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looking for an exchange mail app

Hi,
I have already tested few mail app ( the stock one, the message 1.0.0024 coming from HTC I think and touchdown)
I am looking for a free app which would be able to :
* retrieve mail from an exchange server, Touchdown and message are good . The stock app give me error message half of the time.
* set an automatic synchronisation on the inbox and on a selected lists of subfolder. Touchdown is ggod for that
* handle the inbox tree in a non totally stupid way ( stock app is ordering by name !!! and I can't figure out the order from message 1.0.0024 ... maybe by date of creation or depending on the age of the captain). Touchdown is good for that
* display correctly the html mail with array ( only touchdown does it even if it doesn't allow to reply to nice html mail .... it will put the mail in attachment !!)
* be quick. Touchdown is extremely slow. Maybe it has to do with the lag of the SGSbut it's definitely slower than the 2 other app ( but better looking)
* nice to have : handle also different mail account like hotmail
For the moment, Touchdown is the best choice but I can use everyday a mail app which can take 20 sec to open a mail and an other 20 to delete it.
Any other idea ?
Thanks

try k-9 mail

Thanks for your post ... it makes me try one more time to setup K9 with exchange
And it seems to work.
At least I have some mail and part of my folder.
will check out their wiki to see how to configure the folder. It seems quite complicated but quite flexible.
For information I had a wrong webdav patch before

Ok so I sepnt at least an hour on the wiki and I can;t find why I can't see any subfolder !
I can see the inbox, the sent item, the contact, the calendar, the spam ... but no subfolder onf the inbox
Any idea ??
Thanks

i just read a bunch of reviews on it but no real "how-to", I'm buying my Samsung Vibrant tomorrow and I plan to get this app so I'll play around with it and see if I can get it setup right

Isnt K9 taking too much space and that too on the internal mem. needs an sd storage properties for mails/data.
Is there an app which does so.

nicoloco said:
Hi,
I have already tested few mail app ( the stock one, the message 1.0.0024 coming from HTC I think and touchdown)
I am looking for a free app which would be able to :
* retrieve mail from an exchange server, Touchdown and message are good . The stock app give me error message half of the time.
* set an automatic synchronisation on the inbox and on a selected lists of subfolder. Touchdown is ggod for that
* handle the inbox tree in a non totally stupid way ( stock app is ordering by name !!! and I can't figure out the order from message 1.0.0024 ... maybe by date of creation or depending on the age of the captain). Touchdown is good for that
* display correctly the html mail with array ( only touchdown does it even if it doesn't allow to reply to nice html mail .... it will put the mail in attachment !!)
* be quick. Touchdown is extremely slow. Maybe it has to do with the lag of the SGSbut it's definitely slower than the 2 other app ( but better looking)
* nice to have : handle also different mail account like hotmail
For the moment, Touchdown is the best choice but I can use everyday a mail app which can take 20 sec to open a mail and an other 20 to delete it.
Any other idea ?
Thanks
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Hi!
I would recommend Improved Email by mtwebster, I do believe it will be to your satisfaction, works with all kind of email, with it you could also accept/decline meeting invites from exchange, been using it for some time now and I'm very happy with it.
All other email apps I tried had problem with at least on of the account types; pop3, imap, gmail or exchange but not this one.

bokbacken said:
Hi!
I would recommend Improved Email by mtwebster, I do believe it will be to your satisfaction, works with all kind of email, with it you could also accept/decline meeting invites from exchange, been using it for some time now and I'm very happy with it.
All other email apps I tried had problem with at least on of the account types; pop3, imap, gmail or exchange but not this one.
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how is the storage part of this app, i mean does it stores data/cache on sd??

coudnt find it in android market

nicoloco said:
For the moment, Touchdown is the best choice but I can use everyday a mail app which can take 20 sec to open a mail and an other 20 to delete it.
Any other idea ?
Thanks
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I am testing as well... i want to access company mails mainly (ok, contacts and calendar would be great too, but it's not essential) and three imap accounts. What i have tried so far:
- stock: works, but forces me to enter a security code (triggered from exchange server admin). Besides that, the stock app doesn't have any settings to change preferences on imap servers (folder location, etc.), therefore a no-go.
- k-9: i am using k-9 mail for all my imap accounts, works like a charm, i can point to the correct folders (for sent mails, spam, etc.), but i can't get exchange to work, although i tried various options from their wiki.
- touchdown: i tried this app as well, works very well. As i am using exchange 2007, it shows only new and unread mail, no old mail. Besides that and the fact that it seems to be rather slow (and expensive for this poor performance), it would be my first choice.
Any other suggestions (or hints, how to get k-9 exchange work or touchdown faster) would be really appreciated.
All the best,
ww
P.S. i9000 froyo jpo.

