Forwarding Yahoo Email on Android Phone?

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 01:56 PM

My boss has a Droid X and we were wondering what the easiest way would be for him to read his work emails (Yahoo Business account) on his phone. Is there an app similar to the Gmail one for Android that can alert him and such when he receives new emails?

Binge · Jan 20, 2011, 02:10 PM

you mean the stock e-mail program? Just program it for his yahoo account. It won't work if his account doesn't support POP clients.

JrRacinFan · Jan 20, 2011, 02:13 PM

http://www.appbrain.com/app/yahoo-ma...t.android.mail

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 02:13 PM

The program that came with it says Gmail, and when I go to add a new account it wants a Google account. I have the same phone as him and I don't see a generic email app installed.

Binge · Jan 20, 2011, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by OrbitzXT

The program that came with it says Gmail, and when I go to add a new account it wants a Google account. I have the same phone as him and I don't see a generic email app installed.

all programs->settings->accounts*->add account->e-mail account

the stock program for the droid X to use other e-mail accounts is called "e-mail" you'll find it in the app drawer.

*not sure if it's exactly called 'accounts' or 'accounts and sync'

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 02:17 PM

When I try the Yahoo app it says upon trying to login "Sorry, we only provide freemail data for bizmail accounts. Do you want to view freemail data?" Does that mean it doesn't support Yahoo business accounts like we use?

Binge · Jan 20, 2011, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OrbitzXT

When I try the Yahoo app it says upon trying to login "Sorry, we only provide freemail data for bizmail accounts. Do you want to view freemail data?" Does that mean it doesn't support Yahoo business accounts like we use?

Do not use the yahoo app. It's not by yahoo. You will have to know your e-mail account settings like POP/IMAP, port, incoming/outgoing server name and use the method I listed above.

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 02:21 PM

Do you happen to know how to do this on the original Droid as well? Another one of my bosses will likely want this and that's what he is using.

Binge · Jan 20, 2011, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrbitzXT

Do you happen to know how to do this on the original Droid as well? Another one of my bosses will likely want this and that's what he is using.

Same process. Both the original droid and droid X use the motoblur UI

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 02:27 PM

I got it up and running, thanks a lot. The bosses will be pleased.

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 02:41 PM

There's one small issue I can't seem to figure out. Within our email accounts we create a lot of folders to keep things organized. By accessing my email through the default program I can't seem to access those folders. When I click the Folders button all I see is Inbox and Trash. Is there anything I can do to get the other user created folders to appear?

JrRacinFan · Jan 20, 2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OrbitzXT

There's one small issue I can't seem to figure out. Within our email accounts we create a lot of folders to keep things organized. By accessing my email through the default program I can't seem to access those folders. When I click the Folders button all I see is Inbox and Trash. Is there anything I can do to get the other user created folders to appear?

Odds are those folders are saved/created locally and not available on your mail servers. That is also dependent on what mail client is being used.

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 02:51 PM

I thought the folders were saved on the mail server, because when I check my mail from home or other PCs the folders are still there. I used the info in step 1 of this page to setup my mail, should I not have done that?

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/sma...op/pop-33.html

JrRacinFan · Jan 20, 2011, 02:54 PM

Interesting. They should just "be there". Try creating a new folder from your droid's client and see if you can access it on your pc. From here out I will be honest, I am half lost.

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 03:02 PM

At the main screen the 5 options I have are "Refresh, Compose, Folders, Accounts, Account Settings". When I go to Folders, it just shows Inbox, Trash. The only options I have there are the same as before except now without Folders. Refresh, Compose, Accounts, Account Settings.

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 03:05 PM

I found this article that makes me think I'm screwed =p

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...8215550AAGWtSp

Quote:

POP does not download folders. All your messages would have downloaded into your Inbox. You can make new folders and sort them again.

You need the IMAP system to actually download folders. Yahoo does not support this at this time, though others including Gmail support both POP3 and IMAP.

Would my boss be better off maybe creating a new Gmail account dedicated to having the Yahoo business mail forwarded to it?

Edit: I tried forwarding the mail from Yahoo to Gmail. There's a couple problems with this method. The forwarded mail does not appear in the Yahoo mail account. I was hoping for it to be cloned in a way, so that it would appear in the Yahoo account and the Gmail account at the same time. Also, I was hoping there would be a way so that when responding to the forwarded email from the Gmail account, it could have the original Yahoo email address rather than the Gmail address.

Binge · Jan 20, 2011, 03:28 PM

Yeah the solution itself is not really pretty with the droid e-mail. The Gmail client is much nicer than using other mail solutions with those phones. It would be worse if your boss had an iPhone. Then he'd have to subscribe($) to a service to get folders and exchange e-mail like qualities.

digibucc · Jan 20, 2011, 03:31 PM

yeah afaik yahoo doesn't offer FREE pop 3 service, if any.

gmail is the way to go, without a doubt.

OrbitzXT · Jan 20, 2011, 03:48 PM

I'm wondering if something is possible...I'll try to explain as best I can. If I have the Yahoo Mail account forwarding to a Gmail account, is it possible to reply to the forwarded email but have the response come from the original Yahoo account that the email was forwarded from and not the Gmail account it was forwarded to?

The Yahoo email my boss uses has been around for a long time now and he doesn't want to send emails from an address no one knows.

digibucc · Jan 20, 2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by OrbitzXT

I'm wondering if something is possible...I'll try to explain as best I can. If I have the Yahoo Mail account forwarding to a Gmail account, is it possible to reply to the forwarded email but have the response come from the original Yahoo account that the email was forwarded from and not the Gmail account it was forwarded to?

The Yahoo email my boss uses has been around for a long time now and he doesn't want to send emails from an address no one knows.

yeah i know what you mean, and assumed that would be a problem.
anything is possible. this is unlikely. there is no way to just change settings and make that happen.

you could set yahoo forwarding to send the email to gmail, i assume, no problem.
gmail MIGHT allow "from" field spoofing, check out google labs if it is not in the regular options.

other than that, short of some complicated scripting i don't see it happening.

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OrbitzXT Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 1,734 (0.77/day) Thanks: 359 Thanked 61 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	When I try the Yahoo app it says upon trying to login "Sorry, we only provide freemail data for bizmail accounts. Do you want to view freemail data?" Does that mean it doesn't support Yahoo business accounts like we use?

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OrbitzXT Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 1,734 (0.77/day) Thanks: 359 Thanked 61 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	Do you happen to know how to do this on the original Droid as well? Another one of my bosses will likely want this and that's what he is using.

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OrbitzXT Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 1,734 (0.77/day) Thanks: 359 Thanked 61 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	I got it up and running, thanks a lot. The bosses will be pleased.

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OrbitzXT Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 1,734 (0.77/day) Thanks: 359 Thanked 61 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	There's one small issue I can't seem to figure out. Within our email accounts we create a lot of folders to keep things organized. By accessing my email through the default program I can't seem to access those folders. When I click the Folders button all I see is Inbox and Trash. Is there anything I can do to get the other user created folders to appear?

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OrbitzXT Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 1,734 (0.77/day) Thanks: 359 Thanked 61 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	I thought the folders were saved on the mail server, because when I check my mail from home or other PCs the folders are still there. I used the info in step 1 of this page to setup my mail, should I not have done that? http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/sma...op/pop-33.html

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OrbitzXT Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 1,734 (0.77/day) Thanks: 359 Thanked 61 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	At the main screen the 5 options I have are "Refresh, Compose, Folders, Accounts, Account Settings". When I go to Folders, it just shows Inbox, Trash. The only options I have there are the same as before except now without Folders. Refresh, Compose, Accounts, Account Settings.

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