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WM6.1 and Auto Email Config

I have installed the ShadoW_2.0 TE ROM, and went to set up my Gmail email via IMAP. However, Windows 6.1 doesn't seem to want to allow me to set this account up manually, just via automatic config. Unfortunately, the auto config for Gmail sets the account up as POP3, not IMAP...
Am I missing some secret switch here to tell WM6.1 Messaging not to use auto-config settings? The onboard Help file says that you can turn off auto-config, but I can't seem to find that setting...?

from the gmail setting page......
To configure IMAP for your Windows Mobile 6 device, just follow these steps:
1. Enable IMAP in your Gmail account settings.
2. Open the Start menu and select Programs > Messaging > New E-mail Account.
3. Enter your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') in the E-mail Address field.
4. Uncheck the box to get settings automatically from the Internet and select Next.
5. Select Internet e-mail as your email provider in the drop-down menu.
6. Enter your name as you want it to appear in sent emails.
7. Enter a descriptive name for the email account and select Next.
8. Enter 'imap.gmail.com' in the Incoming Mail Server field.
9. Select IMAP4 as the Account type from the drop-down menu and select Next.
10. Enter your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') and password.
11. Select Next.
12. Enter 'smtp.gmail.com' in the Outgoing (SMTP) Mail Server field.
13. Make sure that the Outgoing server requires authentication box is checked.
14. Select the Advanced Server Settings link.
15. Make sure that the Require SSL box is checked for both incoming and outgoing emails.
16. Select The Internet as the network connection from the drop-down menu.
17. Select Done and then Next.
18. Select how often you want your phone to send/receive emails from the drop-down menu.
19. For more download options, select the Review all download settings link.
20. Select Finish.

Thanks, but...
You're right, and quite quick. However, on the ROM that I'm running (don't know if this is a WM6.1 or ROM-specific issue), I don't have the checkbox for step 4.
4. Uncheck the box to get settings automatically from the Internet and select Next.
Help?

I found a workaround, albeit a bit sloppy. If you provide a non .com ending it will ask you if you want to check for settings (ie [email protected]). You then have to go back and change the settings when the account is setup.
Like I said, sloppy.

I am running Shadow 2.0 and using Gmail with no problems...maybe you need a hard reset!

uiskibum said:
I found a workaround, albeit a bit sloppy. If you provide a non .com ending it will ask you if you want to check for settings (ie [email protected]). You then have to go back and change the settings when the account is setup.
Like I said, sloppy.
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Sloppy, yes, but it worked. Once I put in the different TLD at the end, I did see the option to auto-config or not. When I got past that, the rest of the Gmail IMAP config worked fine. Thanks for the help!

noahv said:
Unfortunately, the auto config for Gmail sets the account up as POP3, not IMAP...
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I am sorry, probably this is not the right place for this post, but i was curious about this thread. I always access my gmail through pop3, so what are the main differences and advantages of choosing IMAP?
Thanks in advance

Removing Outlook Email Account

Hello all, tried to find out how but I could not get my Outlook account that is sync'd through gmail off my phone b/c I would like to try that Seven app. Does anyone know how I can remove it? Thanks

If it's setup through Activesync open it from the start menu and go to Menu --> Options and deselect E-mail.

profahmad said:
If it's setup through Activesync open it from the start menu and go to Menu --> Options and deselect E-mail.
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I think you have to delete it, not deselect it.
In ActiveSync's options, highlight the account you want to remove and hit the delete button near the bottom.

SecretAgentMan said:
I think you have to delete it, not deselect it.
In ActiveSync's options, highlight the account you want to remove and hit the delete button near the bottom.
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Aah, yep, that would delete the whole account (just saw the option, wasn't aware of it before) and deselecting would remove the e-mail messages but maintain the sync/setup.

Perfect, thanks a lot guys!

Leave Email On Server

How do I set up my email so that it leaves a copy on the server so when I get to my laptop the message can be downloaded? I do my email on my laptop but need to be able to receive / send email from my HTC as well. Thanks!

By using POP account setup. I have POP on my TP2 and on my home computer... On my home computer I have set on the account settings that when I remove the email in my Outlook it will remove it from the server...

Loco5150 said:
By using POP account setup. I have POP on my TP2 and on my home computer... On my home computer I have set on the account settings that when I remove the email in my Outlook it will remove it from the server...
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So ... what is the setting on your TP2 that specifies, "do not remove from server"?

There is a setting on the edvanced settings menu when you setup the account, or go to edit the account settings.

There is a setting on the advanced settings menu when you setup the account, or go to edit the account settings.

use imap instead of pop. pop downloads messages and wont mark them as read on the server or delete them after a month or whenever you set it, and some pop clients delete the email from the server after its pulled. imap is much more advanced and if you can get imap-idle you get push email support.

Leave Email on Server, and other Advanced Settings
I have been frustrated with this issue also. I use my phone for POP email when I am away from my computer. It is almost always business, and I need to keep records of communications in one place. Using Outlook, I archive all old emails to a network server. Since installing my current ROM, I have been unable to find access to the email size, signature and delete handling options. As a result, emails that I delete from the phone also get deleted from the server before I download them to my PC. This is a big problem since I sometimes delete messages from my phone without taking action - planning to deal with them the next day from the office. Dealing with multiple email accounts and up to 50 messages per day makes the phone very cluttered unless I regularly clear them out.
I just discovered the "back door" into the old WinMo style advanced email settings using a tip from another thread regarding email signatures.
I am using the Energy ROM (08-Sep-10, which I love). Here is how to get to the advanced email settings:
1) From any email Inbox (not the Sense screen) tap Menu/Tools/Options to get to the Messaging settings page.
2) Tap an email account on the list.
3) Tap "Send/Receive Schedule".
4) Tap "Advanced Settings" at the bottom of the screen.
5) Choose your option under "When deleting messages:"
Other advanced options are also available this way, including email signatures for each account, as well as download size and scheduling.
I'm happy again!
Tim

Thank you for resurrecting this 9 month old thread.