I am using moxier mail. A bit expensive bit does the job. I mainly bought it to have access to my company GAL. It syncs mails, calendar, contacts and tasks but not notes.
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al_fonce said:
I am using moxier mail. A bit expensive bit does the job. I mainly bought it to have access to my company GAL. It syncs mails, calendar, contacts and tasks but not notes.
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Is Moxier mail synching contacts with pictures or without? I think, i will give it a try although there is no demo version... but i have 24 hours to test it
Greetings,
ww
P.S. maybe i will give the modified stock email.app a try... seems that one xda user has removed the security addons... more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775007

It syncs with pictures.
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Try System Seven.

bokbacken said:
Hi!
I would recommend Improved Email by mtwebster, I do believe it will be to your satisfaction, works with all kind of email, with it you could also accept/decline meeting invites from exchange, been using it for some time now and I'm very happy with it.
All other email apps I tried had problem with at least on of the account types; pop3, imap, gmail or exchange but not this one.
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I tried improved email. It's pretty good except that the email I sent via it is in 1 long line when viewed in the outlook client.

I don't know what you are doing but the stock email app has none of the problems you describe with outlook.
- I have never had an error downloading a message. I use Push for delivery. (other options have battery drain issues), so you don't have to "schedule" a sync since it is always in sync
- Messages are sorted in recieved order for me
- Images in HTML emails I have no issue with
In short - I think the stock email app works perfect with outlook, in fact it is better than the Microsoft Outlook mobile I used to have in WM 6.5.

loinenavant said:
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For my country, no version is available - beta versions seem to be very buggy. I am testing moxier right now - looks quite nice for the first hours...
Okay, it is just for exchange, but it is working fast and almost without any errors - for all other mail accounts i am still using k-9.
Allt the best,
ww

brunes said:
In short - I think the stock email app works perfect with outlook, in fact it is better than the Microsoft Outlook mobile I used to have in WM 6.5.
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You forgot the new security settings (which means, if your exchange admin turns on the "use a pin to secure your phone" feature). After i tried the stock mail app of froyo, i had to turn pin code on screen lock on. Besides that, the system never managed to sync more than 100 contacts - therefore the stock app personally is a no-go.
All the best,
ww

brunes said:
I don't know what you are doing but the stock email app has none of the problems you describe with outlook.
- I have never had an error downloading a message. I use Push for delivery. (other options have battery drain issues), so you don't have to "schedule" a sync since it is always in sync
- Messages are sorted in recieved order for me
- Images in HTML emails I have no issue with
In short - I think the stock email app works perfect with outlook, in fact it is better than the Microsoft Outlook mobile I used to have in WM 6.5.
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Dunno why but for some reasons, the stock email app will FC when opening certain emails, especially those with alot of frames.

On my side I use touchdown (and old version that i "found" ;-) on the net) because I need to have access to the GAL.
Had no issue with it except that it is slow.
If the stock mail app would have supported GAL i would not really had looked other mail app.
Doing so, if a free app would support GAL i would switch!

Exchange Email Client

Thinking about getting the phone - but just have one question as this has been holding me back for a while now from getting an Android phone.
Could anyone confirm if folders and sub folders for TouchWiz email Exchange client are all on one level or have a tiered structure as per Outlook ie:
Folder 1
¦
------ Sub Folder 1
Thanks.

That woul be a very important information for me too!
Looking forward to detailed answers!
TIA

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Thanks!

I can't confirm the folder structure but can confirm that Activesync works.

Thanks!
Could you confirm some other things, too?
- bi-directional contacts sync
- bi-directional calendar sync
- bi-directional sync of recurring appointments
- html mails
- confirming appointments

Hmmm. Folder structure depends on the view you look at it in. It shows all my Exchange folders in a list in the main view (there's a quick dropdown to change folder) but in folder view, it shows in hierarchy.
Bi-directional contacts and calendar have been working since the original SGS and all synced to my phone fine. Not sure about recurring appointments but it syncs all of mine from Exchange to the phone fine. HTML mail works fine too (would be a bit ****ed up if it didn't!). Never tried confirming appointments so I can't say anything about that.

darkalchemist said:
Hmmm. Folder structure depends on the view you look at it in. It shows all my Exchange folders in a list in the main view (there's a quick dropdown to change folder) but in folder view, it shows in hierarchy.
Bi-directional contacts and calendar have been working since the original SGS and all synced to my phone fine. Not sure about recurring appointments but it syncs all of mine from Exchange to the phone fine. HTML mail works fine too (would be a bit ****ed up if it didn't!). Never tried confirming appointments so I can't say anything about that.
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Thanks for the information. That's interesting because the default Android email client on 2.3.3 does not seem to include an option for folder viewing hierarchical folders...

