Using GMail on the iPhone
If you’ve read my previous article on setting up GMail on the iPhone, you are now using GMail with Google Sync. However, you might not be aware that Google Sync handles your actions on the iPhone differently than might be expected. For instance, clicking the trash button doesn’t mean that the email is getting deleted. So take a few minutes and get acquainted with what’s really happening with your email. I have provided a couple of important tips below, as well as a link to the site explaining it all.
For a full list of what iPhone actions do on your GMail, check the Google Mobile help page. Here are some important ones that I wanted to highlight:
- Opening an email on the iPhone will mark it as read on the web
- Trashing an email on the iPhone will archive it on the web
- Moving an email to the Trash folder will move it to the Trash on the web as well
- Delete a message from the Trash folder to delete it permanently from the web
Protip: Note the section at the bottom of the Google Mobile help page that states that you cannot search for messages that have not been synced to your iPhone.
