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Exchange SP2 Push Mail Providers

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

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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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.

paulrockliffe said:
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.

gmail IMAP versus PUSH?

hey guys,
so this gmail implementing free imap has really caused some stir evidently.
my question is this. what should i use? which one's better?
right now what happens is my gmail account forwards all email to my exchange server, hosted on my home PC. my phone then syncs with exchange using push, and more often than not i get email on my phone before it arrives on my desktop (which downloads mail from gmail using POP).
i use thunderbird on my laptop, and only access email from this one client. my phone uses exhange, as i mentioned, so its not really linked. however i like keeping things sorted in folders on my thunderbird client.
any tips? should i just switch everything over to imap or what?

chamelion said:
hey guys,
right now what happens is my gmail account forwards all email to my exchange server, hosted on my home PC.
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How you managed to make exchasnge server runs on your home PC ? It is nice to try it myself please..

hbahaie said:
How you managed to make exchasnge server runs on your home PC ? It is nice to try it myself please..
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lol hard work installed win2003, then exchange, set it all up, have an external IP, set up certificates for security, and voila!

chamelion said:
lol hard work installed win2003, then exchange, set it all up, have an external IP, set up certificates for security, and voila!
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thanks a lot, the problem is i have dynamic IP, will try to have a static one or use an IP forwarding service, trhank u again for your prompt reply.

hbahaie said:
thanks a lot, the problem is i have dynamic IP, will try to have a static one or use an IP forwarding service, trhank u again for your prompt reply.
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dyndns
solves all your dynamic IP issues!

If an Exchange server is too hard to install, you can try Kerio Mailserver..
Its very easy to configure..and it also works with pushmail..

There is one small difference between IMAP IDLE, and Exchange with PushMail - the price. IMAP IDLE was invented long time ago and always was free (but not available on free accounts and this is a new thing), and then it was "reinvented" by Blackberry and again by Microsoft. And now you can have:
1. Blackberry for monthly fee and total control od the company over your mails
2. PushMail with expansive Windows Server and Exchange + a lot of free problems
3. Totally free IMAP IDLE on your home linux server or even cheaper with gmail.
For me choice is easy

Mail2web is an online exchange server (2003) for free !
So the two alternative are for me:
mail2web: online exchange server, free, sync contact calendar tasks
vs
gmail: imap (i can't use it yet)
But, wich is better? I need only mail asap on my Hermes with minimum data transfer cost.
Any mean?

As far as I know IMAP doesn't sync contacts, calendar or tasks.....I'm going to stick with gmail-->mail2web-->phone

Edvard_Greig said:
As far as I know IMAP doesn't sync contacts, calendar or tasks.....I'm going to stick with gmail-->mail2web-->phone
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I do it same now. But gmail imap would be maybe cheaper... And I never use my mail2web account to write mail. If I receive a mail on gmail than I would like to answer with gmail acc instead of mail2web...

chamelion said:
dyndns
solves all your dynamic IP issues!
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Apart from the fact that almost every mail server blocks Dynamic IP ranges, so you wont be able to send any mail..... Been there done that! lol
Wish there was a way round it because i cant get a Static

imap idle ftw !
Hi
I'm currently running a mail server on a dedicated box (host @ datacenter 30€/month) under linux with courrier-imap. There is a way to implement IMAP IDLE function, that is almost the same than pushing emails.
I actualy tested it without FAM (File Alteration Monitor). Fam allow you to have a realtime email like blackberry. I don't need it, the basic IMAP_ENHANCEDIDLE do a check every minutes and update if there is a mail.
I tested this feature through telnet and it worked lovely.
Now, in order to be able to use this feature over your windows mobile, you have the choice between to softwares.
The first is vgsmail http://www.vgsmail.com/ppc/ (free trial)
This one will just enable the IMAP IDLE feature on your pocket outlook (seems to be the more elegant way to implement it)
The second is WIS Flexmail 2007 (search at google ) (free trial)
This one is a new client (i don't like to change my use personnaly)
The major problem of the both solutions is that you have to pay for it.
Does anyone can do a patch for pocket outlook to implement imap idle fonction on it ?
Regards.

lucky bastards ,
i still cannot use that feature!!!!!!!!

GorTen said:
I do it same now. But gmail imap would be maybe cheaper... And I never use my mail2web account to write mail. If I receive a mail on gmail than I would like to answer with gmail acc instead of mail2web...
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For (from memory) 80cents US a month mail2web allows you to set up a 'permanent from address' so it appears that the mail is coming from gmail or whereever!
Works a treat

mfubib said:
For (from memory) 80cents US a month mail2web allows you to set up a 'permanent from address' so it appears that the mail is coming from gmail or whereever!
Works a treat
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Where is this option? I use mail2web live...