I'm on my first full day so can report on this a bit now.
I'm trying out the stock client with an ES 2010 server. Some nice surprises:
- Full folder structure accessible
- Server search
- Task sync (!)
- Decent interface (don't love the dark background for the email list...)
- Syncs faster than my Atrix running Froyo
- Nice little widget icon showing unread emails
- it's got a crazy 2-pane inbox view w/preview when in landscape mode (think tablet view or desktop Outlook) - this is really cool!
- Out of office setting
On the downside, the email list widget sucks - it doesn't scroll and only shows 3 most recent (not even unread) emails so that's a bit of a disappointment. Also the calendar widgets are nice but they're too large and not resizable. Thankfully Calwidget works fine.
I'm going to try to live with it. I have a paid TD license and I had gotten used to their widgets on my Atrix, but I suspect stock is more battery friendly.

Thanks for the info. Would you mind posting some screenshots of the email client. I used Froyo, and I can't even do a search on my emails. I ended up using TD as well. Do we have search now? Is there pinch to zoom on emails? If not, can we resize font size? and How? sorry too many questions.
Thanks in advance.

I use sgs2 as my primary business phone., exchange 2010 support is the best ever, on windows mobile or android.
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yatbond said:
Thanks for the info. Would you mind posting some screenshots of the email client. I used Froyo, and I can't even do a search on my emails. I ended up using TD as well. Do we have search now? Is there pinch to zoom on emails? If not, can we resize font size? and How? sorry too many questions.
Thanks in advance.
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Here you go...I've been using it for a few days now and NO need to employ TD which is saying a lot for a native Exchange client! The only thing missing is Notes sync which I can live without (don't change notes that often and can just drag them into Evernote).
The client actually blows me away...to answer your question, we have search as you'll see in the screenshots, as well as pinch to zoom, font resizing in both the Inbox view as well as the message body. Let me know if you have any other q's.
https://picasaweb.google.com/mickliq/SGSIIExchangeClient#5604039643374091746

Is it possible to sync multiple exchange-calendars?

bill340 said:
Is it possible to sync multiple exchange-calendars?
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Yes, the option to add another account is still there after one is already present

mickliq said:
Yes, the option to add another account is still there after one is already present
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I don't need to sync multiple exchange-accounts, but I have several calendars in one single exchange-account.
Is it possible to sync all calendars, that are present in my exchange-account, or can I only sync one?

bill340 said:
I don't need to sync multiple exchange-accounts, but I have several calendars in one single exchange-account.
Is it possible to sync all calendars, that are present in my exchange-account, or can I only sync one?
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No options there for the "calendar folders" so I don't think so. Then again, I don't have any sub-folders so I can't be 100% sure.

rdy2go said:
I use sgs2 as my primary business phone., exchange 2010 support is the best ever, on windows mobile or android.
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Could you explain it a bit more and are you still missing something?
Thanks in advance!

mickliq said:
No options there for the "calendar folders" so I don't think so. Then again, I don't have any sub-folders so I can't be 100% sure.
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Actually I do not work with sub-folders in calendars, but I have several calendars in Outlook under the main-folder, that are synced to exchange.
Can you try to add a new calendar in outlook and see if you can sync that second calendar to the phone via exchange?

mickliq said:
Here you go...I've been using it for a few days now and NO need to employ TD which is saying a lot for a native Exchange client! The only thing missing is Notes sync which I can live without (don't change notes that often and can just drag them into Evernote).
The client actually blows me away...to answer your question, we have search as you'll see in the screenshots, as well as pinch to zoom, font resizing in both the Inbox view as well as the message body. Let me know if you have any other q's.
https://picasaweb.google.com/mickliq/SGSIIExchangeClient#5604039643374091746
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Thanks!
Sounds and looks fantastic!

