Android Sync Doesn't Work Too Good

[Nick Edwards]

On 7/2/14, Asai <asai at globalchangemusic.org> wrote:
>> Am 01.07.2014 21:02, schrieb Asai:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I'm getting reports from a user who's reading and deleting mail on
>>> Thunderbird, but read flags and deletions don't show up in his Android
>>> phone.  He's using the native Android mail app with the newest Android
>>> OS.
>> in imap mode ?
> Yes
>>
>>> My question is, where do I start with troubleshooting this kind of
>>> issue?  Thanks for anyone's insight here. We're using Dovecot 2.2.13.
>>>
>> look at the verbose logs, and dont expect android app to be a good imap
>> client
>> ( i never tried it that kind ) , better use k9 Mail with imap on Android
>>
>>
>> https://code.google.com/p/k9mail/
>>
> Thanks, Robert.  This user did once use K9, but they like the native app
> better...  I suggested to them that they double check the syncing in K9
> rather than native.
>
native is OK for pop;3, but imap - hopeless., as bad as apple's native
mail app is with pop3 (not issuing QUIT) etc
+1 for k9   rufff :)