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Exchange Server email program

I've searched for this particular issue and basically haven't found a solution for the Pocket PC but I know one must be out there. Here's my problem:
I've got two Exchange Server accounts I need to sync on the same device (HTC Fuze, a.k.a. HTC-4600) as well as some POP3 email accounts. However, I specifically do not want to sync the calendar information from either Exchange account. I need a third party program, I'd imagine, to accomplish this.
I've seen where people have said it can't be done but I've been doing this for years on a Treo 650 and Treo 680 using ChatterMail+ application, which does just this. However, that's a Palm OS application and I've moved on to Windows Mobile 6.1. I figure there's got to be something out there similar to ChatterMail (which is only for the Palm OS). With one Exchange Account I've actually got access to the full Outlook integration on the desktop (although I don't want it) and with the other I'm limited to Outlook Web Access anyway.
Does anyone know of any software that can accomplish this on the WM6.1 platform? Any help is appreciated.
By the way, that's two exchange server email accounts (but just the "Inbox" from each - not the calendar, contacts, notes, etc.) on one AT&T Fuze (a.k.a. HTC Raphael 101) while still syncing the calendar, contacts, notes, (Everything but email) with my PC. Anyone got any ideas or am I ignoring some feature of the Fuze?

i believe all you need to do is go into server settings and deselect the calendar sync. also i think from WinMo 5 on we can sync to 2 and up to (i maybe wrong) 4 exchange servers.

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flipfone said:
i believe all you need to do is go into server settings and deselect the calendar sync. also i think from WinMo 5 on we can sync to 2 and up to (i maybe wrong) 4 exchange servers.
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Thanks for the reply, but that's not quite what I'm looking for. I didn't explain it very well in the original post but the two exchange servers only allow the OWA interface; they do not have IMAP4 or anything enabled. That program on the PalmOS, Chattermail++ with the Exchange plug-in, allowed those two accounts to sync the email somehow despite the limitations imposed by those exchange servers.
Also, I have to keep calendar checked because I want it to sync with my desktop Outlook calendar (I run my work OS in a virtual machine, so one of my Exchange Server accounts is in Outlook on a VM, that way I keep my personal and work appointments separate). That Chattermail++ did all this, so I'm really looking for a replacement for that program. I've settled on Flexmail4, and the only drawback to that is there's no exchange plug-in to get me into the OWA like on the PalmOS. But, that may have been a one-of-a-kind thing.

ok you can disable calendar in one server and not the other the settings are separate or all servers. but i know nothing about owa settings and syncro. Sorry i cant help ya except maybe you may wish to run a palm emulator so that you can run chattermail? Just a thought, i personally wouldnt want to run that way.Either way please post your findings im interested.

I've been playing around with the two browsers (Opera and IE) included to access OWA. The Opera browser will remember my login credentials for me, which is very handy, but it has a very strange glitch when loading the OWA pages; most of the time it will chop off the top part of the page if you are at all zoomed in (zooming in is mandatory if you want to actually read your email using Opera). The top of the OWA pages, unfortunately, is where "Reply, Reply All, Forward, Delete, etc." commands are located. You're unable to scroll up to them or zoom out to see them, which pretty much makes OWA unusable in Opera. Using IE to access OWA is better since the entire page is accessible. However, the left-hand frame with the "Inbox, Folders, Options, Logoff, etc." menu takes up over half of the screen even on landscape mode. So you've got to click and drag to expand the actual message area. Also, IE does not remember my login settings for OWA which is a pain.
So that's the state of my findings at present. The PPC program "Chronobis" (http://www.chronobis.com/) has got the right idea on the functionality I'm looking for, except it can sync everything but email! That's the kind of functionality (interaction with OWA) that I need for the exchange server email accounts.

Exchange questions

I am new to Android. Have been a longtime WindowsMobile user. The Captivate has a menu to synchronize with exchange including mail, contacts and calenders. I got mail to work, but contacts and calender do not synch. I would assume it is officially supported since it is in the menu. Has anybody else got it to work, meaning can you pull contacts and calender from your exchange account down to your phone?

