05-10-2006, 10:00 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Windows Mobile IMAP - Up to the Task?
"I have been using the standard Windows Mobile IMAP-mail client on our company Lotus Notes server for about a year now, without any problems. So without any hessitation I advised two colleagues of mine to use an I-Mate K-Jam for downloading their mail. They saw how i used it, loved the idea of reading their mail on the road and decided they wanted it as well. Little did i know that IMAP on a Windows Mobile device also has its limitations."
And very interesting limitations they are too. Jaap van Ekris has written a thought provoking article that touches on the problems of the Windows Mobile implementation of IMAP, as well as the psychology and costs of different email storage and organisational strategies. Personally I do work via the described GMail way, i.e. don't organise, just store everything in one giant mailbox and search through it if you need something. How about you guys? Are you sorters or storers, or do you have some other superior solution or strategy for email searching?
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05-10-2006, 10:35 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 276
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Uh, where's the link to the article? :?
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05-10-2006, 10:36 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 12
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Have I missed something?
How do I link to the article?
I would like to read it before making a comment.
Thanks,
C.
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05-10-2006, 10:41 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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Originally Posted by manywhere
Uh, where's the link to the article? :?
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I've just edited the post to include the link. Enjoy. 
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05-10-2006, 02:28 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 57
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Change your network e-mail to Outlook if you can. No problems whatsoever with IMAP set up with Outlokk. It took a while for our IT but finally they got convinced that Lotus Notes just sucks!
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05-10-2006, 02:47 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,389
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PPC imap works great for me. My inbox is my todo list. If there is something in there i have something to do or follow up on. As soon as it is dealt with it is placed in the proper folder for storage.
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05-10-2006, 04:11 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 196
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Originally Posted by Jason Lee
PPC imap works great for me. My inbox is my todo list. If there is something in there i have something to do or follow up on. As soon as it is dealt with it is placed in the proper folder for storage.
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Excactly how I do it too.
One feature that would be really nice though would be a "convert email to task" option so that longer term projects/tasks that you don't want sitting in the inbox for weeks at a time could be converted to an actual task...
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05-10-2006, 04:33 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 27
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Originally Posted by seaflipper
One feature that would be really nice though would be a "convert email to task" option so that longer term projects/tasks that you don't want sitting in the inbox for weeks at a time could be converted to an actual task...
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Ever sync with desktop Outlook? The way I handle this on the desktop is to drag emails to the tasks folder, turns it into a new task. Wish they carried this over to the PPC version.
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05-10-2006, 05:03 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,389
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that would be very handy actually. I do the exact same thing with longer term tasks.
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05-10-2006, 05:27 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,303
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Originally Posted by manywhere
Uh, where's the link to the article? :?
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In my wild and fevered imagination. That's what I get for posting at 01:00. :roll: :lol: Sorry folks and cheers to Darius for doing a good job as ever. :wink:
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