Apple Mail and iPhone (IMAP)
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- iamjustoneman
Hi all,
I am collecting my mail via IMAP on my iPhone, when I turn my computer on, the emails come through as read or deleted, as you would expect, however, they are not placed within their usual folders, they usually are with the rules i have set up. Should this be happening, if so, any way round it?
Thanks
- ribit0
Are you synching mail accounts (the settings, not the mail) in iTunes? (Info tab)
Haven't we gone through this already?
- iamjustoneman0
oops, it needs to be synced for the folders to update on itunes, thought with it being collected via IMAP, the mail would automatically go in folders
- mail does, but rules aren't synched thru IMAP I thinkribit
- iamjustoneman0
Ok, synced it via iTunes, also checked the settings within iTunes and on the iPhone, all seem to be correct. Just doesn't put the emails read on the iPhone in the folders on desktop when syncing.
- ribit0
don't follow.. (what has reading a mail got to do with its folder location?)
Are you saying mail you move on the iPhone doesn't move to corresponding folders on desktop? What about vice-versa? What mail provider? Have you tried using the Webmail to see the state there?
- iamjustoneman0
I have it set up as follows:
Pete sends me an email, I collect in Apple Mail via a Folder that I have setup with a rule attached to it:
Any mail from Pete, send it to the Pete folder... good times.
The next day, I am out of town, I collect my mail from Pete via my iPhone, no problems there.
I get home, the mail I collected on the road is not automatically place in the Pete folder, which I believe it should. The only way I can find it is to do a search for Pete's email address... this becomes a nightmare when you have been checking several emails over several days on the iPhone.
Does this make sense to anyone? IMAP does a great job of centralising mail, so if you read it on the iPhone, it as classed as read on the desktop, but for some reason, my rules aren't kicking in when I get back to the office.