So, I have a FlexMail 4 for my HTC TyTN II (actually AT&T Tilt, if that makes a difference), and I was wondering if it could be integrated with TouchFlo, TouchFlo 2d or Manila.
My issues:
1) There's no way to do TouchFlo scrolling in FlexMail. Is there a registry tweak that can fix this?
2) Currently, TouchFlo 2d still uses Pocket Outlook. Would there be a way to change it to use FlexMail?
GMail, Hotmail, Exchange, Newsgroups, and RSS all on the same Windows Mobile (WM5 and up) reader, with HTML, links, & attachments all working.
It is not a new reader- it’s qmail (qmail3) version 3.0.7. I am not an expert, and don’t have a clue as to all of the filter settings and crap that you can do with it, but I did figure out how to get all of the above working in ONE PROGRAM! Below are the workarounds and settings that I discovered.
I previously used Qusnetsoft reader for NNTP and RSS and Flexmail 4 for email. I was unhappy with the Flexmail viewer (no touch scrolling; scroll bar with stylus only) and email navigation from open mail to folders a bit of a pain. Qusnetsoft took too long to sync (nice interface though). I had used QMail3 before and liked it, but still use Hotmail and was bummed by MSN no longer supporting POP.
First… Download QMail (http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/Email/QMAIL-8837.shtml) for WM.
Then, for each account, In QMail, <Menu<Tool<Account<Add Account
GMAIL
Name=Gmail (or whatever)
Class=mail
Incoming=POP3 (or IMAP, but I’ll cover POP3 settings)
Outgoing=SMTP Then tap “OK”
In General Tab…
Incoming=pop.gmail.com
Outgoing=smtp.gmail.com
Name=your name
Address=your email
Reply-To=your email
In User Tab…
Username=your Gmail Login Name
Password=your GMail Password
Check Authenticate
Username=your Gmail Login Name
Password=your GMail Password
In Details Tab…
Incoming mail Port=995
Secure=SSL
Outgoing mail Port=465
Secure=SSL
All other Settings are fine or adjust at your discretion.
HOTMAIL
First off, if you are not living in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, or the Netherlands (Where MSN has made POP for hotmail available again) you’ll need to change your location in Windows Live or Hotmail to reflect that you now live in one of those places. The site I used for these settings is http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/...and-smtp-support-instantly-for-all-countries/ Once this is done, the Qmail settings are as follows…
Name=Hotmail (or whatever)
Class=mail
Incoming=POP3
Outgoing=SMTP Then tap “OK”
In General Tab…
Incoming=pop3.live.com
Outgoing=smtp.live.com
Name=your name
Address=your email
Reply-To=your email
In User Tab…
Username=your Hotmail Login Name
Password=your Hotmail Password
Check Authenticate
Username=your Hotmail Login Name
Password=your Hotmail Password
In Details Tab…
Incoming mail Port=995
Secure=SSL
Outgoing mail Port=25
Secure=SSL
All other Settings are fine or adjust at your discretion.
Exchange
Not all exchange servers will work this way- your admin must have access enabled. I work for a school district and they have a web interface. Here are the QMail settings that get me in.
Name=Work (or whatever)
Class=mail
Incoming=POP3
Outgoing=SMTP Then tap “OK”
In General Tab…
Incoming=www.your domain name.web access suffix eg. www.avondale.k12.az.us
Outgoing=.your domain name.web access suffix eg. www.avondale.k12.az.us
Name=your name
Address=your email
Reply-To=your email
In User Tab…
Username=your Domain/Login Name eg. Avondale/JPerkins
Password=your Exchange Password
Check Authenticate
Username=your Domain/Login Name eg. Avondale/JPerkins
Password=your Exchange Password
In Details Tab…
Incoming mail Port=143 (auto selected)
Secure=none
Outgoing mail Port=25 (auto selected)
Secure=none
All other Settings are fine or adjust at your discretion.
Newsgroups
Name=newsgroups (or whatever)
Class=news
Incoming=NNTP
Outgoing=NNTP Then tap “OK”
In General Tab… (Check with your service provider for NNTP access settings- here’s some for AT&T)
Incoming=news.sf.sbcglobal.net
Outgoing= news.sf.sbcglobal.net
Name=your name (any name)
Address=your email
Reply-To=your email
In User Tab…
Username=your service provider’s login eg. [email protected]
Password=your service provider’s Password
Check Authenticate
Username=your service provider’s login eg. [email protected]
Password=your service provider’s Password
In Details Tab…
Incoming mail Port=119 (auto selected)
Secure=none
Outgoing mail Port=119 (auto selected)
Secure=none
All other Settings are fine or adjust at your discretion.
