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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Android 11: App polling interval is not 15 minutes minimum?
Date: 12 Mar 2024 09:16:10 GMT
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VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
> Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
[...]
> >   From this (your OP) and following posts, it seems your main concern is
> > your e-mails with '2FA' (read: 2SV) codes ending up in your (IMAP) Spam
> > folder without you being notified.
> > 
> >   Can't you just manually 'poll' your Spam folder after you've entered
> > your login credentials at the website? Or doesn't the Android mail
> > client you're using have such a manual-poll facility?
[Fast forward:]
> >   FWIW, I hardly use e-mail on my phone, but I have the BlueMail and
> > K-9 Mail apps and both can manually poll my Spam folder.
[Rewind:]
> 
> The only time I use the webmail client is to define server-side rules,
> not for checking for e-mails.
> 
> My Android e-mail client (MS Outlook) uses IMAP PUSH.  If it also polls,
> it doesn't let me specify the interval.  I don't see it offers a manual
> poll option.  I don't use the Gmail app; however, it makes you select
> between IMAP PUSH, or a poll interval, not both.  I didn't see a manual
> poll instigate in the Gmail app.

  Not an ideal solution, but as you're using IMAP, you could use
BlueMail or K-9 Mail as an *extra* mail client and do the manual poll
with that. After all, it's just a fallback in case you don't see/get the
email with the 2SV code in your Inbox.

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