Re: If I get memory card, will email be stored on it?

At 31 Mar 2008 18:58:56 +0000 Jonathan Kamens wrote:

How *doesn't* the freaking out manifest itself? :-)

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That's quite a list! :(

It seems like you have very little on the device other than mail! How much
storage do you have left under a normal mail load? I try to keep 5-6 MB
free, but I've been as low as 2MB without problems.

What device are you using, BTW- is there perhaps a (hopefully less buggy)
ROM upgrade available?


Oh, and don't even get me started about how completely broken
the notifications queue and alarm clock application are,
although that may be just general breakage that isn't related
to mail filling up my memory.


Yeah- I use Memmaid to clean up my queue. I need to run it every couple of
days.


The storage card still might help, however ; you could move some
documents
or reinstall some 3rd-party applications to the card, freeing up memory,
or
install a 3rd-party mail client that stores mail on the card.

The only third-party applications I've got installed are
SKTools and Google Maps. I doubt they take up a lot of
memory, so I doubt that moving them to a storage card would
make a difference.


Google Maps (and it's cache) ook up over 3MB on my device, but despite it
asking you where you'd like to install it (device or storage card), it
always installs to the device anyway. (One of the reasons I use Windows
Live Search instead.)

In my case, I use QMail in conjunction with the built-in messaging app-
QMail stores e-mail wherever you want, so I keep my entire IMAP folder
structure for multiple accounts on the storage card with QMail, and use
the
built-in messaging app for quick access to recent (last 5 days) mail.

I only keep three days of email on my phone, and I don't want
to have to use one application to access Outlook and another
to access my IMAP mailbox.


Understood. I (primarily) use Messaging for my IMAP e-mail's last 5 days.
I use QMail for NNTP (like right now!) and for "archival" access to the
full IMAP hierarchy- handy for checking a month-old e-mail, for example.

Thanks for the response. I'm afraid it does not inspire
confidence in me that I will be able to significantly improve
the situation...


Sadly, I agree- I think a ROM upgrade, if available, has a better chance of
fixing some of those issues, however.



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