RSS
Name=RSS (or whatever)
Class=rss
Incoming=RSS
Outgoing=Blog Then tap “OK”
Then tap “OK” and Then tap “OK” again
Select RSS from drop-down menu, tap-and-hold in the blank white space and select Subscribe to Feed…
Enter Feed Site eg. www.npr.org Tap Next
The Name should auto select (if you are connected to the internet). Tap “OK”
All other Settings are fine or adjust at your discretion.
I use an HTC Kaiser (AT&T Tilt) w/cooked diamond rom 6.1 and I don’t have a data plan- I have WIFI at home @ work, so I needed something that could load everything onto my device for offline viewing when out-n-about. If you open a message then tap ok, then <Menu<Edit<Select All then tap-and-hold any off the messages, select <Mark<Mark Download, then do a Sync or Roundup again (you can find these by tapping and holding icons on the bottom toolbar) you can download full emails/news articles/etc. Hope this helps someone
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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.
USENET:
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.
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?
when I try and setup my exchange email in the email messaging client (the default MS) i enter the server address for owa
email / outlook
https://123.123.123.123/exchange/
but when i hit next it drops the https:// and the /exchange/ and just leaves it 123.123.123.123, causing a sync error.
Any ideas?
Hmm, I had no probelm.
Maybe an easier way of doing it would be to sync the phone with a pc that has outlook open - it automatically sets it all up for you (or it did for me the last time I did it...)
That is correct behavior. Note the check box for SSL below the server address field. So if ssl is used, check the box and input just the domain information (123.123.123.123). You only need the fully qualified domain (or ip address) and it will not accept subdirectories (/exchange), that's only for OWA.
Credits: http://kiribao.blogspot.com/2007/11/windows-mobile-messaging-and-gmail-pop.html
Google's POP/SMTP access allows you to "workaround" most ISP's policy of sending out email via default SMTP port. Here are set of steps to configure proper gmail POP access from multiple devices with on Windows Mobile 6 Messaging.
Start > Messaging.
Click New E-Mail Account. If you already have one configured then select your existing gmail account and then click Tools > Options followed by another click on gmail account in the list of current accounts you have defined.
Enter your email address (eg: [email protected]). You may need to create the address as @tempgail.com so that you can deselect the automatic email discovery.
Enter your name.
Enter gmail.com in the Account Display Name.
For Incoming Mail Server type pop.gmail.com:995 (notice the :995 - that's the POP port number you need to specify as per gmail's official setup configuration).
For Account Type choose POP3.
For User Name type recent:[email protected].
Type in your password (check Save password), click Next.
For Outgoing SMTP Mail Server type smtp.gmail.com:587 (again, notice the port number 587 added after colon) and check both checkboxes below the smtp server name for requiring authentication and to use same username for sending and receiving email.
Click Advanced Server Settings and select both checkboxes for Require SSL for Incoming E-mail as well as for Require SSL for Outgoing e-mail.
Choose The Internet for the Network Connection dropdown on the same screen and click Done to continue with setup.
Click Next.
Choose some frequency for automatic send and receive of emails (eg. Every 10 minutes) and select All Messages for Download Messages dropdown
Click Advanced Settings and under When Deleting Messages dropdown, select Keep Them On The Server.
Click Done and click Next to go to final step.
Choose message format as HTML and message download limit of 2KB (or higher).
Click Finish.
With the above setup my HTC TouchPRO and Gmail work like a breeze.
Important trick is the use of "recent:" in your account name - this apparently relies on gmail's "recent mode" which allows multiple clients to access messages via POP without getting into that trouble with one client getting the messages and the others don't. Apart from that, make sure you use the port number for POP and SMTP server as outlined above.
Enjoy,
thankss...
I would greatly appreciate it if you posted this guide again here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471521
thank you
I have added the account to the default e-mail client (POP3, it is a custom domain, not a provided such as Hotmail or Gmail) but there appears to be no option to sync all e-mails to the device.
Within the e-mail Account Settings, I get:
General settings
Account name
Your name
Signature
Inbox check frequency
Default account
Notification settings
Email notifications
Select ringtone
Server settings
Incoming settings
Username
Password
POP3 server
Security type
Port
Delete email from server
Outgoing settings
STMP server
Security type
Port
Require sign-in
Username
Password
Remove account
Remove account
Any ideas?
I don't know the specifics of your server, but generally the POP3 protocol only transfers NEW messages, it doesn't sync the whole mailbox. For that, you may want to use a IMAP server.