Possible to 'get x days' of email and *keep* old emails? - Non-Touchscreen Windows Mobile Other

WM Standard (smartphone) has a 'feature' where if you specify x days of emails to get, it will delete from the device any emails outside of that range. Is there a way to prevent this auto-deletion?
The only option that doesn't delete old emails is obviously the option to download ALL emails, which is bad if you have 10,000+ emails. That is why I want the option to limit the amount of emails to download, but not at the expense of losing old emails. Even gmail's 'recent' trick of 30 days is too much for my taste. I thought it was a problem with gmail's pop3 implementation but the exact same thing happens over gmail imap, so it must be a problem with wm.
I know on WM Classic/Professional, there is a trick where you can tell it to get only headers but strangely also grab x amount of the body:
* [x] Only display messages from the last __ days
* Get full body / get message headers only
* [x] Include __KB of message body
Somehow, this leads to old emails not being deleted.
But on Standard (smartphone), I only see:
* Download messages: Today, past 3, past 5, past 7, past 30, all
* Message download limit: 2K, 5K, 50K, just text, headers only, all
So I can't use that trick since headers and body limit are not separate options.
I just need a freaking: [x] Do not automatically delete old emails.
Sure, I have a copy back on the PC, but I'm screwed if I need to look at that email when I'm not near my PC. How would you feel if wm decided to remove from the device all contacts that you haven't used past 30 days? Or remove photos older than 30 days? Obviously they don't do that, but why do they do it for one of the most important features of the device?!
Is this the choice of have to make?
* Download emails from the last x days and lose all others.
or
* Download all 10,000 emails and get to keep your old emails.
or
* Download all 10,000 email headers, get to keep your old emails, but have to tag and wait for the download each email body I want to look at.

Are you using a POP3 or IMAP account ??
When u specify "download x days email" to 3 days, what is it's behaviour:
a) does it download emails which are beyond 3 days and then delete it or
b) does not even download the emails beyond 3days...

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Notifications for emails in folders other than the inbox.

I've been looking around for some type of software (since WM5 and WM6 don't seem to have the ability built in) that will let me know when I've gotten an email in a folder other than my inbox.
All of the people in my office have separate folders, and all of their email is sorted into their respective boxes automatically in a server-side rule. I'd always have to manually check those folders in windows mobile (I've got an 8125 running XDA Mobile 6 r4) every time I looked at my phone.
While searching around I found a software package called watchflag (www.watchflag.com or m.watchflag.com for the direct download). It didn't have this option at first, but I asked their support about it and they actually wrote it into the code! It'll play different notifications depending on who it's from or what the subject line is, and it checks all folders, including subfolders (just be sure to follow all of their directions!). So if you've been looking for something to alert you on new email in subfolders (the boss [or the wife] emailing you and you have a separate folder for them), this software will work great.
Just wanted to spread the word as I looked high and low and haven't found anything else that does this out there!
thanks for the post, nice ap. probably shouldnt put your email in plain site like that[username]
I've been waiting a long time for this! Thanks!
Looks interesting. I'm looking for something subtley different - I use FlexMail to access a private IMAP account and I'd love to find something which hooks the standard notification process, so, for instance, my HTC Home new mail count will increment for mail received in Flexmail/IMAP. (At the moment I have Outlook mirroring the IMAP account and checking for mail every 5 minutes to flag new arrivals, but that's wasteful of resources...)
Does anyone know of something that allows you to hook the standard notification procedures for custom events?

Email question

Hi folks
finally got my xda orbit the other day - lving it so far - and have managed to get the email sorted out. I sent myself a few test emails last night but upon receiving a new email it seems to delete the previous one(s). My question - to the more experienced users out there - is this: is there a setting or something I can do on the xda so doesn't delete previous emails when a new one comes through?
I apologise if I asked something already chatted about but I've been trying to find out about this problem all day.
Thanks in advance for any help!
When you set up a mail account, you get to choose how many days worth of email you want to download; if you chose "Today" then that probably explains why last night's test messages got deleted when you sent yourself new mail today........
You can change this behaviour, but be careful how much you choose to keep unless you've got a storage card!!
Go to the email Inbox, select Menu | Tools | Options, then tap on the required email account; tap Next five times until you get to a screen with "Automatic Send/Receive" and "Download messages" on - the bottom box shows how many days worth of email you're currently storing....change it to whatever your heart desires, hit Next and then Finish
Hope that helps,
Mark.
Heh - that may have been it, but I was getting (last night anyway) emails and then immeddiately (as in seconds later) I was sending a second one and the previously received one vanished. I've set it so that it downloads ALL messages - not sure if I should have it set for entire message or just headers yet...I'll see how that goes. I do have a storage card though so i'd certainly save messages to that - maybe (not sure if I can do this) I can create a folder on it and direct messages to get moved/saved there? No idea how that's done though
But thanks for the help - if you have any other tips let me know...I love this xda Going to look for mods for it...apparently there's some nice HTC themed ones out there
EDIT* This is annoying me a bit now...I just did a fresh check for emails (had 2 I received not 5 mins ago), there weren't any new ones but now those previous 2 have disappeared from my inbox list - what is going on with this thing? I can't keep losing these emails.

