I have tried setting up the wm6.1 pocket outlook to fetch emails from out Zimbra email server (Zimbra Mobile provides an Exchange interface compatible with pocket outlook). It works: POutlook fetches the email headers and notifices me. So far so good.
The problem arises when I want to read the full email. I can find no possible way in Pocket Outlook that allows me to fetch the full email. In the menu I found "Fetch Message" but it was grayed (which I found odd as only the header was fetched).
Does anyone know anything about this issue/problem?
It seems this problem only occurs if POutlook is configured to fetch only email headers. If it is configured to fetch part of the email body as well, a "Download the rest of this email" button is inserted at the bottom of the email body which when clicked, will in fact download the rest of the email. Why M$ decided that this buttom wasn't necessary when nothing of the email body was fetched I cannot grasp.
So the solution is to have POutlook always download part of the email body and you get the option to download the rest. Otherwise you have to use IMAP or POP3 instead.
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Hello Everyone,
I have a T-Mobile USA SDA and had a problem with emails on the device.
Not sure if it is working as designed or if there was a blug, so I thought I would float it by you guys.
Setup:
Mail client on T-Mobile USA SDA
Configured manually to check pop and send smtp with my gmail account. It is set such that the message headers are downloaded first.
I connect WIFI and send/recieve
I receive a header I had sent myself for testing
I click on it and select to download the message body.
I go back to the inbox.
I do send and receive.
I receive the message body.
I read it.
I go back to the inbox.
I do send and recieve.
Result:
The message is removed without a trace. it is not put into deleted items folder, nor does it remain in the inbox folder.
Is this expected behavior? I am not allowed to store mail on my device? Is there a registry setting to change this behavior? There is no options within the application. Is there a registry setting to change wheremails are stored in general? thanks for seeing the barrage of questions!
Yes I got the same result with you. Mine is a Dopod 577w (Tornado in Taiwan). This behaviour also happens to other mail servers.
ni hao,
I had searched a bit about it and found some places explain it. The explanation sounds weak, but it looks like something we will have to live with until either gmail or ms changes their server or client software.
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Sat, Mar 4 2006 7:24 am
The problem is with the default behaviour of Gmail - it will "hide" all the
already-downloaded mail. Unfortunately, it seems not even now that the beta
phase is long over can you effectively override this behaviour - the POP3
radio buttons just don't stick in the Settings window.
Therefore, the best solution IMHO is switching to an alternative e-mail
client that doesn't remove the messages that are not available online any
more from the local view. The alternative mailer clients FlexMail and Qmail
are like so - see the row "Does it only display mail that is still on the
server? " in the comparison chart of my mailer client roundup at
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=569&more=1 . Of the two,
FlexMail offers scheduling capabilities.
PocketPC MAG:
Does it only display mail that is still on the server? : one of the most-criticized problems with Messaging is that it does not show older messages (messages that have been deleted in the meantime) in the Inbox unless you explicitly (mass-)move them to a separate folder. As can be seen, it's, in addition to Messaging, only nPOPw that deletes the messages from the local view that don't exist on the server any more. The other mailer applications don't.
I might just write a pop/smtp client software myself. Much easier to tweak it to do what I need it to do, and in my previous job I worked for an email client so I know those protocols well. I probably won't add advanced functionality or IMAP/Exchange, because I have no individual use for those.
Very Useful info.
My current solution to this issue is Outlook & ActiveSync. Just download your mail to PC and sync. Mail in mobile Outlook account will not disappear unless you delete them.
By the way, I think Gmail mobile website is also okay for mail browsing & composing.
(it is not a good experience posting reply here using Pocket IE)
I'd like to write a mail client using .NET CF just for fun if I have time. I'm not a C++ guy.
Here are the symptoms...
1) Send email to my email server
2) Access mail server Inbox with webmail - new mail is there
3) Do send receive on PPC to download headers with POP3
4) There is my new mail in PPC Inbox
5) Refesh on webmail, mail also still there
6) Delete email from PPC Inbox
7) Do send receive on PPC
8) No email in PPC Inbox, mail now in Deleted items
9) Refesh on webmail, mail is still there
A) Empty Trash on PPC, Inbox empty, Deleted items empty
B) Refesh on webmail, mail still there
C) Do send receive on PPC
D) PPC, Inbox empty, Deleted items empty
E) Refesh on webmail, MAIL GONE!!!
I expected:
D) Mail re-appears in PPC Inbox
E) Refesh on webmail, mail still there
Happens with both WM2003SE and WM5, I think its got something to do with the configuration of my mail server as this didnt used to happen (recently switched from Microsoft to Linux/Horde server).
If I change the mail protocol from POP3 to IMAP4 it works as I expected it would, so I guess the Linux/Horde mail server presumes the POP3 access coming from the trashed PPC should trigger a mail flush, where as IMAP4 is presumed to be a header access again. Guess there is some logic difference between MS mail server and Linux.
Any ideas/explanations greatly appreciated?
That's how it's supposed to work.
