K9 Mail client

[kunzy]

Ok found a thread a few days back that was listing top five apps for this and that... had a problem with the email client that came with the DX wasn't letting me send email (even after talking with my IProvider about my settings) so I tried K9. Two questions..1. how do i stop the email client that came with the phone from recieving emails 2. when i had an email with K9 that had an attachment K9 wouldn't show it, came up with the error "Unable to find viewer for application/octet-stream" the email that came with phone is able to read it. thanks in advance for any responses

 

[Abe21599]

go into the stock email one and click settings and turn off the notifications.

not sure about that second one. what kind of file is it?

 

[kunzy]

its a DOCX extension.. was done in msword on a older computer and my wife attached it in a homepc email and i was able to view it through the phone email client but not K9

 

[Abe21599]

idk lemme see if i can open a .docx file


lol was it my thread for the top apps?

 

[kunzy]

LOL....Yeah i think it was.. EXCELLENT THREAD

 

[Abe21599]

hope you contributed to it lol

 

[kunzy]

not sure if i did...

 

[tourplayer]

I can open up docx attachments through k9 and xlsx spreadsheets as long as they aren't pw protected.

FWIW, K9 had a recent update in the market. I'm pretty sure I could do this before the update but I'm not 100%.

 

[BayouFlyFisher]

I can open up docx attachments through k9 and xlsx spreadsheets as long as they aren't pw protected.

FWIW, K9 had a recent update in the market. I'm pretty sure I could do this before the update but I'm not 100%.

The version that is in the market right now is the most current version. The devs however are not very good about keeping the market up-to-date. I just went to their website and checked and there were twenty updates between the two most recent market versions. So if you are going to use K-9 go to their website and update frequently: Downloads - k9mail - Project Hosting on Google Code

You've gotten a good answer to your first question: just go into settings on the native email app and set polling to "never". On the other issue, when I use K-9 I too can open docx documents. I do use Documents to Go and I know others use Gdocs. You may want to go here and check out some additional info: Wiki Pages - k9mail - Project Hosting on Google Code

Good luck.

 

[kunzy]

thanks i'm gonna check that out and see what i can find