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IMO, what's really needed for these phones, and might even be on the cards with Google's licensing of the Exchange ActiveSync protocol, is a BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server)-like relay package.
A piece of software that sits on a computer or server (or the server) in the office, and stays logged into each of your user's Exchange mailboxes via MAPI, then syncs messages, calendar, contacts etc. realtime to the Google Mail / Gmail account.
Shouldn't be very hard to create, especially for those who have written apps like GsyncIT.
I believe there already is one such package, I found it a few days ago, can't remember the name - it has an M in it ( ), but it looked a bit pricey and like it was intended to do more than just Exchange -> Gmail (was a generic Cloud-sync package).
A fairly simple extension of something like GsyncIT I should think. The Exchange Information Store ACLs would be modified so that user "GoogleSyncAdmin" has Full Mailbox access to the mailboxes concerned, and the users would be mapped to GoogleMail accounts. Job done, proper push synchronisation on Android. The handsets would just be registered to a Gmail account.
The alternative, which may also be on the cards for the same reason, is that Google develop a BIS (Blackberry Internet Service)-like extension to Gmail, whereby Gmail stays logged into your Exchange Account via ExchangeActiveSync, and pulls changes down. This would require working EAS on the user's Exchange Server, and would require providing Exchange credentials to Gmail. I guess it'd be just like their current POP-downloading facility, but for Exchange, and hopefully including Calendar & Contacts sync.
I prefer the BES-like solution personally. No ports need to be opened on the user's Exchange server, you could run multiple Exchange servers behind a no-inbound firewall, and it's probably less troublesome overall. The BES-like package could also inject hidden instruction-messages that control features of the handset, IT policy, block downloads, wipe data etc.
Doing exchange->[beslike software]->gmail->phone would mean that any messages sent from the device would come from your gmail account though, not your exchange account.
Much better to have a true exchange client on the device, then it works both ways.
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Doing exchange->[beslike software]->gmail->phone would mean that any messages sent from the device would come from your gmail account though, not your exchange account.
Much better to have a true exchange client on the device, then it works both ways.
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No, they would just allow you to set Reply-To/From: just like they do with your other existing emails addresses at the moment.
I think this device rapidly needs Exchange/Activesync support, Office Documents and USB internet sharing for free and quick.
I am testing this device for our company and unless it can do these well and ideally free then its a non-starter for us.
This is the product I had seen: http://www.cemaphore.com/index.html
Lowest pricing is $325/yr for 5 users with the online service, which isn't so expensive, but annual pricing is a pain, and can't buy less than 5 users.
cemaphore is buggy.
Their client crashes constantly, and says mail is sent that never really was. Avoid or wait till it's more stable in later versions.
Hi all
I did a search but it came up with nothing which I thought was odd
What Spam programs are you guys using to controll spam on you Topaz/TD2
I dont want to waste my limited data connection on downloading Spam
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good one porridge!
no probs on outlook but on TD2, it is a disaster!
what do you guys recommend?
I too would be interested in this as the delete from server function doesn't seem to work properly either like it did on my old Kaiser, deletes it first time round but on subsequent send/receive they're all retrieved again!
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Hi People
Most people filter their mail for spammage within their mail hosting environment - For example, I synchronise from Googlemail (using IMAP4) and Google filter the crud for me, and from an Exchange Server, where the mail gets passed through Websense hosted email first. However you do the filtering, you need to do it either on the mailbox or before it gets to your mailbox (better). Any Spam filter on the WinMo would have to retrieve the message to rate it and either burn it or deliver it, leaving you no better off.
If you can advise on how your current email is received (from exchange/pop3/imap4 e.t.c.) and if its a personal, corporate or hosted mail service, I may be able to advise how best to approach it.
As Digital.Diablo is saying...
You should have your mails filtered before they reach your device.
I have a hotmail account and an exchange server account syncronized with my TD2, and I don't get any spam on either account.
- well, maybe one on very rare occations, but nothing to write home about.
On my hotmail account, Microsoft is doing the filtering for me and on the exhange one, some spam-filter-software installed on the server itself is doing it's job...
Anyone else found the stock mail appto be a complete pos?
