As you may recall, I changed over from my Palm OS phone to a Droid OS 8/1/11.
Since then, I've made some changes with my email and had some difficulties.
I was told at the phone store that Droid could not run or support Microsoft Outlook. This was a BIG deal to me, as that is my favorite software for organizing my life. They told me I would need to switch from POP3 protocol to IMAP.
Now, there is not a large difference, and the challenges I encountered certainly could be unique to me, but to me, it was a huge difference. Why?
- All my nice neat POP3 folders and filters were gone.
- For whatever reason, my webmail put all my new mail only in the ALL MAIL folder, and ceased using the Inbox once I changed to the IMAP protocol on 8/1/11. This was a huge PITA for me (acronym for Pain In The A$$) as now I had to search ALL my mail inside outlook, including: sent, new, archived, you name it.
- With the new depth of mail I had to dig through, the most important items were NOT at the top as they had been in the POP3 protocol, leading to response delays.
- I finally acquiesced to a corporate email account, as that allows me to have an Exchange server for some mail; but the addition of a different email account/server (which had prior just been pointed/forwarded to my primary POP3 account) has also contributed to the confusion.
Yesterday, I changed it back, just to see what would happen....and voila, after a few snafus, it works just fine. So, the lesson here is: if you have an Exchange Server, you should be fine regardless of the email protocol; if you are currently using IMAP or POP3 and have a strong preference, research the heck out of it first (I thought I did); and, last, don't be afraid of change. It's not a very comfortable 2 months, but I figured out what works for me and will find other ways to implement the Outlook features I cannot live without.
Life is good!
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