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Emails from exchange (free vista for help!)

Hi
Can sombody let me know how i can get email direct from my exchange server please?
i have an exchange 2003 server at work with OWA and want to recieve emails on the go from it?
Whats the best ways to do this?
If sombody helps me quick i have a Legit unactivated Vista premium they can have the key for as im really deperate for help

Not 100% sure of the ins and outs, but exchange 2003 has to have SP2.
Also, check this http://thelazyadmin.com/index.php?/archives/409-Configuring-Direct-Push.html
Might help!
Good luck!

Hi,
forget the native MS Push, try OLX Mobile Access from www.gangl.de. Been using this since 2005 and had no probs at all. Absolutely recommended !

This really depends how you want to sync your e-mail. If you want Push, you will need to have exhange server 2003 with SP2 install and have WM5 with Push technology. If you just want to download e-mail everytime you connect your device to the internet, you can do it with any version of exchange 2003 and almost any version of windows mobile.
Also, to get e-mail directly fro your exchange server will depends on your server settings. But you will at least require the following informaton:
1) Server address
2) Username (this does not necessary be the same as your e-mail address, it is the actual username that let you log onto exchange server. Usually it will be the same username as your Outlook Web Access for Exchange 2003)
3) Password (for the above username)
4) Domain (this domain is necessary or else your pocket pc will not be able to access the proper location where your e-mail is located)
Once you have all of the above information, you can either set it up on Active Sync on your PC or on your PPC. To do it on PPC, open Active Sync, Menu, Configure Server... enter all of the above information (remember to click SSL encryted if your server is encryted {most likely it will be}). Then go back to Active Sync, Menu, Options... change all of the data that you want to get from exchange server (ie: Contacts, Calendar, etc). Now you are all set. You just need to connect your device to the internet, open Active Sync, click on the Sync button, it will automatically fetch the information from your server. For Push to work, simply leave your internet connect open, go to your Comm Manager, make sure the Push symbol is Green (or On). Your e-mail will automatically be downloaded to your PPC once it arrive to the server. I will not leave Push on if you are using GPRS or HSDPA as e-mail send to your mobile device will not have been SPAM filtered (unless your server admin has the SPAM filter turn on but it is unlikely as this will restriction user control, normally SPAM is filter by client software like Office on PC), so your internet connect charges can ge quite big!
Anyway, hope this will help. Ciao.
Pete

One more note, if you are using Vista, it is about 100 times easier... you just need to have your Microsoft Office Outlook setup to connect to your Exchange server and it will automatically know what settings needed to put onto your pocket PC :O)
And setting it up on Outlook could be quite easy as well if your Exchange Server has auto-configure utilities to download (ie: allow you to download the .prf files for your account profile and you can just import that to Outlook and everything will be automatically setup.). Hope this help and not too too complicated for you.
Pete

Hi folks,
you don't need exchange. Although i have one, i mentioned OLX Mobile Access which also supports MS Outlook without Exchange, it's called OLX Mobile Access Personal. You can download a 30 days trial.
And you should, for this one is really cool. It even supports Outlook Notes !
Setup and configuration is in english, so don't mind the german website.

Hotmail to Gain Push Email Via Exchange ActiveSync Protocol

Why has it taken so long for them to offer an exchange server protocol for hotmail for windows mobile??!! Well finally I think it is happening with the new role out of Live Wave 4.
I Have searched the forums for this new development and have not seen anything here.
The closest I have got to getting direct push mail for hotmail is currently is by two ways.
Either through the Windows Live client and selecting as items arrive under options (which can be really slow - hit and miss)
or forwarding your hotmail to another provider that offers this service. I use to have mail2web until it became a pay only service. I then switched to Googlemail (gmail) which does offer this for free. (although this can have its issues - email forwarding is slow etc)
(Nothing new there!)
The good news is that with the role out of the new Windows Hotmail (live wave 4) there should be.
There are a number of links that confirm it and other if you google it:
http://windowslivehelp.com/thread.aspx?threadid=6f0d7425-bdf5-4c35-8a77-7db66495ed75&page=4
http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2010/06/15/exchange-activesync-and-more-on-hotmail-rollout.aspx
Has anyone been lucky enough to test this or have any further details on setup be leaked?
I think it would be interesting to see what people think of this as it is implemented. It due anytime.....

They shut it down again!!!
This is sad as I need it for Android, unlike Windows Mobile's client, Windows Live has push capabilities.

it's working again as of yesterday.

What setting are you using?

