Outlook 2007 Folders do not synch to iPhone w/ mobile me and two issues

Question

My gmail account set up and accessed by Outlook 2007, syncs all the folders to the iPhone via imap to Mobile Me. Great!
1.) Outlook also is used for my Verizon pop account and none of the folders synch via mobile me to the iPhone. Help! This is frustrating.
2.) While on the email topic, I frequently find that the iPhone shows that the mail is synched but it misses several messages. Today I got four messages to my iPhone mail and 60 in my Outlook Email.
3.) Every week or two, I get a message on the iPhone saying that it could not connect that the password or login (to the verizon mail host) is incorrect. I know the password is correct and in fact after a few hours or a day it works fine. I know that the Verizon email service is not down because I can check mail via my pc. What's up? Apple techs say check with Verizon, but I already know it's not Verizon or the settings.

Answer 1

My gmail account set up and accessed by Outlook 2007, syncs all the folders to the iPhone via imap to Mobile Me. Great!
Did you create your Gmail account with the iPhone's mail client using the Gmail account preset? If so, you are not accessing your Gmail account with or through MobileMe, and there is no reason to do so if you have a MobileMe account.
1.) Outlook also is used for my Verizon pop account and none of the folders synch via mobile me to the iPhone. Help! This is frustrating.
Are you accessing your Verizon email account as a separate account email account with the iPhone's mail client, or are you forwarding messages received by your Verizon account to your MobileMe account, or do you have your MobileMe account checking the incoming mail server for your Verizon account with all messages received by your Verizon account delivered to the Inbox mailbox for your MobileMe account?
Regardless, none of the locally stored mailboxes for your Verizon account with Outlook on your PC will be available with your MobileMe account with the iPhone's mail client. All server stored mailboxes for your MobileMe account with Outlook on your PC will be available with the iPhone's mail client.
2.) While on the email topic, I frequently find that the iPhone shows that the mail is synched but it misses several messages. Today I got four messages to my iPhone mail and 60 in my Outlook Email.
If this is with your Verizon account and you are accessing your Verizon account as a separate account with the iPhone's mail client, what is your setting for the account with Outlook for removing messages from the server when downloaded? With a POP account, new messages received at the incoming mail server for the account are downloaded by the email client used to access the account with a setting for the account to remove or not remove messages from the server when downloaded by the email client being used to access the account.
3.) Every week or two, I get a message on the iPhone saying that it could not connect that the password or login (to the verizon mail host) is incorrect. I know the password is correct and in fact after a few hours or a day it works fine. I know that the Verizon email service is not down because I can check mail via my pc. What's up? Apple techs say check with Verizon, but I already know it's not Verizon or the settings.
This means you have Outlook launched and running actively checking the incoming mail server for new messages for your Verizon account while the iPhone's mail client is doing the same for the account. This is a limitation with a POP account. You can't have two email clients checking the incoming mail server at or near the same time. When one email client is checking the incoming mail server for new messages and/or downloading new messages received at the incoming mail server when a 2nd email client checks the incoming mail server for new messages, the incoming mail server will temporarily lock preventing the 2nd email client from being able to access the incoming mail server and download any new messages.
Although it is possible to access a POP account with more than one email client, a POP account is designed to be accessed with a single email client only.
This is not a problem with an IMAP account - more than likely your Gmail account is being accessed as an IMAP account with Outlook on your PC and with the iPhone's mail client, and the same for your MobileMe account. With an IMAP account, more than one email client can access server stored mailboxes at the same time .
You will need to quit Outlook when accessing your Verizon account with the iPhone's mail client, or don't have Outlook automatically checking the incoming mail server for new messages.