Use two Gmail accounts to manage iPhone email

Mar 27, '08 07:30:02AM

Contributed by: blafusel

I am an avid Google Mail user, and recently purchased an iPhone (how couldn't I, after seeing the SDK demo). I configured the iPhone Mail app to use my Google Map IMAP account. Works like a charm, but, a lot of times I want to send reminders home from the iPhone. Obviously I'd see those mail on the iPhone as well. Too much information. So here is what I did:

  1. Set up a new Google Mail account -- username.iphone@gmail.com.
  2. In my main Google Mail account (username@gmail.com), I set up a filter like so ... in the 'Doesn't have:' field, I listed subject: -iphone, OR, from: -username@gmail.com. On the next page, enable Forward it to: username.iphone@gmail.com.
  3. On the iPhone, I created a new Mail account, but used the username.iphone@gmail.com as my main account. (I can still access the other gmail accounts through Google Mobile, just in case.)
  4. On the iPhone, I changed the outgoing SMTP server to username@google.com. That way, mail I send from my iPhone look as if they come from my main mail account.
Using this setup, the following mail will arrive on the iPhone: For me, this is pretty much perfect, as it keeps my iPhone mail account pretty clean without losing out on important mails. Of course, adding more OR entries to the filter will allow for even finer control on what to let through to the iPhone.

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