Opening Subfolders

One of the most annoying features of wm 6.1, is the need to open manually (touching the plus sign) all the subfolders to see if I have new email within.
The need to open all the subfolders came up because i'm using emails rules to file emails (outlook 2007 + exchange).
Does anybody know of a nice solution to this problem? something like "unread emails" would be nice, or an option just within one click to open all the subfolders.
anybody?
ANybody? Help?
yes, I agree. it is annoying. I have not played with other email clients like Flexmail. maybe they have a better solution?
I find it hard to touch the plus sign, so I use the Dpad (down to go down, right to expand the plus sign, left to collapse).
If anyone has any other solutions, tricks or hacks, please share!
I've tried flexmail. It has the feature of automatic opening of subfolders. Moreover - it writes the number of emails unread / number of total emails - which is excellent. The only problem is that the performance is so poor. It takes ages to navigate through the subfolders. I've uninstalled it after 2 days.

Looking for Windows Desktop software for viewing threaded SMS

I have a Sprint Touch Pro 2. From the last 2 years, I have over 14,000 text messages (I had imported it from my Touch, then my Diamond, then my Touch Pro, and finally to my Pro2). It used to be a lot more, but I pruned it down..
The issue is, my phone is VERY slow when I hit the contacts list or go to check my texts.. the phone will literally freeze for 5 seconds or more.. I tried wiping the device and importing, but as soon as I reimport the texts, the same issue arises. Threading also doesn't work, as the device just gets bogged down trying to sort all of them. I have tried doing this a couple of times at night, with no success.
I obviously don't need this many texts on my phone... But I do want to keep an archive of them on my PC. Preferably showing a threaded view.
I know Exchange 2010 will download SMS, but I can't upgrade from Exchange 2007 till DPM 2010 comes out as well (sometime next year).
I have found a couple apps (see links below), but most of them work by working with the live database.. so, nothing permanently downloaded.. And if you try deleting stuff, it needs to redownload everything again.. crashing half the time because of the size of the SMS database. I did find one app, but it doesn't have a threaded view and costs $$. All of them aren't being worked on anymore.
Online is no help either. Dashwire is not showing me any text since April, plus it is closing end of the year. MiQ, is freezing up the phone and the ads are very irritating. Microsoft My Phone shows ALL my texts, but is showing only a few per page (I would need to click a couple thousand pages to clean up the phone). Also, it is not threaded either.
So, if anyone knows a web/desktop app that can show threaded SMS conversations and after editing, you can sync the updated list back to your phone... Plus won't choke on the large amounts of texts.
The stuff I've tried but were no good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324684
http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2008/04...age-your-sms-from-your-desktop-or-laptop.html
http://www.efficasoft.com/mobileexpress/index.html
http://www.synergetechsolutions.com/mobilesmssync.aspx
I used jeyo mobile extender and it was awesome. Only downside is I can't get it to work in Outlook 2010 Beta. But it is a great program and I highly recommend it.
I have tried Jeyo Mobile Companion and am testing it our currently. Jeyo Mobile Extender doesn't show threaded view.
Jeyo Mobile Companion hasn't hung when I am downloading all the texts... And there is a threaded view you can do for individual people. The only issues I am having with it are:
1.) To edit the texts, such as moving them to folders or deleting them, the phone has to be attached as it is doing it live. I would much rather have everything done offline, and then when completed, it would resynch back to the phone.
2.) When looking at threaded view, I will try and change the colors of either my text or the person's text I am talking to, but this function does not work correctly and colorizes only parts.

Advice sought for push mail hosting with spam filtering

OK, it's about time that I reviewed my email hosting options, I am currently paying $10 a month to exchangemymail.com for exchange 2k3 hosting (200MB mailbox). The main reason I went with that company was at the time they were the only ones I could find that offered postini filtered email accounts for one user only (I use it for my personal phone not just buisiness).
Top notch spam filtering is my #1 priority as I have had evilc.com and the [email protected] email address for nigh on 20 years now so I get a *lot* of spam.
However, since I originally took out the account, google bought postini, and now it seems that you can pay google $6 a year for postini filtering and bolt it onto any email account (You need a domain, which I have).
I am not unhappy with exchangemymail.com's service at all, but I think I can maybe get a better deal now.
So... looking for input on the subject.
Here are some points worth noting:
I currently use windows mobile, but I am maybe getting an android phone too soon, so a system that works well on both would be nice.
I use the same account on my desktop as my phone and I will not change this - it has to be as good a desktop solution as it is a phone solution.
Unification of email / contacts / tasks etc and OTA synching of these is vital. With my current system, I can enter a contact into outlook, pick up my (untethered) phone and the contact will be in there within seconds. I want to keep this.
I want the push email to be as real-time as possible. None of this every 5 or 10 minutes rubbish. I hold conversations via email, so it needs to be fast.
I am not hugely happy with the desktop exchange solution, it takes ~2-3 mins to load up outlook, and I have to enter my password too. However, I am not a huge fan of web interfaces for email / contacts etc.
I suppose it doesnt have to be postini spam filtering, but it needs to be really, really good.
Not looking for super cheap / free solutions from tiny outfits. I want to sleep sound at night knowing that my data is safe. (Yes I know about the google / sidekick fiasco but that isn't the norm for google)
I am in the UK, so hosting in places where the exchange rate is favourable makes sense

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