Hi all,
Just upgrading to new Imate ROM. Now it seems that Universal has push email can anyone recommend an Exchange SP2 direct push email provider for consumer market? Many thanks for taking the time to read.
Tom C (UK) :lol:
The onlyone I know for the moment is 4smartphone.net - if you find any better (means cheaper), let me know!
Some report are saying 4smartphone.net takes 30 seconds to push an email to your device, rather than 5 seconds or less that others are getting via their own exchange servers.
Its worth asking these website exchange account providers what frequency they run the push 'heartbeat' at - you might end up with a big bill if they haven't set the Exchange/firewall to a reasonable rate.
Device SMS Address
I've just signed up for the 4smartphone trial, but Orange are completely unable to tell me what the Device SMS Address should be. They don't have a clue what this is about. I was guessing [email protected], but that doesn't work.
Does anyone know what it should be?
Re: Device SMS Address
rossp said:
I've just signed up for the 4smartphone trial, but Orange are completely unable to tell me what the Device SMS Address should be. They don't have a clue what this is about. I was guessing [email protected], but that doesn't work.
Does anyone know what it should be?
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If you're using the aku2 rom then you don't need an sms address. The MSFP/Direct Push works via http not sms. Waaaaaay better!
Settings
I think it is that version. I'm using the new ROM version 1.30.68 with Radio version 1.09.00. I can see the push mail icon in Comm Manager, but it's greyed out, so I'm not sure where to go from here. The 4smartphone support pages are not exactly informative.
Can anyone point me to a website about setting this up? My searches are not getting me far.
Thanks.
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jdee246 said:
rossp said:
I've just signed up for the 4smartphone trial, but Orange are completely unable to tell me what the Device SMS Address should be. They don't have a clue what this is about. I was guessing [email protected], but that doesn't work.
Does anyone know what it should be?
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If you're using the aku2 rom then you don't need an sms address. The MSFP/Direct Push works via http not sms. Waaaaaay better!
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Is the AKU2 ROM available?
Where?
Thanks
Steve
Its a test aku2 universal rom...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=42743
Got it working
Just need to ignore the instructions on the 4smartphone web page about SMS Device.
From the moment of clicking send on my Desktop to the email arriving in my device inbox the time taken is about 25 secs, which includes gmail forwarding it to the 4smartphone address.
4smartPhone Help!!
Glad to hear that you got the SMS problem sorted which help me out too. I can now sync with contacts but what do I do for the email. Do I have to set an account up on WM5 which I have done but there is no push coming through I have to manually send and receive. Any help much welcome. Thanks
You need to set it up using active sync in WM5. You will need to add a server (secure.4smartphone.net) then your username, password and domain (4smartphone). It will then sync using the GPRS connection.
I've got Outlook desktop, Outlook Web Access (with smartphone) and Outlook on WM5 all synchronizing nicely. My only problem is that I have three pop email account on Outlook desktop, but 4smartphone only seems to work with one.
And just to add the obvious, you need to have email being forward to the address that you got @smartphone.com
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rossp said:
I've just signed up for the 4smartphone trial, but Orange are completely unable to tell me what the Device SMS Address should be. They don't have a clue what this is about. I was guessing [email protected], but that doesn't work.
Does anyone know what it should be?
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4Smartphone.net are US based, where email to SMS is very common. It took the Americans about three years to wake up to the fact that everyone else in the world has to pay for SMS messages to be sent - hence the new push technology from Microsoft.
What they are referring to is a feature known as AUTD (always up to date) which is how Exchange used to do push. A specially created SMS text message would be sent to your phone which told your device that something had changed, and it would then do a sync.
I am told that it worked very well - it is just unfortunate that for everyone outside of the USA the feature would cost many thousands to run for each single user.
Simon.
4smartPhone Help!!
Thanks for your quick reply. I have forwarding set up and all the correct settings for Active Syn in WM5, UserName, Password, Domain and Save password. Under the Options in ActiveSync there now appears and Exchange Server with the following selected Contacts, Calendar, E-Mail, Tasks.
I'm still not sure though what to do with the email all the above are syncing via 3g. In the Messages section do I have to create a new account and if so what are the correct setting for this?
Thanks again for the help and suggestions.
Tom C.
When it syncs with the Exchange server it automatically goes into the Outlook email inbox on your device. If you've previously been synchronizing with the desktop it wipes out those emails, which is why I'm trying the Pro version of 4smartphone and synchronising all three.
Have you checked if test emails you are sending are reaching the 4smartphone email address? You can do that by logging into the web version of Outlook via the link on their website.
Also the push email icon in Com Manager should now be working and it will say Microsoft DirectPush at the top.
That may not be much help, but I am also completely new to this.
4smartPhone
Once again thanks for the help. Just about got it sorted as I read your reply. The missing link for me is that the you don't have to sent up a seperate email account I was looking for server addresses extra but all those go under ActiveSync. Getting mails fine now but not too sure yet about sending them. Are yours sending fine or is there a delay?
Thanks again, you are still once step ahead of me
I've got Push email working with mail2web.com and have a few questions:
I've gota couple of email addresses that won't forward to my mail2web email account and I don't really want to use mail2web's harvester as that only checks once every hour, so I was wondering whether it's possible to set Outlook on my PC to synce with my mail2web account so that my PC will download emails from my POP accounts, then upload them to my mail2web server, which then pushes the emails to my phone?
