option for push email will be the official Gmail app. On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 6:54 AM, Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > Marko Vukovic wrote: >> I don't see why this will be a problem at all, I have added and >> deleted 'Exchange' Gmail accounts on several different devices. > As have I. But my understanding is that Google has fazed out Exchange > support. Existing connections will continue to work, but they're not > allowing you to connect up new devices (with the exception of Windows > Phone devices for now). > > Although the account will already be set up (i.e. in my backup) I > believe Google will know that I'm using a new phone and so will not > allow the connection to work. > > Am I understanding that incorrectly? > >> BTW, Gmail supports IMAP IDLE, this means that it will push email to your >> phone even if you set it up using the default way in iOS settings. > This works in Microsoft Outlook on my PC, but not on my iPhone. On my > iPhone, it does not give me the option to push the mail via IMAP Idle. > I sure wish it would, otherwise I wouldn't have to worry about > Exchange at all. I've Googled around and folks are saying that in fact > this configuration isn't currently supported on iOS. Have you gotten > it to work on your device? > > Grant > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
