02-22-2005, 12:00 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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GMail via RSS Feed
Several months ago, GMail enabled POP3 access, which should have been a boon to Pocket PC users as their web interface blocked access because the browser doesn't support everything the site requires, which is valid as you'll see below. By the way, I have 50 GMail invites, so if you want one, contact me.
The problem is, POP3 access for Pocket PC users is spotty at best, and maybe for all POP3 users. It is in beta after all. I have to go to my GMail settings 3-4 times a week to enable POP3 because it mysteriously gets turned off. :? Now, for me, GMail is a mostly a read only site. I have only a few contacts I correspond with using that address, so what I really need is a way to check my emails. Google has enabled RSS feeds to your account. For all I know, this feature is months old, but it was news to me and my favorite RSS reader on the Pocket PC supports RSS authentication so I tried it out.
Code:
https://gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom
<br /><br />Just add the above code to your RSS reader, then add your [email protected] userid and password. I use <a href="http://www.handango.com/brainstore/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&productId=142855">NewsBreak</a> and you must have 1.0.1, which was released earlier this month. <br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2005/20050221-gmailrss.gif" /><br /><br />If you try to read more online, you will be able to log in but PIE won't show you the message. I don't know if it works with third party browsers or not. Of course, the best solution would be for Google to stabilize the POP3 access, but until then, you can at least see if you have anything worth finding a desktop PC to read your messages.
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02-22-2005, 12:24 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 8
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There are already 3rd party scripts offering web interface for gmail, and also free services suitable for WAP and PDA browsers e.g. www.mail2web.com which supports nicely gmail.
I can imagine using RSS only as a notification of new mail, but i'm not sure if that can be usufull in any other way :wink:
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02-22-2005, 12:31 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,329
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No problems at all with POP from either Outlook 2003 on my desktop or WebIS Mail from the Pocket PC. Thank you MS. :?
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02-22-2005, 12:47 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,305
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Works great! 
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02-22-2005, 12:57 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 53
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In making the switch to gmail as my primary e-mail address, I had to work through the pop3 situation and I found some interesting features or bugs, depending on how you look at it.
One is the way that Gmail's pop3 email retrieval is configured so that you can only download your messages via pop3 once. So if you have more than one machine that checks via pop3, the messages will only be retrieved to one machine. I think someone already pointed this one out including the workaround of automatically forwarding to additioanl gmail accounts dedicated to particular machines.
Another quirk which only seems to be an issue with Pocket Inbox is how Gmail only makes available for pop3 retrieval those messages that are received in the same calendar day. This causes a problem in Pocket Inbox since in Pocket Inbox, it will remove from the inbox those messages that are no longer available on the server. I did a workaround by automatically forwarding my Gmail messages to an imap server. Also, if you use WebIS Mail, this doesn't seem to be an issue.
And the last one is definitely a feature. I love how Gmail implemented their SMTP server so that when you send messages via the Gmail SMTP server, it will save sent messages (regardless of which machine sent it) in the Gmail Sent mailbox and even attach it to the related conversation. Also, if you send a message via the Gmail web interface, it will drop a copy of your sent message in the pop3 queue so that you will have a copy on your local e-mail client boxes.
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02-22-2005, 12:59 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,305
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This also works for Version 1.0 on the Smartphone. I just set it up on my MPx220.
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02-22-2005, 01:38 AM
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02-22-2005, 02:32 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 181
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Wow, this is really cool! I noticed this feature but didn't really try it out... I wasn't sure how to log in but i figured it out... Here's an example of what you need to put:
This would be useful if you catch a wireless network briefly, and want to get the basic idea of your e-mails quickly.
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02-22-2005, 04:03 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 137
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By the way, the current @Mail beta from our good folks at Pocket Informant does gmail, and does it quite well. I signed up a few weeks ago and have not had any problems. 8)
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02-22-2005, 04:41 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 122
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Can't get it to work
I'm using Newsbreak 1.0.1 just like Ed.....tried the same code offered by Ed (tried using the password tab in Newsbrak) & marcm and I receive an "unspecified error" message. I have email in my gmail inbox, but it won't show up.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Rob
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