It's being rolled out gradually. Be patient. (or buy a windows mobile phone) It has worked on 6.5 for some time.

The settings I have used for push mail via active sync are:
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Server: m.hotmail.com
SSL: Enabled
Username: @live.com or hotmail.com
Password: password
have configured hd2 to these to test if this works on activesync and via android. No Success...

[Q] Help with Exchange PLZ

Greetings all, first time post.
I have a customer that has the new ATT Captivate. I have tried to get his exchange account working to no avail.
For those who have set this up, what setting have you used? It seems like every smart phone is just a little different.
I have used
domainname\username
domainname.local\username
domainname\mailboxalias
for exchange server I have used the DNS names, IP address, with and without /exchange
With and without SSL
I keep getting authentication errors.
I have tried 2 different servers, 3 different accounts to no avail.
The user was using a blackberry before so I know it can connect.
What am I missing? The password is 4 digits.

i use the following
user: domain\username
server: owa address

flextechs said:
Greetings all, first time post.
I have a customer that has the new ATT Captivate. I have tried to get his exchange account working to no avail.
For those who have set this up, what setting have you used? It seems like every smart phone is just a little different.
I have used
domainname\username
domainname.local\username
domainname\mailboxalias
for exchange server I have used the DNS names, IP address, with and without /exchange
With and without SSL
I keep getting authentication errors.
I have tried 2 different servers, 3 different accounts to no avail.
The user was using a blackberry before so I know it can connect.
What am I missing? The password is 4 digits.
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Just because it was working with a Blackberry doesn't mean he can Exchange SYnc.
The BB has 2 ways to connect: 1 BES (BB Enterprise Server) - only BB can connect and does all the encryption. The BES talks to Exchange. The BB phone talks to BES.
2. BIS (BB Internet Server) - this is a hack - it screen scrapes the Outlook Webmail.
Neither of these methods guarantees that the exchange admin allows EAS (Exchange Active Sync). Can the user login to the Webmail component? If so, have you tried the server webmail address?
Has the person even asked their Exchange admin if they support EAS?
99% of the time, authentication deny is because they are blocking EAS as many phones that support it, are not very secure. If they are a BB shop, this is not unusual.

alphadog00 said:
Just because it was working with a Blackberry doesn't mean he can Exchange SYnc.
The BB has 2 ways to connect: 1 BES (BB Enterprise Server) - only BB can connect and does all the encryption. The BES talks to Exchange. The BB phone talks to BES.
2. BIS (BB Internet Server) - this is a hack - it screen scrapes the Outlook Webmail.
Neither of these methods guarantees that the exchange admin allows EAS (Exchange Active Sync). Can the user login to the Webmail component? If so, have you tried the server webmail address?
Has the person even asked their Exchange admin if they support EAS?
99% of the time, authentication deny is because they are blocking EAS as many phones that support it, are not very secure. If they are a BB shop, this is not unusual.
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I am the admin. He was using the att BB setup through the webpage that had where you put in the OWA information. This server is setup like all of my customers. I have other customers using windows mobile just fine. Deafult SBS 2003 Install. He is part of the Mobile User Group and all exchange features for this user are enabled. Reading MS Article ID: 817379

You can use Exchange only if you have owa available to the internet. It sounds like you do.
Do you have a direct url to your owa site? Do you have an ssl certificate? You should be able to use \[email protected] and just put your direct url as the server. If using ssl then select "accept all certificates."
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

domain\login
password
use mailserver.domain.com/exchange
NOT https: // mailserver.domain . com/exchange
use ssl
accept all certs
hope this helps (sorry, i'm not allowed to post links)

JimmyStale said:
domain\login
password
use mailserver.domain.com/exchange
NOT https: // mailserver.domain . com/exchange
use ssl
accept all certs
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Just another confirmation that what JimmyStale (and others) wrote works fine:
DOMAIN\Username
Password
Server: OWAserver.domain.com (whatever your Outlook Web Access URL is)
- rp

For Exchange activesync you do not have to put the /exchange or /owa after the server name. It actually uses the OMA part of the default website on the server. I have a dns registration pointing to my external ip for Exchange and it works just by putting the domain\username and the dns name that points to your server.
I also have a hosted exchange account for my personal email on my personal phone (Captivate). It works without the /exchange as well.
It may just be an issue with the password being too short or something along those lines.
Also, if you plan to support Android 2.2 you will need a signed SSL certificate. I verified this with my work phone (Moto Droid) and it would not authenticate until I installed a signed certificate. Outlook 2007 also has this requirement.