I understand that the Surface RT is more a "Home" device than a "Work" one but still, a better mail app is needed, hell I've even settle on Outlook Express than this lol...
what specifically are you not liking about it? "pos" isn't very useful feedback.
It seems to handle multiple accounts OK - my suggestions:
unified inbox
message preview on/off
image download on/off
Unified Inbox is the number one feature I would like to have in the Mail app.
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Anyone else found the stock mail appto be a complete pos?
I understand that the Surface RT is more a "Home" device than a "Work" one but still, a better mail app is needed, hell I've even settle on Outlook Express than this lol...
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It is junk, especially coming from the people who created Outlook. POP3 support is the biggest issue. I thought by now we would see an update, but no go
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It is junk, especially coming from the people who created Outlook. POP3 support is the biggest issue. I thought by now we would see an update, but no go
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I thought by now pop3 would be dead. Horrible protocol for mail
Hello,
i miss a "reading confirmation" for sendet items.
also i think the app has a big failure in syncing imap-directorys.
so on my "surface rt" or my desktop "windows 8 pro 64bit" i have the following issues.
- not all directorys are synct.
(i think there must be a restriction to the count of directorys, becouse new emails in the exist directorys are synct correct.
i have only a overall of 20 root-directory and a 222 down-under-directorys
i missing a count of 14 root-directorys with 71 down-under-directorys
can anyone confirm a restriction of syncing a count of directorys???
For me, the killer lack is the complete inability to send plain text. Too many automated systems, and a few of the people I'm in touch with, can't handle HTML email. Given the simplicity of supporting plain text vs. supporting HTML, it's a very annoying thing to not have.
I also really wish there was some support for user filters. Full integration with Exchange (server-side filters) would be great, but I'd settle for (a lot) less to have anything at all.
The inability to view the compose message window along with any other window at the same time is very annoying. I get that on a low-res display this might be difficult, but while the app is very good at scaling its display as resolution decreases on something like my Surface (right down to being usable while side-snapped!) it's terrible at using the resolution on my desktop.
I'm not experiencing any issues with the mail app. I use Hotmail, so I can set up filters at the Outlook.com website. I have a filter set up to route job-related mails into a specific folder and that's working well. Outlook.com also handles my sender blocking. I have a few folders and they all sync fine. I can view the "compose email" dialogue side-snapped on my surface without difficulty. It's not the most full featured app ever but there's nothing I need to do that I can't. *shrug*.
I think if there's one feature I'd like, it would be to be able to highlight a spam message and select "block future emails from this domain/address" to save me needing to do that on outlook.com
The only thing I now use the Outlook desktop app for is a weekly download & offline backup of my emails.
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I thought by now pop3 would be dead. Horrible protocol for mail
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I agree but unfortunately some big providers still only offer it, like Roadrunner Mail(time warner). I understand the argument to set up a gmail account but MS should be all about flexibility and shouldn't dictate what email service we can use with their devices.
I personally use email pretty much all day every day, for a Microsoft app, it lacks so many features. As a simple start, flagging emails, every email client and their dog can flag emails and show flagged emails, the mail app however can't, its not exactly rocket Science!
Secondly, as mentioned before hand the lack of plain text emails.
The fact it isn't integrated in any way with the calendar, I mean I don't expect a complete replacement for outlook, but even windows phone applications can do these simple things, so why doesn't windows 8 get possibly the worst excuse for a mail app I've ever used?
I only managed to get the built-in Mail app to sync with my Gmail once, after that it throws generic connection errors. It was slow and obnoxious to use, I gave up and just use the web mail interface.
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Anyone else found the stock mail appto be a complete pos?
I understand that the Surface RT is more a "Home" device than a "Work" one but still, a better mail app is needed, hell I've even settle on Outlook Express than this lol...
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I put my gmail accounts on the surface mail app and all I want is the "send mail as" option.
When you open a new email you will find your email adress in the left bottom corner. and there is also the possibility to use an another email adress.
@feygor: I agree in general, but there is actually some calendar integration. You can receive calendar invites via the mail app, and respond to them (yes/tentative/no). It's not perfect but it's no worse than on my phone, so far as I can tell, in terms of *that* feature.
Now, the lack of support for flagging (or, especially, the Importance flags)... that's annoying. You can't even filter the mail list to show only the unread messages! That's an option out of the box on WP7...
