[solved] Sync thunderbird and GMail

I have thunderbird setup to retrieve messages from my Gmail account. This may seem like a simple problem: when I read an e-mail in thunderbird, then log onto gmail.com, it does not show up as read, but it will show up as read when I go back into thunderbird. I cannot see a way to fix this, any suggestions?
Last edited by ConnorBehan (2007-09-09 19:59:12)

ConnorBehan wrote:I have thunderbird setup to retrieve messages from my Gmail account. This may seem like a simple problem: when I read an e-mail in thunderbird, then log onto gmail.com, it does not show up as read, but it will show up as read when I go back into thunderbird. I cannot see a way to fix this, any suggestions?
You need to login to webmail, go to settings,Forwarding and Pop and modify:
2. When messages are accessed with POP - Arhive Gmail's Copy

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Why would a company like Apple force you to sync with software made by themselves or their largest competitor? My reason for the question is why can't I sync with Thunderbird! Many people are moving away from Microsoft products so why not support open source mail programs?

awsnap,
I feel your pain!
I'm a Thunderbird user, and have never liked Microsoft Exchange. Like you, I'm looking for a way to sync Thunderbird contacts with my iPod Touch (iPhone).
I'm totally surprised that Apple offers a way to sync with a Microsoft product (their biggest competitor) but offers no way to sync with open-source Thunderbird (a potential ally)!
Another curious question: how come no one has developed an app that allows us to sync Thunderbird and iPhone/iPod Touch? It seems like a perfect opportunity. I even have a working title for this app: Thunder Sync!
I've already posted about this, so maybe you and I can make a little more noise and get it to happen!
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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8340508#8340508
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My objective was to
1) get my contacts into the phone from this account, as I had on my old windows mobile device
2) set up my gmail account on my new nokia e72
1) getting contacts from gmail into the phone.
Go here:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=147951
and carefully do whatever is instructed.
*This works for calendar also (I assume you will want your google calendar to come into the phone, and sync thereafter. But all-day entries on google become 24 hour entries, modified by your timezone (eg xyz birthday, 15 mar 2010 5.00 am to 16 mar 2010 5.00 am). Otherwise the calendars seem to sync ok therafter (didn't spend much time there).
*This does not work for tasks. (read the google sync instructions carefully for nokia. but not for tasks, or for email bodies (though email headers sync, and you can probably create and send, and delete etc your email on the phone)
*This does not work email either, ie you can see the message headers, but can't see the bodies of emails on the phone.
The explanation for this I found after much digging is that Mail for Exchange on Nokia is actually meant for Microsoft ActiveSync servers, and Google is providing limited sync facilities using this ....system. (correct me if I'm wrong). See the datasheets on Nokia Europe websites about Mail for Exchange.
Over all, a pity, but you can't blame Nokia. As for Google (in whose hands further improvement lies for MFE playing nice with google mail), I hope, and believe they will make things better here (unless they lose their interest in it like they did with google gears).
2)Now getting your email from gmail into your nokia E72: Here Nokia is at fault, and a serious deficiency. I went to email setup in the menu's and started the wizard to create a new account. It seemed to have preconfigured setups for common email providers like gmail, yahoo etc. I started the gmail set up wizard, keyed in my username and password, then waited 5 seconds, and the screen went back to the previous one. This kept repeating, every time I tried. Tried everything: checked internet connectivity (wifi), closed all other apps including the MFE I had set up earlier, switched off and on the phone, everything short of standing on my head. So what works? How do you set up a personal gmail account on your nokia e72? go here:
http://www.techniqx.com/2010/02/workaround-for-configuring-gmail.html
(I paste that text here in case that page is removed:
"The email software in Nokia E72 still has lots of bugs. To configure your Gmail account, it’s not as easy as selecting Gmail and entering the credentials. That simply won’t work as there is a bug. Instead, workaround is to select “Other” and enter a false id like [email protected], this will take you to the next page to select the type. Select “POP/IMAP”. Now, you will get an option to enter your credentials and modify advanced settings. Here change your email id back to [email protected] and enter the credentials as mentioned here> (the gmail site for imap manual setup):
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78799
And you have gmail set up. Quite inelegant process of setting up gmail on this nokia phone, I would say.
Nokia, please iron out the bugs and inconsistencies in your flagship models' primary functions. Otherwise the phone functions very well, the interface is nice and attractive. And while the bugs are still there, please put up the limitations and the workarounds if any prominently. Nobody expects 100 % perfection.

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Mail
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