naplesbill said:
For Exchange activesync you do not have to put the /exchange or /owa after the server name. It actually uses the OMA part of the default website on the server. I have a dns registration pointing to my external ip for Exchange and it works just by putting the domain\username and the dns name that points to your server.
I also have a hosted exchange account for my personal email on my personal phone (Captivate). It works without the /exchange as well.
It may just be an issue with the password being too short or something along those lines.
Also, if you plan to support Android 2.2 you will need a signed SSL certificate. I verified this with my work phone (Moto Droid) and it would not authenticate until I installed a signed certificate. Outlook 2007 also has this requirement.
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The phone is a brand new ATT Captivate. From what I understand from the ATT Rep, this phone is brand new. It is running Android 2.1 according to ATT website. The user PW is 4 charaters, so I guess I can try that.

flextechs said:
The phone is a brand new ATT Captivate. From what I understand from the ATT Rep, this phone is brand new. It is running Android 2.1 according to ATT website. The user PW is 4 charaters, so I guess I can try that.
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I just pointed out the info about 2.2 because the Captivate will be upgraded to 2.2 soon enough.
I would try a longer password and see if that works.

flextechs said:
I am the admin. He was using the att BB setup through the webpage that had where you put in the OWA information. This server is setup like all of my customers. I have other customers using windows mobile just fine. Deafult SBS 2003 Install. He is part of the Mobile User Group and all exchange features for this user are enabled. Reading MS Article ID: 817379
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Are there other mobile users at this site using winmo? Check server logs for clues. It could a virtual directory permissions issue.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

A fool I am
Ok. For those of you who know SBS 2003, I had to run the Internet Connection Wizard and turn on the Windows Mobile function. Friggin' duh. I thought it was on.
he used
domain\username
webmail.domain.com
with ssl and auto accept certificates.
Thanks all for who contributed to me finding myself at fault.
I can't beleive all the time wasted. Between the customer, the rep at ATT, and myself about 6 hours. Not including your reading and replies. DOH!

help me configure outlook for my business Email

Hi Guys,
can anyone guide me to configure outlook for my business email. I know the Exchange server address, username password and all details. But whenever i try to configure, its not happening.
i have my office mail configured in my office laptop. That laptop is in the particular domain. So its working fine. Its that has to do something ?
i read some threads saying we need to install a certificate in the mobile in order to access secure business email. Can anyone list me which certificate to install and how to get that.
Thanks for your time.

yakaaithiri said:
Hi Guys,
can anyone guide me to configure outlook for my business email. I know the Exchange server address, username password and all details. But whenever i try to configure, its not happening.
i have my office mail configured in my office laptop. That laptop is in the particular domain. So its working fine. Its that has to do something ?
i read some threads saying we need to install a certificate in the mobile in order to access secure business email. Can anyone list me which certificate to install and how to get that.
Thanks for your time.
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I think Business Outlook installs the certificate on it's own with the password lock etc and enforces the security policies.
My business outlook is set with following details:
Username - the one I use to log in
Password - the one I use for my username
Email ID - the business email address
Domain - your business domain that is generally a prefix to your username i.e. domain/username
Server address: if domain/username can't automatically find it. (mostly it does!)
That's it! It took Outlook literally 2 seconds on 3g network to find the server and start pulling my calendar, emails and contacts.

Can't get corporate email after upgrade to Nougat (insists on full disk encryption)

I have a personal Honor 8 device I use to access my company email. They use Duo Mobile software to authenticate before allowing this.
After upgrading to Nougat 7.0, I am unable to access email (using the Outlook app). I get a message saying that I need full disk encryption turned on. I don't see this as an option anywhere in my Settings. I do have a strong password set to be used.
Do I need to enable File Based encryption at this stage? I am trying to do this and do not see the option to convert to File Based encryption even after turning on Developer Options by the way.
Has anybody else run into this issue? Any guidance - I am dead in the water without being able to access my email.
Thx
AK

I remember I had a problem with my e-mail but I'm not 100% certain that it was the same issue. But try to remove all your screen locks including finger print and try again.