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I personally use email pretty much all day every day, for a Microsoft app, it lacks so many features. As a simple start, flagging emails, every email client and their dog can flag emails and show flagged emails, the mail app however can't, its not exactly rocket Science!
Secondly, as mentioned before hand the lack of plain text emails.
The fact it isn't integrated in any way with the calendar, I mean I don't expect a complete replacement for outlook, but even windows phone applications can do these simple things, so why doesn't windows 8 get possibly the worst excuse for a mail app I've ever used?
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I agree its not a full featured mail client - it's the first release of the windows 8 store (gag) mail client. There's nothing saying it can't grow into something better, or even that other clients that are better won't show up in the store. As an "adjunct" email client its good enough for now - given I have my phone with me always and it "owns" my calendar, I can manage it there. The calendar sync does work fine with my various calendars, at least
Give it a rev or two. You may not remember the first versions of email and calendar in iOS, but I do. Yeah, they sucked pretty bad too.
Yeah, it's poor enough that I have to use webmail for all my non-Exchange accounts. Kind of sad that my phone is better for email triage than the Surface.
I'm actually tempted to write a new mail app. I have some POP3 and IMAP code sitting around from a few years ago when I was writing a replacement mail client for WM 6.5, so if I get a chance, might see if I can use some of that.
@amb9800: That would be great. It should even be possible to publish it on the store; MS seems willing to let people duplicate the functionality of built-in apps, and the required Capabilities already exist (really, just network access and File Picker, with Share integration if you want to get fancy). Just make sure (especially if it's C/C++ code) that it's reasonably secure...
I only had a problem with the mail app when using it to access my ISP mail account directly. Since setting up Gmail and forwarding my accounts to there I've had no problems with syncing my mails, contacts, calendar entries, chats etc. Strangely my surface is more reliable for chats than my win8 laptop... the laptop is constantly saying it can't connect to various services but the surface is okay.....just my personal experience.
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Porting some existing app over should be fairly easy. Let's hope for yours and/or others to arrive
One thing I have noticed people complaining about and I may have an answer.
GMail only allows a certain number of IMAP connections.
If you exceed this, you will get errors. So, if you use Outlook, an iPhone, and a few other devices, you hit the limit.
Additionally, some apps are not following the rules and will open more than one IMAP connection. For example, Thunderbird will use 4 by default!
http://kb.mozillazine.org/IMAP:_advanced_account_configuration
Reducing the number of apps that are hitting your IMAP may help.
Let me start by saying I do nto want to spend 20$ on Touchdown.
Has anyone used this email app for their corporate emails? I am just wondering how secure it is and how I would talk my director into letting is be used if it keeps getting blocked my gmail as coming from Israel? I did email their support and here is an answer I received.
Dear Customer,
Please login to your Gmail account from PC browser and see if there is a warning about suspicious login attempt. Allow access from our server.
The instructions are inside Google warning.
Then long press on account record on main application screen and choose Send / Receive.
This is not a hacking attempt - it is an attempt of our service to communicate with your account.
Emoze designed to work as client - server. We do not save any information on our servers.They work as smart routers only. All data transferred only when device connects to collect new mail through encrypted tunnel.
If you have additional questions do not hesitate to ask.
I do like some of the options it gives me in Emoze, such as the ability to be notified when i get an email in one of my folders that is under my inbox...I have many folders set and I have rules set to send emails to them, in the stock email app it will not send me a notification when I get emails to those folders.
So, my question is, what are your thoughts on this app and would you use it for work?
Why not use K9 mail with APG encryption?
Did you ever want to manage all of your emails right from your Android smartphone like professionals?
We know that even in this world of ongoing communication where most of the people opt for social media platforms to communicate with each other quickly. But there are a lot of professionals as well as authorities who still prefer to use emailing as their primary method of conversation.
And to keep up with all the emails and to be able to find and respond to the important ones that matter most to us, we need some unified emailing apps that make the whole emailing system smoother.
To help you out finding these useful email apps, here are the ten best emailing apps for Android that will make your email organization and email responding task easier than ever.
#01 – Aqua Mail
Aqua Mail has made it to the list because of its versatility and ability to support multiple email services. So if you are one of those Android users who find it hard to manage multiple email accounts in different email apps, then Aqua Mail is for you.
