So I've been pretty disappointed in Spry, and I've been trying to figure out a way to replace them. I am quite happy to report that, not only have I been able to replace the mail server (exim, if you must know) but I've improved things considerably by switching to GMail's IMAP provider. It's easy to setup (and see a video, too) and it gives you these important features:
- Folders! I can finally see my tags on my iphone!
- Drafts! This is really just a happy side-effect of the folder thing, but it's important enough to mention on its own
- Spam! This is also just a folder thing, but I can now mark things as spam on the phone rather than just delete them.
- Synchronized "this has been read" state! Sync spam state! Sync responses without cc'ing myself!!!
- Vastly improved security with SSL. I was setup with unencrypted POP before, which was a really bad idea on a device like the iPhone which is bound to connect promiscuously to all sorts of shady networks, including unsecured WiFi hotspots.
- Unified email. josh.at.joshrehman.com was set to forward to javajosh.at.gmail.com, so messages sent directly to javajosh would not get picked up by the phone.
- Speed. I know it's crazy but somehow Google is able to serve mail MUCH faster than my custom exim installation.
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