I'm self-employed and use a Windows laptop (Lenovo), iPad and Nexus 6.

I have two email addresses, one that I mostly use for personal emails (Yahoo) and one that I mostly use for work emails (Gmail). I also own a domain, but rarely use that email address, though I do have one.

I have two clients that white label my services and have given me email addresses on their domain. In both cases, they're using Outlook web clients, but they're different interfaces. One is Outlook Web Access on exghost.com, while the other is Office 365 on microsoftonline.com.

Regularly checking four email addresses is a headache, particularly since the two client email addresses log me out frequently and may not have any activity for days at a time. I currently have both set up to forward all incoming messages to my Gmail account, so I know when there's something that requires my attention. (I don't reply from Gmail, rather log in and reply from the proper email address.) Currently, I only access the two client email accounts from my laptop.

On my Nexus and iPad, I use the Gmail and Yahoo-specific mail apps, rather than the generic email app. But I feel as if I should consolidate, since I can't currently log in to read/reply to messages that come into my client account when I'm on my phone or iPad. (Technically I could go to the browser and log in that way, but it's a headache.)

Any suggestions for an Android app that will:
* Allow me to consolidate all four accounts into a single app
* Defaults to the proper email address when replying to messages
* Allows me to have separate signatures tied to each email address

As a big bonus, it would be a tremendous help if the app allowed all to be directly tied to my Google calendar. Currently if I accept a meeting invite on my client email addresses, it dumps the appointment into separate Outlook calendars that I never look at.

You should be able to utilize the Gmail app to consolidate things, including calendar sync. Perhaps the caveat is that they will be separated into four inboxes (but easy to nagivate between them, plus you see how many unread messages you have).

Maybe Google's Inbox app might provide better consolidation?

Another app you might consider for your Outlook accounts is Mobimail.

Immediately after posting this, Lifehacker published this: http://lifehacker.com/5812657/the-be...nt-for-android

The only thing I dislike about the Gmail app is that I can never figure out how to put things into folders. Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but only wants to assign tags to items. I like to file (and can from the web client).

Why not try the outlook app, works great with those MSFT accounts and all the other accounts. I use all the separate apps as well, but actually have the outlook app setup with all my accounts, including icloud (And calendars too) so I have literally everything in one place.

Gmail calls these labels rather than folders, but they seem to behave just like folders in other email systems. Here's how to move messages in the Android Gmail app:

1. Long tap to select a message
2. Tap to select any additional messages you want to move
3. Tap the three-dot menu dropdown at the top right
4. Tap "Move to"
5. Select the folder to which you want to move the selected message(s)

I can't find a way to add or update labels in the Gmail app. As far as I can tell, you have to do that from a browser.

OK, I'm giving this a try in Gmail. Got my Yahoo account added without a problem. Still fiddling around with the Outlook Web Access email account. Gmail wants to know the server. I've found four or five different ones in the email settings. Hoping that one will work.

Well, I've gotten one of the work emails migrated to Gmail. The other one -- which seems to use an Exchange server -- just isn't cooperating. I've found the About Account page, which lists a bunch of servers, but the app rejects each one as the wrong server. I have a message into my client, perhaps she can help me!

I am able to use an Exchange server with the Gmail app just fine. I am sure once you get the correct settings, it will sync right up.

You probably need to use the proxy as the server, and not the actual exchange server names.

I tried every server address listed in the "About" section of the Outlook Web Access settings/options page. I think it's a weird setup because there's not even an option for me to change the password, etc. (I was looking at the help guide side-by-side with the actual screen and it just wasn't there.) Fortunately the Office 365 account was easy to add to Gmail, so looks as if 75% of my email has been consolidated into a single app. Thanks for all of the help!

You may have to set up the Exchange account in the Accounts section of your Android settings.

The client sent me the router, which I swear is one I already tried, but on a plane now and don't feel like paying for phone access in addition to laptop access, so it will have to wait.

On Android, I use an email app called AquaMail. The free version handles only 2 accounts, while the paid version ($4.95) handles more. The interface is powerful and highly customizable, but very intuitive and easy to use. It's been rock-solid stable on all of my Android devices, and is probably the best Android mail app I've used. It handles POP, IMAP, Gmail, and Exchange accounts. I highly recommend this one!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...AquaMail&hl=en

I use a calendar app called aCalendar. I like the interface a lot better than the stock calendar apps on my Samsung and LG devices; it's smooth, sleek, and intuitive, and has daily, weekly, and monthly views accessible by simple swipe. It handles multiple calendar, or course, including Exchange and Google, and has a nice set of configuration options. I have only been using it for a few months, but so far, I really like it. The paid version is $4.95.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...calendar&hl=en

On my Windows PC I use Thunderbird as my email client. It natively handles POP, IMAP, and Gmail. I know it will handle Exchange accounts, but I believe it needs a plugin to do so. I never use it for my work email, which is my only Exchange account, only for my personal emails, which are all IMAP or Gmail. It was recently upgraded to include a calendar extension that accesses Google calendars and works very well, though again, I have not tried to connect it to an Exchange calendar so I don't know how well or poorly it might work. Still, it's worth downloading it and giving it a try on your laptop, it may fit the bill for you, and best of all, it's completely free.

Can't help you with the iPad, though. My only Apple device is an iPhone 3Gs, so I'm a little behind the times on that side of things.

Thanks for the terrific suggestions! I'm making progress at getting the fourth email account into the Gmail app on my phone and will probably stick with that solution assuming I can get it to work.

I'll download aCalendar right now because getting calendars integrated is a top priority.