Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

I think it is the luck of the draw with the email client problems.

Mine actually works very well and loads very quickly. 2-3 seconds tops.
It is very odd that so many people seem to be having problems, I feel very lucky.

Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

This is the most frustrating aspect of my new N900. It's a bit embarassing to have to tell people "oh, I can't look that up for you now, I'll have to wait until I get home".

Anyways - I don't think there's much I can do unfortunately, I'm not skilled at all in coding, I've voted on the brainstorm and I'm standing by waiting for something to be announced!
http://maemo.org/community/brainstor..._email_client/

If there is anything else that someone in my position can try, please let me know! (ps tried claws, that was no good for me)

Get voting on the brainstorm people and try and get it noticed!

EDIT:
OK - there is something I can do, I can add a new solution to that brainstorm!

I've added
http://maemo.org/community/brainstor...side_2_seconds

Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

Setting up my email accounts in the N900 Mail Client has been very frustrating. I have a simple Prepaid-telephone only SIM card, so I use my home (or free WiFi outside) WiFi for Skype & internet (which works great!).

I have tried to set up my Gmail, my Ovi.com and my Yahoo accounts. At the moment they all seem to work partly. For the Yahoo account I first changed to Yahoo! Asia to make it work on IMAP/POP (as mentioned in an other thread). Now I am in fact able to receive my mail on all 3 accounts, and in fact the N900 Yahoo account receives mail much faster (a few minutes!) than my regular laptop.

However, I am not able to send any mail from my Gmail or Yahoo, and get the message "Unable to connect to SMTP server smtp.mail.yahoo.com". :confused:
What do I do wrong? Why can I send mail with Ovi and not with Yahoo or Gmail??

Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...9&goto=newpost

I would like to add those points to the brainstorm.

Thanks in advance,

Jelle

Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

folks, i`m planning on getting my n900 on tuesday, to avoid stress and time i would be happy if the following very simple questions could be answered: :)

1. i take it that the email refresh can be set to 20min, 30 min etc., is there an option to get a refresh as soon as a new mail arrives?

2. when the client refreshes, is there a notification of new received emails?

3. are there any other downloadable email-clients that resolve these problems?

4. what changes will the new firmware/update bring?

thanks in advance!!

Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

This is essentially "push" email. Apparently yes, with Nokia Messaging, but not with any accounts directly.

Yes, only if they arrive in the inbox.

Which problems specifically? There are many shortcomings of the in-built client, and nothing solves them all. Claws-mail addresses many but introduces its own shortcomings.

Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

Does anyone know how we can possible get in touch with the people that are working on this project. I'm exasperated - 4 times today I needed to search my emails as I was out of the house, and it was frustrating not being able to.

Is there any way to release just a patch for the email client... on Tuesday!?!

Even if pee are one two isn't quite ready, surely we can all get involved and get the email client improvements over the line.

Anyone at all that knows anything about the relevant software development know if that is possible? I'll help.

Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

Seems that it would be unlikely that you'd get a fix in the timeframe you want in this way.

The dev page is here: http://modest.garage.maemo.org/ - click development and follow instructions.

Perhaps you could hire a dev to do what you need and have a custom version.

Did you try claws?

Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

I don`t know what everybody is talking about....I think the email client is excellent.It notifies you when you get emails, and you can have it send and receive every 5 minutes....what else do you need?

Re: How bad is the mail client...
 

I think that question would be best answered by simply reading the bugs, brainstorms and existing threads that document the many shortcomings people have identified with the email client.

Remember people have different requirements.