Just sign up for a mail2web LIVE account...
https://services.mail2web.com/signup/mail2weblive/mail2webLive_01.asp

jaso2005 said:
Apart from the fact that almost every mail server blocks Dynamic IP ranges, so you wont be able to send any mail..... Been there done that! lol
Wish there was a way round it because i cant get a Static
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don't use my exchange server for SMTP, only for PUSH. SMTP i've set up exchange to use gmail's smtp server, which is perfect. means that every email i send from my phone is automatically put into my sent mail box in my gmail account.
... and of course it's not blocked. best of all worlds
After reading through this thread i think the answer for me is simple - stick with my exchange service. didn't pay a cent for it (100% legal through my school's license too!) and it works perfectly. so why not just keep it going

While setting up Win2k3 + Exchange 2k3 w/ SP2 isn't too bad if you know what you're doing, a lot of people don't have resources to do that.
I recommend Mail2web as well. Great service! I've been using it for probably ~1.5 years now with Push email on my phone. Pretty much ever since Push came out for WM, I've been using mail2web with it.
If you want push Gmail, what I did was set up a rule on my gmail account to forward ALL email to my mail2web account, then archive it.
So now someone just emails my gmail and it gets pushed to my phone. nice and easy.

chamelion said:
don't use my exchange server for SMTP, only for PUSH. SMTP i've set up exchange to use gmail's smtp server, which is perfect. means that every email i send from my phone is automatically put into my sent mail box in my gmail account.
... and of course it's not blocked. best of all worlds
After reading through this thread i think the answer for me is simple - stick with my exchange service. didn't pay a cent for it (100% legal through my school's license too!) and it works perfectly. so why not just keep it going
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Ahhh using the SMTP server in Smart Hosts?

GldRush98 said:
While setting up Win2k3 + Exchange 2k3 w/ SP2 isn't too bad if you know what you're doing, a lot of people don't have resources to do that.
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yes very very true. i took days to set it up, literally. tweak here, fix there, research here, implement there etc etc. But i guess it's different for me who's a complete computer geek and found the challange more exciting than actually solving it at the end
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Ahhh using the SMTP server in Smart Hosts?
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yep! i thought that was a great touch

Help: Can't get my googlemail account to push mail to my htc touch hd

I've added the account but email only downloads when i click on send and receive,
the enable microsoft direct push is on but it doesnt seem to have any effect.
any ideas?

gmail won't push to these devices using that method.
you gotta try seven.com or other alternatives...a search will turn up a lot more information, but seven is a push alternative that works

Got it working in the end.
Solution was fairly easy after all.
Thanks

how did you get it working? as far as i knew gmail doesn't offer a push service..?

Bit of lateral thinking in the end
I found out that Windows Mobile 6 supports Hotmail push email for free without any added software. It's built in to the operating system.
I simply set my Gmail account to auto forward all email to my hotmail account. It's an option within the settings.
Voila free gmail and hotmail pushed to my phone without any 3rd party software.

Well done.
I use SEVEN and it's a wonderful piece of software, best of all it's FREE and uses the in-built mail application on your phone. So it runs in the background and then the windows mail does the rest.

O and O said:
Well done.
I use SEVEN and it's a wonderful piece of software, best of all it's FREE and uses the in-built mail application on your phone. So it runs in the background and then the windows mail does the rest.
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presently i'm also using seven to push my mail since mail2web started charging for its push services.i have only one problem with seven.i don't get any alert when i have new mail?do u? my notification for new email is one but nothing happens.hummm...

my only issue (and its only a minor one) with seven is that the message text preview normally shown on the mail envelope icon is no longer there - all it says is 'click to view message'.
Is there any fix for this?

binning said:
Bit of lateral thinking in the end
I found out that Windows Mobile 6 supports Hotmail push email for free without any added software. It's built in to the operating system.
I simply set my Gmail account to auto forward all email to my hotmail account. It's an option within the settings.
Voila free gmail and hotmail pushed to my phone without any 3rd party software.
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How do you manage to reply when you receive mail from gmail in hotmail inbox?
Thanks and regards.

nhuda said:
How do you manage to reply when you receive mail from gmail in hotmail inbox?
Thanks and regards.
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i wished i found this thread earlier, so i didnt have to create one!
but i thought about doing what binning did, but its not a real solution, you can reply but your going to be replying with your hotmail account rather than your gmail account but you get all the messages
google did release sync, but right now its only calendar and contacts from what i know of, as of an actual email sync, i heard rumors theyre working on it, but lets hope they release it soon.
but another thought is, the only thing thats missing right now is the gmail push server. blackberry bypassed this by using their own BES but only restricted to BBs obviously.
lets keep our fingers crossed and hope that google will release a gmail sync!!!! =]
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im also curious but havent had time to look into it, a couple of friends of mine have the g1, the g1 supports gmail push, but how can we wm users get this to work on OWA!! if g1 supports gmail push shouldnt it be possible for us? i mean like a standalone push service rather than having to forward or use a separate server like the BES?

is seven.com free? When I try to download it, it takes me to my country operator. The link then takes me to my country's website which charges me 15$ per month to use it? I already have a 5GB data plan, why am I going to be charged 15$ to use seven.com?