The app user interface is highly configurable and works flawlessly on most of the Android phones. And if you are one of those advanced users who love to tinker with different apps and looking to automate Aqua Mail then you can even integrate it easily with Tasker app.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo, Apple email (Cloud/ME), FastMail, AOL, GMX and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, POP3, and SMTP.
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#02 – Blue Mail
Are you looking for an email client app for your Android phone that has a unified user interface for all of your email boxes? If yes, then Blue Mail would be the best app for you as it provides all of your emails in one place.
Blue Mail’s universal emailing system, the ultimate ability to manage a virtually unlimited number of mailing accounts, highly configurable, various personalization options for each account, and intelligent push notifications system is what makes it the perfect replacement for the stock mail app.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo Mail, Office 365 and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, SMTP, Exchange and POP3 auto configuration.
#03 – Nine – Exchange Emailing
Nine brings the Exchange ActiveSync to the Android and provides direct push synchronization. It is the simplest and the fastest emailing app for your smartphone that connects you directly to the server.
The user interface is very powerful and provides you with several message filtrations. The app supports left and right swipe gestures that allow you to perform quick actions like deleting or moving a message.
The app comes with a free 14-days/2-weeks trial period, after which you can purchase the full version right from the Google Play for $9.99.
Supported Servers: Exchange Server 2003, Office 365, Outlook, Hotmail, Google Apps, and other services that support Exchange ActiveSync.
#04 – Alto
Alto is the emailing client app designed by AOL for Android smartphones and tablets. And it is one of the great alternatives for the native mobile email client that comes preinstalled on your mobile.
The app provides several features to improve your overall emailing experience. Some of those include multiple emails management, threaded email conversation view, active push notifications (with added personalization option), and the ability to organize all of your emails by category neatly.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail (Outlook), Apple Mail (iCloud), AOL, Office 365, and any other IMAP email account.
#05 – TypeApp
]TypeApp is a universal emailing client that has a material design and provides instant push notifications with customizable options (like quite hours and custom notification alerts) that will make sure to keep you updated with all of your emails and messages.
Unlike other apps mentioned in the list, TypeApp is efficient and allows you easily manage all of your email accounts within one app. You can perform bulk actions to categorize or mark multiple email messages at once.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo, Apple email (iCloud/ME), AOL, and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, Exchange ActiveSync, POP3, and SMTP.
#06 – K-9 Mail
K-9 Mail is an open-source and community developed mobile mailing app. It supports a large number of email services and protocols along with lots of easy-to-customize options that can improve your overall email management experience.
The interface may look a little bit undeveloped to you, but I believe that you will admire the way it is going to handle all of your emails because it has been precisely designed to make it easier and less confusing for you to manage multiple mailing accounts.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo, and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, POP3, SMTP, and Microsoft Exchange.
#07 – myMail
myMail is one of the most flexible and user-friendly emailing apps for Android. It provides you with hugely customizable push notifications for all of the email accounts along with support for multiple email account management that are added into the app.
You will also get the ability to filter notifications and emails you are receiving, based on the filters and folders you have created within the app. The app also gives you a “silent mode” that you can customize according to your work-life schedule.
Moreover, the search feature enables you to search through the contacts that are stored in your local storage as well as those stored in your email accounts.
Supported Email Providers: Google Mail, Microsoft Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo Mail, AOL, GMX, Apple iCloud, and several other email services as well as some hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: Automatic setup and configuration for IMAP, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange and POP.
#08 – WeMail
WeMail is an intelligently designed email app that provides you with a unified inbox where all of your email accounts are nicely grouped by the sender’s name automatically. That is what makes your email management easy and clutter free, and reduces the overall length of your inbox by up to fifty percent.
Supported Email Providers: Google Mail, Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo Mail, and AOL.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP. Support for the Exchange ActiveSync will be added shortly.
#09 – Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a fully featured mobile version of its desktop Outlook program and shares the same user experience as well as the user interface. The email client is very powerful and is well integrated with contacts and calendar.
The app is specifically designed to support Exchange ActiveSync account, but it also allows you to add IMAP and webmail accounts like Apple iCloud, Yahoo Mail, and Gmail.
