mail2web.com Offers Free Exchange Account

[efjay]

Another question relating to hosted email in general. If you get a hosted exchange email service for personal use you will be unable to use hosted exchange for business as Activesync can only sync with one server, correct?

[efjay]

Another question relating to hosted email in general. If you get a hosted exchange email service for personal use you will be unable to use hosted exchange for business as Activesync can only sync with one server, correct?

[code-frog]

Originally Posted by eagle63

Wait a minute... if you're getting an Exchange account then why would you care about POP3, SMTP, or OWA?? What am I missing here?

Good questions. Let me start by saying that Exchange has little value really to individuals. It's definitely more a small/medium and corporate tool and definitely more a corporate tool. I used to cut code for a 30,000+ employee corporation and Exchange was priceless in that environment.

Benefits of Exchange:
* Calendar delegation and collaboration for meetings, appointments, events.
* Mail management, centralized storage, backup and retreival.
* Microsoft Chat Server.
* Remote Web Workplace and Outlook Web Access.

POP/SMTP has almost no value to Exchange in fact it's an afterthought. The only reason it's good on Exchange is if you have a mobile workforce that cannot get VPN connections into your LAN/Office networks.

I signed up for an account just to see what it offered. I doubt I'll ever use it again and plan on cancelling. I've got 3 Exchange servers and 2 Linux servers. I don't need 3rd party solutions.

My wife and I use Exchange to share calendar, appointment data. To share business financial documents (she's my bookkeeper and controller) and it's priceless in that regard.

I don't see at all how Exchange would be valuable to an individual. I think Yahoo's Premium Mail Service is way better myself for individuals but hey. Just my opinion.

Can I answer any specific questions you might have? I'd be happy to.

- Rex

[code-frog]

Originally Posted by efjay

Another question relating to hosted email in general. If you get a hosted exchange email service for personal use you will be unable to use hosted exchange for business as Activesync can only sync with one server, correct?

I'm not sure on this one. ActiveSync will work on multiple PC's by setting up guest accounts. If you wanted to go this route I would think hosted Exchange would be the boat to jump in and run with.

But guest sync is an option though I've never used it.

- Rex

[bigneeker]

so how would an individual user (like me) be able to benefit from push email?

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by Patrick Y.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but what exactly is Exchange? What are some advantages it has over just syncing, default email client?

Originally Posted by bigneeker

so how would an individual user (like me) be able to benefit from push email?

If I were you, I'd give this article a read. It answers a lot of basic Exchange and push e-mail questions.

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by efjay

Another question relating to hosted email in general. If you get a hosted exchange email service for personal use you will be unable to use hosted exchange for business as Activesync can only sync with one server, correct?

correct. you can only have one "exchange" partnership on a Windows Mobile device.

[rrypma]

Correct, but you can have one Exchange server and one AS local PC to sync with.

I don't see it mentioned, but is it possible with Mail2web's service to have Outlook client integration with an Exchange account? Or, is the account strictly accessed over-the-web?

[racerx]

OK, someone tell me if I'm going crazy or what here. (please :lol: )
I have a Cingular 2125, which I have sync'ed to my work PC which has an Exchange account. I want to have my calendar, contacts, & tasks, which are stored on this PC ALSO synch'ed with this service. I setup the Active Sync Server and try to select the "services" I want to sync and it tells me "you cannot synhronize contacts with Exchange Server because it is already synchronizing with Windows PC", when I try to select Contacts, for instance. It wants me to deselect Contacts from Windows PC in order to sync the other. Can't AS 4.1 synch to 2 devices? AS 3.x used to let you...

Thanks for the help.
</RacerX>

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Patrick Y.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but what exactly is Exchange? What are some advantages it has over just syncing, default email client?

Give this a read:

Picking the Right Email Strategy for Your Windows Mobile Device
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/arti...n=expand,42960

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by code-frog

Let me start by saying that Exchange has little value really to individuals...My wife and I use Exchange to share calendar, appointment data. To share business financial documents (she's my bookkeeper and controller) and it's priceless in that regard. I don't see at all how Exchange would be valuable to an individual.

Respectfully, I degree HUGELY. If anyone has anything more than one PC and one mobile device using Outlook, say a desktop + laptop + Pocket PC, Exchange is the only easy way to keep all three of those devices in sync! I've struggled with all sorts of Outlook PST sync tools, and they all suck. You also point out the data sharing capabilities between multiple users - my wife and I have access to each others calenders, and it's invaluable to both of us. My article here talks about why Exchange is valuable to almost everyone.