Yes, mine works fine. Is auto synch off under menu/synch?
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Mine is working fine too. I went in and disabled the Contact synchronization and it looked like everything (mail, calendar, contacts) is all enabled by default. I think I remember seeing the settings when I initially set it up too. Go into your calendar and then into the settings and make sure it is displaying your exchange calendar. Same thing with the contacts.

Mine works great. In fact a little tooooo good. I have it syncing with my Google contacts and my exchange contacts. . .
One note. The client on the Captivate is not a full exchange client. That's apparently an Android V2.2 feature. That means there are some features that worked on my BB and my Nokia E72 that don't work on the Captivate. The most notable, and irratating is any http link embedded into an appointment note is treated as straight text. So if you have an airlines check in appointment, or link to a map - you can't just click on it and have a browser take you to the link. . . .or at least I haven't figure out how to make that work yet.

ok. The whole Activesync exchange seems very screwy on Android. I deleted exchange account and re-added it. Now, I can see and synch all my contacts, but I only get some of my calender items. I downloaded TouchDown, and via Touchdown I can sync my email but I do not see contacts or calender. I am pretty techsavvy, so this just baffles me.

Is it possible to look up a name against the GAL/company address book with the stock android client when composing an email message?

I have been able to "Lookup" emails through the GAL. Simply type a name in the To Field, hit search. You are taken to a new screen where you can do a lookup. One note though. I have not seen FULL integration with the GAL. For instance, our company has Email, Direct Dial, Fax, Cell, Address all entered in the AD. This makes it easy to look up phone numbers. Cant seem to get that to work in the phone search

having issues sending appointments from phone
I'm using Exchange and stock email client. I've tried to send meetings to people in my GAL, but they never receive the invite. Anyone else having the issue?\

This is a known issue with the captivate. Hopefully there is a fix on the way. It was supposed to work seemlessly out of the box, but there are some problems.

[Q] Outlook for Gtablet?

I tried the touchdown software but it does not seem to work with the G-Tablet. I've not had any problem with auto configure (I set it up and it works for all our computers, laptops and mobile devices (running windows mind you). Touchdown does not error out, it just endlessly 'configures' we are talking hours..
Has anyone had any luck with with Outlook and Exchange servers?
I'm running stock with the latest update 2.6.32.9-00000-10.8.2-dirty build FRF91

i use..
I just use the default mail APP to get mails from our Exchange server and it is working fine.

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I tried the touchdown software but it does not seem to work with the G-Tablet. I've not had any problem with auto configure (I set it up and it works for all our computers, laptops and mobile devices (running windows mind you). Touchdown does not error out, it just endlessly 'configures' we are talking hours..
Has anyone had any luck with with Outlook and Exchange servers?
I'm running stock with the latest update 2.6.32.9-00000-10.8.2-dirty build FRF91
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There's a beta of touchdown that works with the G Tablet. Search the apps forum for touchdown, you'll find the link.

Touchdown is awesome........works perfect
Sent from my GTablet using Tapatalk

Does not work. Wasted a few hours on this too
Just for the record I'm trying to sync with my company Rackspace Exchange server so I can count on it being properly patched.
The app keeps asking for a server in autosync mode which tells you it's not working right. Autosync works by userid and password, at least in Outlook. Server address changes depending on mode.
What is a 'server' Let's see, depending on what mode you are accessing the exchange server that name changes.
domain address, server address, server name, what exactly is a 'server' ??
server for autosync?
server for outlook2003
server for outlook2007
server for outlook2010
Outlook
not one, 5 choices for the application.
I've read TouchDown instructions and they are just like the app.
The app. insists on autosync when it can't even do autosync.
I will say that the beta at least attempted this time to communicate with the server, beyond that it's useless.
..and I'm the exchange admin.
Probably works on old unpatched servers. Just the thing you don't want.
Darn, it looked so good.