#10 – Gmail
Gmail is an official Android emailing app and has been developed by Google itself, which is the reason why it comes preinstalled in every Android smartphone and tablet as a default email app.
Initially, the app was limited to the Gmail accounts only. However, the recent updates have officially added the support for various non-Gmail emailing services and protocols. And the developers have managed to improve it with every new release.
We all are very well aware of the Google’s idea of simplicity and material UI/UX. So the same has been implemented in the Gmail app, making the emailing experience clean and clutter free.
Supported Email Providers: Gmail, Hotmail (Outlook), Yahoo Mail, and several other email services as well as hosted email accounts.
Supported Email Protocols: IMAP, POP, and SMTP.
im using aqua
newton is really the best email app aver, it's very simple, great design, lightweight, and free. You can subscribe to a premium features, but even without them the app is just amazing. It's used to be called cloudmagic.
Just remember this when choosing an email app:
http://androidforums.com/threads/email-which-apps-keep-it-private.935578/
Btw: Newton = Cloud Magic
I'm using Alto. Tried almost all app in the list (except Nine which is not free) but my heart is with Alto. Want to vote but no Alto in the list, only Gmail and Aqua?
You can add a poll to the first post?
Sorry for my bad English.
Wysłane z mojego LG-H815 przy użyciu Tapatalka
Tatsch said:
Just remember this when choosing an email app:
http://androidforums.com/threads/email-which-apps-keep-it-private.935578/
Btw: Newton = Cloud Magic
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Read it. My favorite (Alto) is not secure!
K9 mail is not good enough. Aqua mail is limited to 2 accounts in free version. Mail Droid contains ads. What's left is [email protected] mail which is new to my ear. Tried it and [email protected] mail seems fantastic. A lot of features and customization. And secure too.
I'll use it side by side with Alto for next few days before I decide which one is better.
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newton is really the best email app aver, it's very simple, great design, lightweight, and free. You can subscribe to a premium features, but even without them the app is just amazing. It's used to be called cloudmagic.
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It's a good mail app but now it forces pay premium to use, unless it is not load new emails! 50$ for 1 year, too expensive to use with premium feature. I must uninstall it after 2 year using. It's a stupid Newton Mail development team.
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I always prefer Gmail and recommend to others. It is free and very easy to use. One of the best things is to login to multiple accounts on a single browser at a time.
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K9 mail is not good enough. .
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Could you please explain what you mean by this?
If you don't like the user interface: There's a forke with material design style, see https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9.material/
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I always prefer Gmail and recommend to others. It is free and very easy to use. One of the best things is to login to multiple accounts on a single browser at a time.
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Apart from that, you can also use NoxApp+, which can not only run multiple accounts for emails but also for many other apps like whatsapp. facebook, or even games, without even switching or quitting!!
#10 – Gmail, the only one I'm using.
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#10 – Gmail, the only one I'm using.
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Cuz i have to switch work and personal accounts, not only mails, so I found it useful.
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Cuz i have to switch work and personal accounts, not only mails, so I found it useful.
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In some europ. countries using g-mail is not permitted without written permission of your partners: E-mail addresses and the mails itself are sensitive personal data and must not be stored on servers outside the EU without permissions of all who it may concern...
Aquamail:
Now there are advertisements even in pro key versions. Not ad-free anymore... See comments in play store.
FairEmail as an alternative has an more honest developer.
Download:
Last version of AquaMail without popup advertisements, when opening an attachment, see below. To use only with legal pro key of AquaMail.
This apk is signed with ZipSigner, so there won't be a request to update anymore.
Although many users complain, the Aquamail company does not want to remove this advertisement mentioned above from the paid and ad-free called version of Aquamail.
It is now installed from version 1.17 onwards.
Good Share! Using a Lockdown Solution to run these Apps would be great!
When it comes to enterprise, using a kiosk lockdown solution that allows managers or IT admin to control and manage devices by selecting apps, websites & content leads in improving.
thanks for the list.
I'm currently using Spike (formerly Hopmail) for my Gmail(s) and Swing Mail for my Outlook. Both have very good conversation UI and reliable push notifications. Swing Mail has another plus : it can handle Twitter DM with push notifications