[dazz]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

I believe there are several hosting solutions for $4/mo. See 4smartphone for starters.

Really! That sounds pretty interesting. I'll wait to read Jason's review though.

Thanks for the heads-up.

[dazz]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

I believe there are several hosting solutions for $4/mo. See 4smartphone for starters.

Really! That sounds pretty interesting. I'll wait to read Jason's review though.

Thanks for the heads-up.

[bleeman]

I use Exchange ActiveSync with the sync every x minutes option. I used to use the SMS notify, but I subscribe to several active mailing lists whose messages I want with me when I'm mobile so I was always blowing through my 1500 messages a month limit. With the upcoming release of Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2, there is supposed to be support for Push mail eliminating the need for the SMS "hidden" message delivery. I can't wait for that to arrive.

The way I'm handling my Exchange setup is, I've installed Windows Small Business Server 2003 at home. It retails for $599 and for that you get Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003, Windows Sharepoint services and quite a few other benefits, plus 5 Client Access Licenses. I'm running it on a PowerEdge 500SC 1.12ghz Celeron with 1gb of memory a 20gb system disk and a 60gb data disk. I picked it up new from Dell 2 years ago for $299 when they were blowing out them out since they were releasing the PowerEdge 600SC's. It's not the fastest system in the world, but it works well for my wife and I. It's nice having a full blown server for central file storage, backups, sharing etc.

[serpico]

I usually connect to a wifi connection, open Microsoft's email program, I think it's called Inbox, and download my email from my primary account Yahoo!

How would I pull message headers down via an RSS feed and save time from downloading entire emails that I don't need to read at the moment? Do I need another program? Thanks in advance.

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by OSUKid7

The main reason I don't use hosted Exchange is the cost. I know $4 isn't bad, but I can pay $5/month and get an unlimited number of POP/IMAP email accounts and forwarders, host an unlimited number of web/ftp sites, and a decent amount of disk space and bandwidth. I have yet to see an unlimited hosted Exchange plan like that.

But by the same token, I've yet to see a POP3 system that can do what Exchange can do.

[ignar]

I use IMAP. Have 3 accounts to check regularly. I try to maintain folder structure organized, and usually don't have more than 10 emails in Inbox any time. On my PDA, I sync only inbox, so syncing is pretty fast. When I need to refer to emails under folders other than inbox, I use a webmail interface because it takes less network traffic and message search can be done quickly. Have done this way more than four years, and it works for me.

[OSUKid7]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

But by the same token, I've yet to see a POP3 system that can do what Exchange can do.

True, and I guess for me, I'd rather have more accounts/forwarders, and I can live without those extra Exchange features.

Would it be possible to have most of my email on a domain be POP/IMAP, with one account being hosted Exchange, or would I have to change my entire MX record? I assumed that wasn't possible, but maybe I'm wrong.

[klanum]

If you like Exchange 2003 now (or at least some of it) for the PPC, I think many will like the the SP2 coming out for Exchange later this year along with Mobile 5.0 will be a real step up from today's server. Here's the link that describes what it will do:

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/do.../overview.mspx

Looks like they want to kill the SMS function and make it more a Blackberry-killer in the application. Also some neat stuff with security (remote-wipe) and global address lookup (GAL) too.

[jdhill]

Actually, none of the above !!!

I have a BlackBerry and my company uses Lotus Notes. I don't use e-mail on my Pocket PC. BlackBerry e-mail is the "gold standard" for wireless e-mail. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server used by my company works reasonably well with Lotus Notes.

For personal e-mail, I have a second BlackBerry that hits my personal e-mail account via POP3. This works OK, but lacks the elegance of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server solution for full synchronization.

[Zidane]

I used to sync wirelessly with Outlook 2003 via a VPN connection. Now that Microsoft has done away with that, I don't sync my email anymore. I have Outlook 2003 open at all times to run scripts and send out license codes, so I can't just download my email using POP3 as it will have already been downloaded. And, since it's just me, I can't justify buying Small Business Server to myself. So, I just log in using Remote Desktop and read my mail that way.

[Jerry Raia]

Originally Posted by Marcel_Proust

I highly recommend Mailstreet. I've found them very reliable.

I use mailstreet also for my PPC and Smartphone. They aren't cheap but they are good.