It sounds as though you had Exchange set to ignore deletes from mobile devices.
AlanJC said:
That's how it's supposed to work.
It sounds as though you had Exchange set to ignore deletes from mobile devices.
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Thanks for that, if thats the case then I am surprised the email didnt disappear from my mailserver when I initially deleted it from my PPC Inbox. All through this I had "Leave copies of emails on the mail server" ticked in the mail account settings on PPC. The send/receive didnt clear the mail servers Inbox, neither did the Delete so I was surprised the Empty Trash Can did.
Solved it by switching to IMAP4 - but logic of all this appears odd to me.
Thanks, anyway.
I love my Hermes but it falls seriously short in one area: I am unable to take full advantage of my Tuffmail hosted IMAP mail functionality (eg multiple folders, each with its own email address). From what I read about Chattermail on the Treo/Palm OS platform it seems to be a much better IMAP mail client than the built in WM5 Messaging application because it supports IMAP IDLE and (very important) allows you to send from multiple email addresses intuitively. I have been trying FlexMail 2007 as an alternative but find it so unreliable and such a memory hog that it is a chore just keeping it running.
Query: Has anyone figured out a way to hack the WM5 Messaging application so that it is possible to change the Sent From email address easily without having to reconfigure the account each time? What I am currently doing with FlexMail is using only one email account linked to my IMAP server but changing the From address as required by using DinarSoft TapText to type in the right Display Name and email address with a single keystroke. My preference would be to go back to WM5 Messaging if I can figure out an easy way to change the From account when I compose a message.
Thoughts?
Edit: Another acceptable workaround would be to create send-only accounts within the WM Messaging application. Unfortunately there is no Send All command (only Send and Receive), and garbage incoming mail servers results in an error message before any message is sent. Other suggestions would be welcome.
I would also like to know this. I host my own webserver, and use it with multiple emails, all of which go to the same account:
[email protected]
[email protected] etc all go to my main mailbox, which i sync through directpush to the phone.
What I want is to be able to hit "from" and change it to "[email protected]" or "[email protected]" or whatever, depending on who I am emailing.
I am also running a Hermes with WM5, and using the core outlook email client software.
Any ideas?
I have scoured the forums and found the fix for my gmail retrieval, but nothing for my pop3 acct. What do I need to do to keep my pop3 email on my device after I connect/reconnect? It deletes the recently checked mail after each update...
Somebody help please!
Solved!!! Problem was with my outlook deleting msgs off my pop server dispite all the boxes checked otherwise.
My PocketPC checks POP3 email every 15 minutes. I have a desktop machine that checks the same POP3 email every 10 minutes. When the desktop checks the mail, it removes it from the POP3 server. When it's retrieved from the PocketPC, it leaves the mail on the server.
If I'm away from my office for an extended period, I'll shut down my desktop email. That way it doesn't get deleted from the server and I can see it on the PocketPC.
Is this related to what you are doing?
Two Things to check:
1st - are you using the recent mode with Gmail? Basically, type in 'recent:[email protected]' instead of just '[email protected]' for your user name.
2nd - There are some config options under the advanced settings link in the email account edit feature. I don't have my phone in front of me right now, but try to edit your gmail account, and look for the blue hyper link that says advanced settings. It has some "delete options" in it.
I'm pretty sure that adding recent: will solve your problem, it did for me.
Hi all,
I'm a new Aria user on ATT (everything still completely stock and vanilla) and I've pretty much got everything setup for Exchange access via ActiveSync. I am able to set the HTC e-mail client to receive HTML formatted messages from our Exchange server. However, I get a fair number of basic plain text e-mails; i.e., there is no HTML information at all in the message body. When I open any message that happens to be plain text only, the e-mail client shows a blank message on open. I'm guessing it's because the application is looking for HTML information, and it finds none. Regardless of message type (HTML or plain text or both), I always see the subject header no problem. If there is an attachment to the plain text e-mail, then I do see the attachment itself, but nothing else of the message body. If I change the message format setting to be Plain Text instead, messages that have already been sync'ed (using the HTML setting) are still blank, but new plain text messages are fine.
EDIT: Some additional info. I'm using Kerio MailServer as my Exchange Server. I have version 6.6 of Kerio, so I had to use the "allow unsupported devices" setting to get the account setup. As a test, I changed my Exchange ActiveSync setup to point to my gmail account; using that server, plain text messages sent to the account are displayed, and they appear to be using some kind of HTML formatting. I don't have a proper MS Exchange server to test out more fully. At this point, it looks to be more of a server issue than a mail client issue, but maybe a little of both. If anyone uses Kerio MailServer, I'd appreciate any tips or experience.
I haven't tried some of the other e-mail clients available; it seems like they all have their ups and downs. I have done a decent amount of searching, but did not find much on this specific issue. Is this problem a known issue (or can anyone replicate it), and is there any chance of fixing it? My preference would be to continue using the stock e-mail app, using the HTML format setting for ActiveSync e-mails, but actually be able to read plain text e-mails!
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
JEBroussard