CorruptedSanity said:
is seven.com free? When I try to download it, it takes me to my country operator. The link then takes me to my country's website which charges me 15$ per month to use it? I already have a 5GB data plan, why am I going to be charged 15$ to use seven.com?
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Look for the Beta program instead. That's where you'll find the free software download.

Thanks furrypotato(good nick). I figured it out.
Is it reliable? I noticed that sometimes ill get the email directly (testing by sending email from another account via PC). and sometimes I wont.
Also, the internet remains connected right?

hotmail push
how does one enable push hotmail? I created a live.com account but I can't find anything in the settings for push mail.

cxkx said:
how does one enable push hotmail? I created a live.com account but I can't find anything in the settings for push mail.
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Goto Windows live and click Options-> Sync Schedule and change 'Sync Frequnecy' to 'As items arrive'. DONE! You have push hotmail now.
Cheers

nhuda said:
Goto Windows live and click Options-> Sync Schedule and change 'Sync Frequnecy' to 'As items arrive'. DONE! You have push hotmail now.
Cheers
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windows live on my blackstone or the pc? what about the exchange server, do i have to configure that?

cxkx said:
windows live on my blackstone or the pc? what about the exchange server, do i have to configure that?
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Blackstone (WM6.xx) ofcourse! No need to configure exchange server.
I hope it helps. Good luck.

nhuda said:
Blackstone (WM6.xx) ofcourse! No need to configure exchange server.
I hope it helps. Good luck.
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Thanks , I just did, now I have to figure out how to answer with my google account.

cxkx said:
Thanks , I just did, now I have to figure out how to answer with my google account.
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If you find a way let me know. I have been looking for this option as well.

Another question, when you soft reset do u have to restart the windows live app or does it start by itself?

Samsung Social Hub - Hotmail Push?

The Samsung Social Hub app claims it allows for pushing for email. I have it install but can't really verify if its pushing or polling for Hotmail.

ChiGGz said:
The Samsung Social Hub app claims it allows for pushing for email. I have it install but can't really verify if its pushing or polling for Hotmail.
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I don't think Hotmail supports push anyway, but I may be wrong

I have Samset installed now, and the market no longer shows the Samsung social hub. But from what I saw, emails I got were very instantaneous.

Samsung social hub comes bundled inside Samsung Apps, not Android Market
the hotmail / yahoo "push" is more like polling, i don't think it's a real push like in the Blackberries
the only true push is the Gmail emails using the Gmail app

Hotmail Push
Hotmail supports push email through the Exchange protocol.
To add a Hotmail (push) account to android devices is to add a Corporate account under Accounts/Syn under Seetings.
Details are as below:
email: [email protected] or [email protected] or whatever your hotmail email id is.
password: your password
Click Next
Domain\Username: [email protected] or [email protected] or whatever your hotmail email id is. (Nothing to fill up for Domain so just give your email id).
password: your password (gets auto filled in from the previous page)
Exchange Server: m.hotmail.com
Check (tick)Use Secure Connection
Click Next
Under Account Settings
Poll email interval: Choose Push (Automatic)
and complete the setup and Hotmail Push is ready.
Microsoft has not released this officially but works
Just bought Samsung i9000 and here right away on XDA.

Did not work for me.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Guess some users have to wait for the roll out.
I have mine working.. Maybe the rollout is not complete yet.
neowin.net/news/hotmail-is-gradually-switching-on-exchange-activesync-for-push-mail
The url is not hyperlinked coz I'm new.