Hey Thanks a lot....
One more question. From the screenshot, I can see the search is "search server" and not local search.. is that true, because if so, then I need internet service to search and also it would be slower.
Thanks again

Hi can anyone check if attachments can be opened if they are received as part of a calendar invite? Say a pptx or something similar...
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Syncing fb birthdays w/ your wp7/live calendar-done

***THIS IS FOR MANGO***
I did a search and couldn't find a post for it. If it's already on here, let me know and Moderaters just delete please. If not, let me know, and I'll edit this post w/ the few quick step for it
STEPS:
1. Go to your EVENTS page on FB.
2. Scroll down to the bottom and look for where it says "Past Events · Birthdays · Export".
3. Click on the Bithdays link.
4. Scroll down to the bottom and look for where it says "Past Events · Export Birthdays"
5. Click on the Export Bithdays link.
6. Copy the URL on the bottom of the Pop Up.
7. Go to your Windows Live Calendar and click on Subscribe.
8. Paste the URL in the "Calendar URL" box.
9. Enter Calendar name (Whatever you want to call it).
10. Click on the "Subscribe to calendar" button.
11. It will go through it's motions and then the next time your phone syncs w/ Windows Live your FB's birthdays will be in your calendar

I think it is automatic in Mango

PG2G said:
I think it is automatic in Mango
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It wasn't for me The way I did it only involved me doing something w/ FB's driect site and the Windows Live Calendar. I think MAngo made it poss., but the way to get it is not done throigh Mango directly.

Why not add the tutorial in the first place instead of just asking if people want a tutorial? Then, even if people decide it's not necessary, those who have your same experience will have something to reference.

thesecondsfade said:
Why not add the tutorial in the first place instead of just asking if people want a tutorial? Then, even if people decide it's not necessary, those who have your same experience will have something to reference.
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Didn't want to waste time if it was already published somewhere else.

Can you somehow remove the automatic creation of alarms for the birthdays?

Thought Mango synced Facebook events which will show birthdays in your calendar.

efjay said:
Thought Mango synced Facebook events which will show birthdays in your calendar.
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I think it might be that our Windows Live / Facebook integration always synched birthday calendars, its just that pre-Mango there was only support for primary calendars.

Thank you for this I was looking for a way to do this! I noticed that I had never logged into my calendar on live.com once I did and set my timezone and did a sync it found all of my birthday's from facebook!

To add your facebook birthdays without this export import thing above (only Mango):
1. Login at live.com -> Calendar
2. Click "New" and "Birthday Calendar" (or something like that in english)
3. Click "Save"
4. Resync your live account on WP7
Now all facebook birthdays are there. Be sure to add your facebook account to your live account before.
To remove just delete (at live.com) or disable (at WP7) the birthday calendar.

is not working
BTW, is it the only sync is the default calendar? and you can't put the calendar to default? CMIIW.

desaturated said:
BTW, is it the only sync is the default calendar? and you can't put the calendar to default? CMIIW.
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Can you be more specific? What's not the working exactly?

OT:
Doe's WP7 (NoDo/Mango) reminds me on Birthday's when I set them in LIVE Contacts?

barrychon said:
Can you be more specific? What's not the working exactly?
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It still can't be sync on my phone, Using the steps on first post. And I notice that it must be the default calendar set on the live calendar? how I can do that? because the subcribed calendar can't set to default calendar.

desaturated said:
It still can't be sync on my phone, Using the steps on first post. And I notice that it must be the default calendar set on the live calendar? how I can do that? because the subcribed calendar can't set to default calendar.
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When you first setup Your Windows Phone You have to login or subscribe to a LIVE/MSN/HoTMaiL account, this is Your main/default account.

DavidDC said:
When you first setup Your Windows Phone You have to login or subscribe to a LIVE/MSN/HoTMaiL account, this is Your main/default account.
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I'm talking about the Calendar setting, In my live account i have 2 calendar, 1 is my calendar (default) and the facebook subscribed. and I can't make the facebook calendar being default.
is it something wrong?

DavidDC said:
OT:
Doe's WP7 (NoDo/Mango) reminds me on Birthday's when I set them in LIVE Contacts?
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Yes (Mango)

desaturated said:
I'm talking about the Calendar setting, In my live account i have 2 calendar, 1 is my calendar (default) and the facebook subscribed. and I can't make the facebook calendar being default.
is it something wrong?
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Hmmm, I didn't have to set it as my default. You know what, I'm using Mango and now that I think about it, I should have put that in the title.
If you're using Mango, then all you have to do it subscribe to the FB calendar link that you copied from the FB site. In your phone calendar, makes sure it's selected to sync w/ the FB calendar and you should be good.
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Great walkthrough indeed. I personally use Facebook birthday tile app which remind me of any incoming birthday on its tile
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wbadry said:
Great walkthrough indeed. I personally use Facebook birthday tile app which remind me of any incoming birthday on its tile
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Thanks! I don't really start any posts, but I thought once I figured it put that I should share it. I know I tried quite a few things since I bought the phone last year.
Yeah, I bought that a couple of months ago. I was using that up until this too.

