I've just tried changing "Push Folders" from "All" to "First Class", and that seems to have fixed the problem! That's very counter-intuitive to say the least. Do you have any idea why that would have fixed it? I don't really understand what the setting means.
Anyway, it's a relief that I've found the fix to the problem. Dave On Thursday, 28 July 2016 14:39:28 UTC+1, Dave Rado wrote: > > Hi Philip > > Is there a workaround? I've already tried turning off "App optimisation" > under Settings/Battery, but that made no difference. > > Dave > > > On Thursday, 28 July 2016 13:10:15 UTC+1, Philip Whitehouse wrote: >> >> K9's Internet connection gets killed by Android's power management on >> newer versions of the OS stopping push email. Built in apps often evade >> this restriction. >> >> On July 28, 2016 12:01:37 AM GMT+01:00, 'Dave Rado' via K-9 Mail < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >K-9 Mail used to automatically get new mails the moment they arrived on >> >my >> >mail server - so for instance, if I sent myself a test email, it >> >appeared >> >in my K9 Mail inbox a second or so after I sent it, without any need to >> > >> >manually refresh my inbox. Now, new mails don't appear in my inbox at >> >all >> >until I manually refresh my inbox - although they does appear in the >> >built-in email client automatically. >> > >> >I'm currently therefore having to use the built-in email client simply >> >to >> >notify me when new emails arrive, which I then read in K-9 Mail, >> >because I >> >much prefer K-9 Mail's interface. But this is far from ideal. >> > >> >Is there some setting that I need to change to get K-9 Mail to >> >automatically get new emails as it used to? I've looked at all my >> >settings >> >and can't see any that are obviously the culprit. >> > >> >I'm using a brand new Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) - but I had the same >> >problem >> >with my last phone, which was a Galaxy S2. I think the problem started >> >a >> >couple of months ago. I have K-9 Mail version 5.010. >> > >> >Dave >> > >> >-- >> >-- >> >You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail >> >Users List. >> >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> >To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit >> >http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list >> >For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail >> > >> >--- >> >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >> >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> >an email to [email protected]. >> >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Philip Whitehouse >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
