Notification methods: push, fetch and manual

The rest of this site is about stopping your phone from delaying mail. This page is the other half: what BlueMail itself is set to do. An account set to fetch every 30 minutes will look broken no matter how many battery settings you clear.

Choose a method per account

Settings → Notifications → select the account → Push or Fetch.

• Instant Push — notifications as mail arrives.
• Direct Push — instant, through a direct connection to your provider.
• Frequent Fetch — checks periodically. You choose the interval.
• No Push — no notifications, but mail updates when you open the app.
• Manual — nothing until you refresh the list yourself.

It is set per account, so a work address can push while a newsletter address fetches once an hour.

What else is on that screen

The same per-account screen carries the notification settings people go hunting for elsewhere:

• Enable Notifications — the account’s master switch.
• Incoming Sound, Vibration and its pattern.
• Private Notifications — how much of the message shows on the lock screen.
• Encrypt Notifications.
• A Turn OFF Battery Optimization warning, if Android’s battery manager is interfering — with a link straight to the right settings screen.

One thing to know

Only mail arriving in the Inbox raises a notification. A message a server-side rule files into another folder will sync, but it will not notify.

If notifications are set correctly here and mail is still late, the problem is on the phone rather than in the app — start with the guide for your phone.