I tried, not working.
Account Successfully added, but nothing sync
somberi said:
Hotmail supports push email through the Exchange protocol.
To add a Hotmail (push) account to android devices is to add a Corporate account under Accounts/Syn under Seetings.
Details are as below:
email: [email protected] or [email protected] or whatever your hotmail email id is.
password: your password
Click Next
Domain\Username: [email protected] or [email protected] or whatever your hotmail email id is. (Nothing to fill up for Domain so just give your email id).
password: your password (gets auto filled in from the previous page)
Exchange Server: m.hotmail.com
Check (tick)Use Secure Connection
Click Next
Under Account Settings
Poll email interval: Choose Push (Automatic)
and complete the setup and Hotmail Push is ready.
Microsoft has not released this officially but works
Just bought Samsung i9000 and here right away on XDA.
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Roy Ngan said:
I tried, not working.
Account Successfully added, but nothing sync
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Same. Here is an email I just got from Microsoft.
To get Hotmail on-the-go, you recently tried to set up a service called ActiveSync from your mobile device.
We are really glad that you're interested, but we had so many sign-ups that we had to temporarily stop accepting new ones.
We're making constant improvements and we should be accepting new requests fairly soon. Please check the following website in about two weeks to see what's happening: http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions.aspx?categoryid=699b2703-2b62-4a92-86f2-9d5d52cc477d.
Thanks again for using Hotmail--we're really sorry about this delay.
Sincerely,
The Hotmail Team
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From a link to their support site
• The following devices have been tested against Hotmail ActiveSync
o WM 6.x
o WP7
o iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
o Nokia E-series, S-series, N-series running Mail for Exchange application
• More devices will be added to the above list over time.
• Users are welcome to try with other devices but support may be limited in the near term.
o Android Support: Hotmail team will add Android to list of supported devices in the coming months after testing is completed.
 Access from Android 2.1 is NOT supported due to known client issues on Android 2.1.
 There are users successfully syncing from Hotmail via the default application or the Touchdown application on Android 2.2.
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My workaround is a forward to my gmail account. Easy to set up in the hotmail option
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Sysiphus1981 said:
My workaround is a forward to my gmail account. Easy to set up in the hotmail option
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That would mean I need to delete email from two seperate locations. I use the MSN Messenger mail notifier when I'm on the computer to know if I have mail or not.

Guys.. Can you give it a try again.. Guess the roll out is happening.. One of my friend got it working on with android 2.1 he has the same setup as mine. (Stock DDJG4 rooted).
Initially it did not work for him, when I tried after the feedback of it not working. But today when I tried it again. It works.

anyone have the apk for samsung social hub ??
i have social hub standard and i don't see samsung social hub with im in samsung apps..

somberi said:
Guys.. Can you give it a try again.. Guess the roll out is happening.. One of my friend got it working on with android 2.1 he has the same setup as mine. (Stock DDJG4 rooted).
Initially it did not work for him, when I tried after the feedback of it not working. But today when I tried it again. It works.
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Exchange support for Hotmail did not work for me a a week ago (I even got the email saying the service was not available for Android phones), but now it does.
It's really heavy on the battery though, especially if you compare it to Gmail push. I might have to go back to normal sync.

wow, I think this might be why I suddenly had battery drain. One time it practically drained 100% overnight! What kind of push is this? Doesn't push use a standard protocol, meaning there are no optimizations to be done, it just is what it is..

Just set it up my hotmail.co.uk on with a 'corporate' account. Spot on, sent and received no probs. Sync'd my folders too.

Gonna give it another try this night. If it remains above 90% then it means it's not draining my battery. If not, then back to automatic sync.

apk please? seems to be missing from all my firmwares

XlAfbk said:
apk please? seems to be missing from all my firmwares
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+1 I don't have Social hub in my device too.

What is the difference between the social hub email and the regular email app on the galaxy?

Hotmail email setup

Dear members,
I deleted my hotmail email and wants to create another but when I input my email and password ( and I am sure they are correct), I have this error message " can't connect to server" and I have strong internet connection, what do I do? Thanks.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

Are you trying to add it as a POP account or as an exchange account?

Alkali said:
Dear members,
I deleted my hotmail email and wants to create another but when I input my email and password ( and I am sure they are correct), I have this error message " can't connect to server" and I have strong internet connection, what do I do? Thanks.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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There's a known issue w/Hotmail sync if you're using corporate sync/active sync setup. MS changed the sync setup on their server and it broke sync on all kinds of phones...that might be what is affecting you.
This is one of the key threads on MS forum about it:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-devices/e8a68843-02f9-4fe3-957b-233b21179fc5
Results can vary - it was working on some phones for some accounts, not on others. It started working again on my wife's Razr Maxx when she got her 4.0.4 update, it always worked fine on my GNex.

on ICS and JB, when i add a hotmail, it added as exchange. dont know why, but it automatic setup with it.

lordgodgeneral said:
Are you trying to add it as a POP account or as an exchange account?
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Well, from ACCOUNT SETUP> I input my email and password and hit on NEXT and after that > Could'nt open connection to server! tried hundred of times but no way!
Does that mean i cannot set HOTMAIL on my device? If so which Application can i use with which i can set HOTMAIL as my default e-mail for sending mails?

I have 3 setup on my phone...
Just add a corporate account and use your full email address as the Username and use m.hotmail.com as the server address

And how do i do that? I cannot seem to pass the stage for email and password input? Is it POP, IMAP or EXCHANGE? And i have never use any.Only used to setting simple email and thats all

Choose Exchange

WoodroweBones said:
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Well, I have the solution when I upgraded
to 4.0.4. I can now set up the email. Thanks