Ihaveatattoo said:
I remember I had a problem with my e-mail but I'm not 100% certain that it was the same issue. But try to remove all your screen locks including finger print and try again.
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Thanks for the response. However in order to enable Corporate Email, Outlook asks for a password to be in place. Therefore I cannot remove all screen locks.
The problem seems to be that the authenticating software (Duo Mobile) is looking for two things on the device. One is that full disk encryption is explicitly enabled. The other is that the setting to "Require password at Startup" is enabled. Neither of these options are availalble on the Honor 8. Their support says that encryption is on by default and therefore there is no setting for it.

akatti said:
Thanks for the response. However in order to enable Corporate Email, Outlook asks for a password to be in place. Therefore I cannot remove all screen locks.
The problem seems to be that the authenticating software (Duo Mobile) is looking for two things on the device. One is that full disk encryption is explicitly enabled. The other is that the setting to "Require password at Startup" is enabled. Neither of these options are availalble on the Honor 8. Their support says that encryption is on by default and therefore there is no setting for it.
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Further, I looked at turning on the new File Based Encryption that is part of Nougat. There are how-to's that discuss this, where you have to turn on Developer Options to do so. However, on the Honor 8, even after turnin on Developer Options, there is no option to "Convert to File Based encryption" available. If you search in Settings, it shows this option, but upon clicking on that option from the Settings Search results, it just takes you into Developer Options and there is no setting to enable File Based encryption.

Nvm this, poor reading comprehension on my part

I have no issues using Gmail's Exchange client to connect to my corporate email. It sounds like it's not a Nougat or Android problem, it's a Duo Mobile problem

I had the same problem.
Switched to the app Nine. It is a one-time purchase and its security model is app-wide instead of device-wide.
Have you tried it yet?

Telperion said:
I have no issues using Gmail's Exchange client to connect to my corporate email. It sounds like it's not a Nougat or Android problem, it's a Duo Mobile problem
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The company whose email I need to get to has only enabled Outlook as a client - therefore using other email clients (such as the Gmail app) is not an option unfortunately.

akatti said:
The company whose email I need to get to has only enabled Outlook as a client - therefore using other email clients (such as the Gmail app) is not an option unfortunately.
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To the best of my knowledge as long as you have the correct server credentials, you can use any client. For example, my credentials:
Server: subdomain.website.com
Domain\Username: test\Telperion
Port: 443
Security type: SSL/TLS
I can connect using Gmail's Exchange client, Outlook for Android, Nine, native Huawei email client, etc. While everyone's setup is different, if you're able to log in using the Outlook client, theoretically there's nothing to prevent you from using the same credentials in a different client.

That was my not my experience.
My company's Outlook server is configured to require device-level encryption for mobile devices with complex passwords. On my Nexus 6p, Outlook for Android did not work, with the error that it "did not support the encryption required". Also, I could not use fingerprint authentication on the device, and required a 8-digit unlock code. Not just for Outlook, mind you -- any time I wanted to unlock the phone.
OWA (Outlook Web App) for Android worked fine, but it supports neither push nor notifications, rendering it utterly useless. OWA is, as far as I can tell, just a shell containing an HTML rendering engine that reflows the web app.
The only reason CloudMagic (and potentially Nine) worked for me is that CloudMagic (and I think Nine) have device-level encryption on their server (?). The end-user provides credentials for their server to log in, download the email, and act as an intermediary.
Telperion said:
To the best of my knowledge as long as you have the correct server credentials, you can use any client. For example, my credentials:
Server: webmail.website.com
Domain\Username: test\Telperion
Port: 443
Security type: SSL/TLS
I can connect using Gmail's Exchange client, Outlook for Android, Nine, native Huawei email client, etc. While everyone's setup is different, if you're able to log in using the Outlook client, theoretically there's nothing to prevent you from using the same credentials in a different client.
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biogon said:
That was my not my experience.
My company's Outlook server is configured to require device-level encryption for mobile devices with complex passwords. On my Nexus 6p, Outlook for Android did not work, with the error that it "did not support the encryption required". Also, I could not use fingerprint authentication on the device, and required a 8-digit unlock code. Not just for Outlook, mind you -- any time I wanted to unlock the phone.
OWA (Outlook Web App) for Android worked fine, but it supports neither push nor notifications, rendering it utterly useless. OWA is, as far as I can tell, just a shell containing an HTML rendering engine that reflows the web app.
The only reason CloudMagic (and potentially Nine) worked for me is that CloudMagic (and I think Nine) have device-level encryption on their server (?). The end-user provides credentials for their server to log in, download the email, and act as an intermediary.
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When adding my corporate exchange email to Gmail, Gmail is activated as a device administrator with permissions to:
Erase all data
Set password rules
Monitor screen-unlock attempts
Lock the screen
Set lock-screen password expiration
Set storage encryption
Disable cameras
I'm not using webmail, I'm using Exchange ActiveSync. Device policy forces me to have a lock screen pin or password, but I can still fingerprint unlock it. It sounds as if your respective Exchange servers aren't configured properly, because all of the security that they're requiring can be mandated through ActiveSync and Gmail's device administration service.

