Archived emails read on Android still showing up as unread

July 21, 2015 8:31 AM

This is a small issue but it's been bugging me. I use AOSP Email for Android (Motorola Moto X, Android 4.4.4). I like to go through and read and archive emails on my phone. But when I look through my archives on my desktop email program (Thunderbird), the messages I archived using my phone are there, but they are still marked as unread.

I've tried some other Android email programs, but I can't get any to work with my university email, which uses Exchange. I realize that my university email account may complicate things, but is there anything I can do to get it to recognize that the archived emails I have marked as read on my phone are read?

Thanks!

posted by mcmile to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

Best answer: The same thing happens if I use the gmail app on my phone and then check gmail on my computer. I just realised that it's because I have my settings set so that I have to manually sync my emails. So try syncing your emails on your phone and then check on your computer?
posted by kinddieserzeit at 9:00 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]

Best answer: If you haven't tried it, you might want to give Nine a shot. It works great with my Exchange email.
posted by Chrysostom at 11:13 AM on July 21, 2015

Response by poster: I double-checked to make sure that I had syncing enabled, then I tried turning off sync and then on again, but the problem stuck. I just tried Nine and it seems to work!

Thanks for the advice!
posted by mcmile at 3:11 PM on July 21, 2015