Moxier Mail
intech said:
I tried the touchdown software but it does not seem to work with the G-Tablet. I've not had any problem with auto configure (I set it up and it works for all our computers, laptops and mobile devices (running windows mind you). Touchdown does not error out, it just endlessly 'configures' we are talking hours..
Has anyone had any luck with with Outlook and Exchange servers?
I'm running stock with the latest update 2.6.32.9-00000-10.8.2-dirty build FRF91
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I like Moxier Mail, been using it on my phone for a couple years now, and it works great on the G Tablet as well.

thanks that looks promising

no download links for the demo. They have it splashed all over the place about a demo but it does not seem to exist. Links seem very rare in Android apps. Just a very slow android library site.
Sigh, Bleeding edge.....
still just a toy. Bummer.

I had the same problem you described trying to get Touchdown to work on my G-Tab. The problem is that the program is looking for an IMEI which doesn't exist on a WiFi tablet. I ran across this link on this forum http://tinyurl.com/tdbetadroid and downloaded the application on the G-Tab and it works great. It installs with Tablet mode enabled which some people don't like but you can disable in the settings. I like Tablet mode myself. I don't know why I couldn't find this link on the NitroDesk website but what they advertise for Android tablets doesn't work--at least not for me and others.
Good luck.

I'm guessing the stock Android E-mail app isn't on the Stock TNT build?
I use the stock app on my Droid X and my G-tab just fine.
If that app isn't avail, you may want to look at "improved e-mail"
http://www.appbrain.com/app/improved-email/com.mwebster.iemail
It is basically an "improved" version of the stock android app. I've used it quite a bit too, and has some nifty additions.

thanks, I found that link and loaded it up. It actually 'worked' in the sense that it tried auto-syncing with the server but It got all the configuration errors (the server is without question, is configured correctly and syncs with a number of different devices in the office. It's a Rackspace server so it's not my handwork ) It may all depend on the Exchange server and it's settings. Certainly worth a try and it got farther then the production version. I know my server autosync works so it's the application/ android construct/TnT/
Which I may never know. I will wait and use the Windows Mobile for Production.
I was hoping everything in development was farther along then it really is. I'm also wondering if the newest version (Gtablet stock) did something making many of these development apps not work. At least XDA forums is not alone in that.
I work with another software application that does just that, anything beta will not load. You have to go into the configuration and change that. Figure with a tablet you don't really want phone apps mixed in. They are based on a tiny screens..maybe TnT is building in compatibility?
But Touchdown beta did load and was accessible so that is a little different and shows promise. First step is to at least get refused or ignored by the server It still should not need the server location in auto discovery mode.
That would be a first. It's a different address for auto discovery and Exchange (for obvious reasons) if it's even activated on a corporate exchange server. That's the problem, so many configuration possibilities the app needs to be written for. So just because it did not work for me..

Worked with support to set up the beta and we got it working. Hats of to Touchdown support. I like the tablet view once it loaded up and sync'd

intech said:
Worked with support to set up the beta and we got it working. Hats of to Touchdown support. I like the tablet view once it loaded up and sync'd
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Yeah Man!!!
My IT people told me to junp in the lake when I called them for support...
I fought this for 2 weeks until I found a post here that talked abouth the beta version. Installed it and off I went !!!
Touchdown does not support NOTES import and it does not support adding a PIC to your contacts but its all good for what it does offer
Good Luck!

The exchange ActiveSync server requires security features your phone does not support

Hello all,
I bought my Transformer last week. I've already installed 3.1 on my tablet. I tried to add my exchange account to the stock e-mail client, using a manual setup (in both versions). For some reason however I don't seem to be able to connect to our Exchange server. The error message that I'm getting is: The exchange ActiveSync server requires security features your phone does not support.
I know this was a problem with older versions of Android. But starting with 2.2 these issues should have been solved. Also, some colleagues of mine own 2.2 and 2.3 devices. And they can connect to our Exchange Server without any problems. Unfortunately I can't with my brandnew Transformer .
I've installed Touchdown for Tablets. This app has no problems whatsoever. But I'd much rather use the stock e-mail client, because it lets me read my mail from all my e-mail accounts in one tool.
The security policies Touchdown lists as being requested from our Exchange server are the following:
allow simple password: No
Password/PIN required
Failed Attempts 8
Min Length 4
Timeout 600 sec.
Password recovery
Oh - and an odd thing is that in Touchdown I have to put in my pincode. Could they're be a problem with exchange not recognizing the "pincode" setting in Honeycomb?
Perhaps someone out there can help me out with this problem, because it's freaking me out.
Regards, Perenor.