I too thank you for posting this. I needed to change this on one of my accounts but had forgotten where the change needed to be made. You saved me lots of time searching.
Again, thanks much for the direction.

Choose E-mail account to send photo

1) Take picture
2) Go to sharing screen
3) Choose e-mail photo
4) New e-mail opens up with photo attached, showing default e-mail account
5) No way to change to a different account?
Am I missing something? This is like the simplest thing. I have never seen a phone not give you the option to change which e-mail account you're sending from.

For GMail? When I click share, it takes me to the compose page in GMail, and if I tap the email account, it gives me the drop-down to select other GMail accounts.
If you mean the stock "EMail" app, I only have 1 account there, can't check.

martonikaj said:
For GMail? When I click share, it takes me to the compose page in GMail, and if I tap the email account, it gives me the drop-down to select other GMail accounts.
If you mean the stock "EMail" app, I only have 1 account there, can't check.
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No, the e-mail client. You never get an option to change the account after you choose e-mail. It just creates a new mail using your default account and there's no way to change it.

greyhulk said:
No, the e-mail client. You never get an option to change the account after you choose e-mail. It just creates a new mail using your default account and there's no way to change it.
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Weird. Guess you'll have to just have to go to the EMail app first, and attach from there.

martonikaj said:
Weird. Guess you'll have to just have to go to the EMail app first, and attach from there.
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Yeah, well I obviously already know that works. It's a disappointing oversight. I have never had a phone that wouldn't let me pick the e-mail account I was sending from and I have had a lot of android phones.

greyhulk said:
Yeah, well I obviously already know that works. It's a disappointing oversight. I have never had a phone that wouldn't let me pick the e-mail account I was sending from and I have had a lot of android phones.
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Quite annoying. The integrated EMail app is pretty decent (3rd party ones are better), but they would obviously prefer you use GMail. I just use EMail for my university account, which is an Outlook/Exchange setup.

Google always does this, they forget about multiple accounts
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[Guide] Adding Gmail Accounts to Mail on 14393.5 and higher If Google OAuth is broke

If you all haven't noticed by now, you are greeted by a nice "Your browser isn't supported" message when trying to add a Gmail account in the Mail app by using the Google option after a hard reset or a first time use. Fear not, a simple workaround exists.. Upon inspecting my Gmail settings on my Windows 10 machine, I noticed that it simply adds the account by setting it up as IMAP.
I tried the following and it worked flawlessly on my phone:
Open the Account settings in the Mail app
When you see the "Choose an account" menu, click "Other account" which is right above Advanced setup
Enter your full gmail email address and password. IF YOU HAVE 2-FACTOR AUTH ENABLED, YOU MUST CREATE AN APPLICATION PASSWORD AND USE THAT INSTEAD
From there you should start getting e-mail
There are a few caveats to this approach though. It seems that this method will ONLY allow you to sync Email.. No Calendar or contacts (If someone figures out some voodoo to make that happen, I will update the OP).
Thanks Google.

snickler said:
If you all haven't noticed by now, you are greeted by a nice "Your browser isn't supported" message when trying to add a Gmail account in the Mail app
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The Outlook app should send the correct User-Agent, it's a simple fix from Microsoft.
Till then
To add your Google account on your Lumia 950, please follow the steps below:
01. Go to "Settings".
02. Tap on "Accounts".
03. Tap on "Your email and accounts".
04. Tap "Add an account".
05. Tap "Other accounts POP, IMAP".
06. Enter your Email address and Password.
07. Tap the Sign in button.
08. Once you're signed in Open the Edge browser.
09. Visit gmail.com and log in to your Google account.
10. Open the message with the subject "Blocked sign-in attempt for security reasons"
11. Tap on the Allow Access button.
12. You will be forwarded to the Google security setting page. "Under the Access for less secure apps", select "Turn on".
Wait for the settings on the phone to update, and your Google account will work on your phone.
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from http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...umia-950/c8b3d2e3-fdee-4c72-a93a-6e33788564f3

w.bogdan said:
The Outlook app should send the correct User-Agent, it's a simple fix from Microsoft.
Till then
from http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...umia-950/c8b3d2e3-fdee-4c72-a93a-6e33788564f3
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I've had the enable security for less secure apps enabled for a few years now (as that's why I don't get the e-mail message). That won't work for me. From looking at the post, it looks like it's doing the same exact thing I'm doing... Adding a Gmail account using IMAP.

I don't use Gmail, and no one should because Outlook.com is way better, but you could try adding the account using Advanced setup and Google's setting from Step 2: Set up your client https://support.google.com/mail/troubleshooter/1668960?hl=en

w.bogdan said:
I don't use Gmail, and no one should because Outlook.com is way better
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Realize, that this STILL puts us at the same exact steps to add Gmail using IMAP.

Set my mail as IMAP too... for now, until google decides to fix authentication.
Until then no calendar, and bookmarks.
I exported google contacts to outlook contacts. I can check my calendar on my nexus 7, but I am writing new events to outlook calendar. and for bookmarks I don't know why I can't import bookmarks from chrome to edge on windows 10 pc to sync them between pc and mobile
Also heard some people using iCloud to sync their data from google servers to windows mobile

snickler said:
-_- Realize, that this STILL puts us at the same exact steps to add Gmail using IMAP.
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Yes, but there might be a difference in the server settings.