N900 Email App Runs Gmail REALLY SLOW
 

I've set Gmail up in the default email client. It has this nasty tendency to lock up when checking email, selecting an individual email and replying to an email. Eventually the application responds but in a very annoying manner. Is there anything I can do on my end to fix this?

Re: N900 Email App Runs Gmail REALLY SLOW
 

Known bug when dealing with large email accounts. Fixed in next firmware. Trim down your mailbox to help the problem.

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Wow,
That's a serious issue. I live by my gmail and the fact that it is basically unusable is a serious issue for me and my n900. I had actually been considering a Droid because of this but I might hold off till that next formware release. Any idea when it might get released?

Re: N900 Email App Runs Gmail REALLY SLOW
 

Setup your gmail using Nokia messaging (email.nokia.com). Using this pushes email down to your N900 so you can turn off the pull 'send and receive' every x'mins saving you on battery life.

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I would i f I could. I just does not work :(

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I had the same issue and think I found a way to fix it. I had two accounts on the phone. One is a gmail account and the other is an Exchange account. I removed both accounts and added them back in. Now the e-mail is lightening fast. I hope that works for you as well.

Re: N900 Email App Runs Gmail REALLY SLOW
 

I had the same problem. It is a bug in modest that causes a list of notification ids to grow to epic proportions. Removing and adding accounts will resolve it, but if you don't mind editing a configuration file you can clear it up without the more drastic method.

Details are in Bug #11139.

Re: N900 Email App Runs Gmail REALLY SLOW
 

Thanks so much for posting the link to this bug report! Email on my N900 has been so slow that it is virtually unusable, and always one of the most disappointing aspects about this phone for me.

Following your bug report, I checked the gconf files, and sure enough there were over 500 of the li nodes in the file for one account and over 2000 for the other! I got rid of them, rebooted, and now Modest is lightning fast. It is really like having a new phone again. :)

Thanks again, I appreciate it.

Re: N900 Email App Runs Gmail REALLY SLOW
 

could you please write some kind of instruction on how to clear up those files ? I'm having the same problem and the only fix I know is recreating the email . thc

Re: N900 Email App Runs Gmail REALLY SLOW
 

Same problem here, significant slowing up and the waiting time ends up being ~ 1 min to just change screens in the email interface. I find myself usually trying to hunt a computer to send small emails. Any kind of instructions to make the interface faster would be helpful ...

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The gconf problem is fixed in the latest modest sources but that binary isn't available from Nokia (yet). It should come in PR 1.3

For the adventurous reading this thread, consider installing the modest version that MohammadAG has compiled and distributed in his thread.
This version has entirely fixed the gconf problem, and email is once again extremely fast.

Re: N900 Email App Runs Gmail REALLY SLOW
 

After installing the modded .deb from from Mo, it is fast now. thanks a ton!

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If you read the bug report rmerren linked to, it says how to do it, but there is a lot of extra info there.

First you need to have root access, I'll assume you already know how to do that.

Edit the file:
/var/lib/gconf/apps/modest/accounts/your_account/%gconf.xml

(where your_account is the actual name of your account, use tab completion if you don't know it)

In this file will be a bunch of lines like this:
<li type="int" value="160"/>

(along with other XML stuff)

You can delete those "li type" lines like i wrote above. Save the file and repeat for other accounts you have. Then reboot your phone. Hopefully then mail will be fast after that.

Re: N900 Email App Runs Gmail REALLY SLOW
 

Has anyone else had this problem? I am running PR1.3 but the problem persists.

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http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU
One of the updated packages in the CSSU repos is the modest email client. Read the wiki to see if u want to try the CSSU in the testing phase. Reports indicate that the updated client is faster.