I haven't had a problem with my Transformer connecting and syncing with my Exchange server...actually have been surprised how quick it does connect...
..how far into the setup/connection process do you get before it gives you the error?

I get the error when I press "Next" on the page where you enter the "user/domain", "password" en "mail server" entries. It then tries to get the settings for incoming mail, which takes a couple of seconds. After that I get the aforementioned message.

I have sent in a bug report at code.google.com. Its Defect Id is 17987. Perhaps others out there with a honeycomb tablet who are having this problem as well, could leave a message there: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17987.

It s been like it since Android 1.0...
Android does not support Exchange security. PERIOD.
It is sad. The only ROM supporting it are SENSE ROM... as far as i know...
But for HC, so far nothing...

Updating to 3.2 resolves this issue

Update didn't help
Updated to 3.2.1 (WW) but I still get the same message that my device does not support the security features required.
Running stock and un-rooted TF101 (no G) B70 series.
Any ideas/pointers?
And no, I don't want to install touchdown regardless of how good it is.
(Funnily enough, my dirt cheap HTC chacha has replaced my blackberry and works flawlessly with our Exchange server).
For the record, we're on Exchange 2010 but not sure which exact requirements activesync comes with (happy to report them if someone points me to how to gather them).

[Q] (Hotmail) Sync Issues & Possible Fix

Microsoft updated their protocol making the ones on our devices obsolete and therefore mail doesn't sync anymore (Exchange Active Sync).
This is what was said by a Microsoft Answers Forum Mod:
As with many things, Hotmail too is evolving to accommodate more recent version of EAS. Please keep in mind that in order to have complete support and additional improved feature and technology capable on the device, older protocol sometimes become outdated.
There are two components in successful EAS synch. One is server side code to communicate and synch properly from 3 different services (Hotmail, calendar, and Contacts (people)); and the other is client application.
Sometimes this are cooperation and collaboration of multiple parties (the corporation who “licensed technology” vs. actually coded the application). Some of the older application would be in need to update in order to work effectively.
When server side protocol updates, incompatible clients would suffer. Unless updates on client application were made, it would be in need to force down the protocol to be compatible with older communication protocol.
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Basically the issue seems to be with the m.hotmail.com server, because pop3 works fine.
One of the tips which worked for me in getting back Mail to sync was:
Log into the hotmail account on a PC. Look at the web address. Find the 3 letters and add it to ur phone's incoming server setting. Should be one of the following: snt-m, dub-m or bay-m
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So instead of the usual hotmail.com or m.hotmail.com in the server field, I tried bay-m.hotmail.com (bay is the 3 letter word appearing on the browser address bar for my account), and yes it started syncing as before!
Let me know if you have any other fixes.
Also I have the Mail app behaving abnormally, causing a lot of battery drain and not letting the phone into deep sleep.
I will see if this was an issue relating to Microsoft protocols as well.
Thanks everyone for your replies

Same issue here on HTC One X , if you install the hotmail app you will get a message that states that there is a certificate error. If I find a solution I'll post it here

Hmmm...I flashed HyperNonSense v3.1 last night, then flashed GAPPS invertedemail.apk. Now I can't get the email app to login to my Hotmail account.
I have tried using both automatic, and manual setup (selecting the ingoing/outgoing settings recommended on almost every google result page). But nothing seems to work!
Has something changed at Hotmail's end in the past month or so? (which is when I last flashed an update on my Sensation).

http://answers.microsoft.com/thread/2a6789a5-e0d2-4ba4-939f-83fce21dea2a worked for me, they changed something for my account and sync started agai.

Sorry for the late response, but I wasn't subscribed to new replies to the thread automatically, so I didn't get notified of new replies.
@vandamage, what method did you try?
For error in certificate I think you need a patched mail app with security disabled, so that it works without checking for the certificate.
Try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520431
For a possible fix, check the updated OP.
Thanks