[Q] Gmail App doesn't push all my mail

Since last week I have some problems with the gmail app on my One X. I don't seem to get all my emails on my phone. When I check my mail online, there is still unread email in my inbox?? I didn't get these emails on my phone? Somehow gmail didn't push them..
Furthermore I also don't receive push notifications from friendcaster. Only when I open the app, the messages get pushed??
Anyone here with the same problems?

Hello
Try clearing the cache.
Then go in to settings clock on your account and make sure Email notfications is tricked
Gentle Jesus

As above ... clear cashe
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Make sure you have auto sync enabled you cannot have push mail without it.

Stupid question but..where is the clear cache option in the mail app?

Find it in settings>applications find there your app and hit the clear button
Wybazgrane za pomocą Neo V w tapatalk 2.

newbie_uncle said:
Find it in settings>applications find there your app and hit the clear button
Wybazgrane za pomocą Neo V w tapatalk 2.
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Ow yeah...thanks.Didn't tought of that,it's realy late i'm my brain is literaly shutting down )
Just tested,doesn't work.The first email account that i've entered is showing me all my emails.If i put another email (gmail,yahoo,doesn't mather) it doesn't show me what mails that i have.

Hello
I see you are using the built in mail app that come with the one x right not the gmail app ?
Gentle Jesus

Gentle Jesus said:
Hello
I see you are using the built in mail app that come with the one x right not the gmail app ?
Gentle Jesus
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Yes,i am using it because i have many account on multiple providers so i need the built in mail app.
EDIT:
I recommend to download from the playstore K-9 for pure and after that download Pure Messenger.That will allow you to use how many mail account you want(you set them up in the K-9) and after that add the widget from the Pure Messenger.This is how it looks:

Ok I see.
All I know is that there are diffrent types of protocol's one is POP and one is IMAP im not sure which one it is but I used to have one sent in my outlook and when i logged on to gmail in browser my mail is still there even though i deleted them on outlook.
I think a quick google search will help you fix the problem, al so i think IMAP is the one you need if you want read mail on your phone to be marked as read mail in you outlook/gmail account.
Im sure someone with more experience on this will be able to help you.
Good luck
Gentle Jesus

Gentle Jesus said:
Ok I see.
All I know is that there are diffrent types of protocol's one is POP and one is IMAP im not sure which one it is but I used to have one sent in my outlook and when i logged on to gmail in browser my mail is still there even though i deleted them on outlook.
I think a quick google search will help you fix the problem, al so i think IMAP is the one you need if you want read mail on your phone to be marked as read mail in you outlook/gmail account.
Im sure someone with more experience on this will be able to help you.
Good luck
Gentle Jesus
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Yeah i also tought of that but that isnt the problem.I have 2 gmail accounts and only one of them is showing me my mail and gmail uses the same IMAP protocol.I think this is a bug in the mail app.

ahh I see.
I currently have no clue whats gone wrong then. Sorry I couldnt help im sure someone will give a fix.
Good luck
Gentle Jesus

The last update of gmail is the issue.. after removing the update the app works fine again!
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[Q] Email Problem on E975

In my E975 (India Version), there is no option for language setting in my office email account.
Whenever I sent the email, the recipients receives in the following format - "*Iªڞh¬ç-×zk¡ۜ¶*&#39|V*Ê×m4Òz,".....please let me the solution.
Guys please help.........

Simit37 said:
In my E975 (India Version), there is no option for language setting in my office email account.
Whenever I sent the email, the recipients receives in the following format - "*Iªڞh¬ç-×zk¡ۜ¶*'|V*Ê×m4Òz,".....please let me the solution.
Guys please help.........
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Use mail droid app...im using that app for my offyc account since Default email doesn't wrk...also i read somewher that LGs Email app has some bugs...!!

hasan4791 said:
Use mail droid app...im using that app for my offyc account since Default email doesn't wrk...also i read somewher that LGs Email app has some bugs...!!
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The same problem repeating........guys please help......my office emails only works on microsoft exchange.........guys please help.....

Simit37 said:
The same problem repeating........guys please help......my office emails only works on microsoft exchange.........guys please help.....
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mail droid works cool with microsoft exchange too...even my offyc mails are hosted in that server ly...Y cant yu give a try..

hasan4791 said:
mail droid works cool with microsoft exchange too...even my offyc mails are hosted in that server ly...Y cant yu give a try..
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I gave a try ......its not working........