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Telperion said:
It sounds as if your respective Exchange servers aren't configured properly, because all of the security that they're requiring can be mandated through ActiveSync and Gmail's device administration service.
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Is Exchange ActiveSync different from Office 365's Exchange?
When I asked IT about local ActiveSync, they said that they don't support it, just Office 365 on Shibboleth.
Then again, I couldn't get a Chromebook to connect to the WiFi network here due to some misconfiguration in their Cisco router's PEAP setup, so I wouldn't be surprised.

biogon said:
Is Exchange ActiveSync different from Office 365's Exchange?
When I asked IT about local ActiveSync, they said that they don't support it, just Office 365 on Shibboleth.
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Different back end, same capabilities. Exchange ActiveSync is a site-hosted server, Office 365 is a cloud-hosted version. On a local Exchange server, your IT department will have set up a local domain and you will have a user account in Active Directory (domain\Telperion). In Office 365, your user account is your email address ([email protected]) and there is no domain mapped that you have to configure. Once you know this, you can piece together the way to configure it.
The biggest challenge is that IT typically won't mess around with supporting mobile device configuration ("I don't know Android"), and Microsoft tutorials don't give clear instructions ("I don't know Android"). Android tutorials say "I don't know Microsoft" so you end up having to piece things together from multiple sources online.
See attached tutorial, it's very easy once you know what to do.
Add new account from device Accounts menu
Choose 'Exchange' with the Gmail logo
Enter your corporate email address, don't hit next, hit "Manual Setup"
Choose 'Exchange' as the account type
Make sure your email is entered in "domain\username" field
Enter password
Server for Office 365 is "outlook.office365.com"
Port 443
Set security to "SSL/TLS"
From there it should handle all the rest of the configuration.

biogon said:
I had the same problem.
Switched to the app Nine. It is a one-time purchase and its security model is app-wide instead of device-wide.
Have you tried it yet?
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Thanks. Tried Nine. Works the same way as Outlook so far. In other words, setting its policy to only apply to the app doesn't make a difference in how Duo Mobile (the two factor authentication checker) continues to insist the device be encrypted and have the setting "Require password on startup" be turned on.

Telperion said:
Different back end, same capabilities. Exchange ActiveSync is a site-hosted server, Office 365 is a cloud-hosted version. On a local Exchange server, your IT department will have set up a local domain and you will have a user account in Active Directory (domain\Telperion). In Office 365, your user account is your email address ([email protected]) and there is no domain mapped that you have to configure. Once you know this, you can piece together the way to configure it.
The biggest challenge is that IT typically won't mess around with supporting mobile device configuration ("I don't know Android"), and Microsoft tutorials don't give clear instructions ("I don't know Android"). Android tutorials say "I don't know Microsoft" so you end up having to piece things together from multiple sources online.
See attached tutorial, it's very easy once you know what to do.
Add new account from device Accounts menu
Choose 'Exchange' with the Gmail logo
Enter your corporate email address, don't hit next, hit "Manual Setup"
Choose 'Exchange' as the account type
Make sure your email is entered in "domain\username" field
Enter password
Server for Office 365 is "outlook.office365.com"
Port 443
Set security to "SSL/TLS"
From there it should handle all the rest of the configuration.
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Thanks for the detailed message. Tried the above.
When I left the server be the default server name (derived from my email address), I got a "Certificate is not valid" error. I had "None" as the certificate.
After I changed the server name to be outlook.office365.com as mentioned in your instructions above, I now get a "Can't connect to server" message.
I did recheck my steps. Not sure why Gmail fails to connect. Any suggestions on where to look?

akatti said:
Thanks for the detailed message. Tried the above.
When I left the server be the default server name (derived from my email address), I got a "Certificate is not valid" error. I had "None" as the certificate.
After I changed the server name to be outlook.office365.com as mentioned in your instructions above, I now get a "Can't connect to server" message.
I did recheck my steps. Not sure why Gmail fails to connect. Any suggestions on where to look?
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Those instructions are for Office 365, it sounds like yours is hosted.

Telperion said:
Those instructions are for Office 365, it sounds like yours is hosted.
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I checked the settings for Outlook Web on my PC and it is an Office 365 account. I updated by Gmail settings to match (Server: outlook.office365.com, Port: 993 and Security: SSL/TLS although on the PC it was just TLS). Get a message saying "Couldn't open connection to server".