Or is there a simpler way to do it?
Also, when I reply to an email that's been pushed the reply address is always my mail2web email address, which is a pain as it confuses people and gets rejected by my email groups. How can I change the default address that my replies go from, or even just change them on each email as I reply?
I'm sure I'll have more questions soon.! Cheers.
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Or is there a simpler way to do it?
Also, when I reply to an email that's been pushed the reply address is always my mail2web email address, which is a pain as it confuses people and gets rejected by my email groups. How can I change the default address that my replies go from, or even just change them on each email as I reply?
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Yup, use 4smartphones.net.
IT'S FOUR QUID A MONTH!
HI
i m using tmobie mda (usa) with the data plan and with the i can configure my pop3 email account on my phone and make to get the emails automaticaly after certain time
so then why do we need exchange server for
i mean i can be wrong too but if i m wrong can someone tell me the right thing
Thanks
I recommend Mail2Web, the simple setting and most important it is FREE.
Hi,
I've upgraded to WM6, i wanted to know, how do i setup the HTML email as i still receive HTML emails in code.
I've searched, and i concluded that HTML email is sent/setup through the Exchange server and only Exchange 2007 supports it. Is this true?
Yep sorry dude, the HTML support is only in exchange 2007 (hence why WM6 has it)
pop3 and IMAP as well(direct from the device)
active snc does not transfer HTMl(amazing but true.. M$... they don't know how to do any thing!)
My advice, if you really want HTML email and don't mind paying, get yourself a Exchange 2007 hosting package... I found a company in the US offering accounts for approx. £5 p/m - Bargin ... or as mentioned above, you can still setup POP/IMAP accounts and receive HTML... so its not all that bad!
HTML e-mail is quite nice And so is Exchange 2007
I have set up my email account to receive html email format... when receiving the email it has the right size but it is not html... there is an option in the view menu... GET HTML but this option is disabled (greyed out)
any ideea anyone?
I have a spv m3100 with WM6 BE2.0
As far as I am aware, this is only available with Exchange 2007 on the other end.
ccezar2004 said:
I have set up my email account to receive html email format... when receiving the email it has the right size but it is not html... there is an option in the view menu... GET HTML but this option is disabled (greyed out)
any ideea anyone?
I have a spv m3100 with WM6 BE2.0
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I believe the server needs to be running Exchange 2007 for html emails to work. Either that or microsoft live mail via, but you need to signed in to you live messenger account. Maintaining a constant connection can be a bit flaky at the best of times
ccezar2004 said:
I have set up my email account to receive html email format... when receiving the email it has the right size but it is not html... there is an option in the view menu... GET HTML but this option is disabled (greyed out)
any ideea anyone?
I have a spv m3100 with WM6 BE2.0
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POP3 accounts also download as HTML - you don't just get it when using Exchange 2007. If you're using push email and the server that's pushing is not running Exchange 2007 - you're screwed as far as getting it in HTML format. If your problem is that mails downloaded via a POP3 server are not being received as HTML, that's something different entirely.....
Mark.
so... the facts are like this... email received through pop3 account are in html format, but the emails form active sync do not show up in html format...
ccezar2004 said:
so... the facts are like this... email received through pop3 account are in html format, but the emails form active sync do not show up in html format...
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Correct!.....well, emails from ActiveSync will be in HTML if the server pushing them is running Exchange 2007; free push emails services like Mail2Web, 4SmartPhone etc. are all based on Exchange 2003, so won't be HTML.
Has that helped, or just confused things even more
Mark.
You can also get HTML mail via IMAP... a half way ish house between POP & Push Email!
Hi
I have a BT HTC S620 which I have upgraded to WM6 using the official BT upgrade on their website. The upgrade went smoothly but when I enter the email settings, I am unable to select HTML for message format and it greys out to "Plain Text".
Is there a reason for this or anything I can do view emails in HTML?
Thanks
M73
You can only view e-mails as HTML if you are using Exchange Server 2007 or if you're using a POP3 account. Synced outlook or Exchange Server pre 2007 will not provide HTML e-mail.
When i receive an email on my 8525 there are no colors or italicized letters even if they were in the original email. Does anyone know if there is a way to change this so I can see it? I get emails all the time that say "see my responses below in red" and on my computer I can see it but on my handheld I can not. Thanks
Some more details please.
Which ROM are you using?
Account type -> Exchange 2003 / 2007, POP3 or IMAP?
I'm using the unmodified AT&T ROM (Windows 6) with an Exchange 2003 Server over activesync.
That's because Exchange 2003 doesn't support HTML to PDA's. Plain Text only. Exchange 2007 (or POP3 ) is required to see HTML.
Here is your answer:
WM5 / WM6 + Exchange Server 2003 = Plain text email only
WM5 / WM6 + POP3 / IMAP = HTML email
Currently if you want HTML email using Exchange then you need a Exchange 2007 Server to sync too, which incidently runs only on x64 hardware + 2003 Server x64.
Maybe a feature for Exchange 2003 SP3?.... but dont hold your breathe!
Cheers
STi
Thanks to both of you. It sucks that the phone is capable of things my server isn't but I guess that's reality (until we upgrade at least). Much appreciated though.