AquaMail Forum
English - Android => How do I... => Topic started by: mohitm on October 09, 2014, 12:53:00 am
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hello, you have a great app. however i need some clarification on a few of the settings.
1. system settings. what do you mean by sync even when background data is off ?
2. messages to sync - 25 messages. what does this mean ? will it only sync 25 messages ? or the first 25 messages in the inbox ? i don't understand what the number count refers to.
3. scheduled sync - a. custom check interval ? time reference point ?
4. account list - keep recent folder for (one week) - does this mean mails will be deleted after one week. will it delete mails from the server as well ?
5. will the app download all the e mails in my inbox or only a certain number of mails. i read some where it is set to 250 mails ? so if i have more then 250 mails, will the older mails get deleted when new mails come in, and will this be replicated on the sever ?
thank you for your time and sorry about the exhaustive number of questions.
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1 - Android's system settings app has a switch to turn off all background sync. Apps are supposed to always observe it (i.e. not sync anything in the background when this is off), but Aqua gives you flexibility.
I've had too many cases of "this app doesn't work" -- to discover that the setting, which defaults to "allow background sync" was turned off, presumably by the all-too-helpful sales people in Verizon stores...
2 - It's 25 most recent messages -- to keep up to date, every time the app checks mail.
Up to date means that the app would check that they still exist, remove any deleted ones, and update the existing ones to their current state (i.e. read / unread, starred state for IMAP).
3 - Custom check interval means something not in the selection list (which has 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, etc). So if you need to have the app check mail every 14 minutes -- not 15, not 10 -- then this is your setting.
Reference time point -- explained in the FAQ.
4 - It means that folders that you accessed "as needed" (as opposed to folders set to sync every time -- like the Inbox does) will be removed from the account list and the navigation drawer after one week.
5 - No, it does not download all messages.
It downloads and keeps up to date a limited number of messages per folder (2 is the default), and stores on the device, but does not always show, up to 250 (so you can scroll down a message list and see those older messages faster).
None of this (how much is kept up to date, or cached) delete anything from the server.