IPhone E-Mail Solution: Switch to Gmail

In previous posts, I explained the problems I've had sending/receiving e-mail on my iPhone 3G via my AT&T Yahoo e-mail account.

I've finally found a permanent solution. I switched to Gmail.

I'd been considering transitioning to Gmail anyway. The reason: I like the idea of having all my messages available from any computer, rather than locked up in an Outlook file on one computer. You can have your e-mail from AT&T Yahoo or whomever automatically forwarded to Gmail. Or you can have Gmail go and fetch the e-mail from your other accounts. Another benefit: You can tell Gmail to leave copies of any e-mail it fetches on the original server. This means you're automatically creating a backup of every message received. One remains on your ISP's server; another is in your Gmail.

Also, you can send e-mail from Gmail using any of your other e-mail addresses. For example, in Gmail I can send someone an e-mail and the message will appear to have come from my AT&T Yahoo e-mail address. In other words: You can switch to Gmail and the move will be completely transparent to everyone with whom you exchange e-mail. They don't have to update your contact information in their address books.

Anyhow, I've had zero problems sending and receiving Gmail on my iPhone 3G. So if you're still having problems, consider routing your e-mail through Gmail.