John Blasdell
07-13-2003, 05:45 AM
I'd like your ideas and suggestions on managing e-mail with PocketPC 2003. I'd like to buy a new toy, uh, tool if it makes sense, but I don't want to carry 2 PDAs. I had 2 earlier WinCE handhelds, then switched to the PalmOS a couple of years ago when I wanted wireless e-mail and Internet access.
I receive over 100 e-mails per day at my primary e-mail address, a POP3 account at my ISP. Most of these are junk ads which I delete (amazing this many slip through the "rules" I set up in Outlook); a few are important and worth keeping. With the Palm, I log on (wirelessly) whenever/wherever, and download and read e-mail at my convenience. When using MultiMail on the handheld, I tap the "Delete" button to delete each message. I can then choose whether to "Delete from Handheld" (deletes the message from the PDA but leaves it on the POP3 server so I can later download the message with a desktop PC), or "Delete from Handheld and Server" (deletes from the PDA now, and deletes the message from the POP3 server the next time I tap Send and Receive). I don't have to sort through messages again that I deleted from the handheld; they're gone when I download e-mail later to a desktop PC.
I can't sync my Pocket Outlook with a desktop PC so that the same messages are on both; I have many old messages on my notebook and desktop PCs that I want to keep for reference or whatever, but don't want or need these messages on the PDA due to limited PDA memory. I rarely keep e-mail messages on the handheld after they are read; the important ones are downloaded later to a PC, the rest are gone forever.
I didn't have wireless access while using my earlier WinCE handhelds, but I don't remember any way to do what I need with Pocket Outlook. There has to be a way to quickly manage e-mail -- thousands of mobile workers surely don't read messages on their handheld, then read and delete these same messages later on the desktop.
How do you work with and manage your e-mail wirelessly?
As a point of interest, I started with a CDPD modem and OmniSky service, but currently connect through my Verizon cell phone. Better coverage, quicker connections, faster throughput, and lower cost (almost free!) I burn minutes from my cell plan during the day, but I have unlimited nights and weekends for voice and data most anywhere in the U.S. Sadly, Verizon plans no Bluetooth-equipped phones in the near future; they say it's too small a niche market.
Thanks,
John
I receive over 100 e-mails per day at my primary e-mail address, a POP3 account at my ISP. Most of these are junk ads which I delete (amazing this many slip through the "rules" I set up in Outlook); a few are important and worth keeping. With the Palm, I log on (wirelessly) whenever/wherever, and download and read e-mail at my convenience. When using MultiMail on the handheld, I tap the "Delete" button to delete each message. I can then choose whether to "Delete from Handheld" (deletes the message from the PDA but leaves it on the POP3 server so I can later download the message with a desktop PC), or "Delete from Handheld and Server" (deletes from the PDA now, and deletes the message from the POP3 server the next time I tap Send and Receive). I don't have to sort through messages again that I deleted from the handheld; they're gone when I download e-mail later to a desktop PC.
I can't sync my Pocket Outlook with a desktop PC so that the same messages are on both; I have many old messages on my notebook and desktop PCs that I want to keep for reference or whatever, but don't want or need these messages on the PDA due to limited PDA memory. I rarely keep e-mail messages on the handheld after they are read; the important ones are downloaded later to a PC, the rest are gone forever.
I didn't have wireless access while using my earlier WinCE handhelds, but I don't remember any way to do what I need with Pocket Outlook. There has to be a way to quickly manage e-mail -- thousands of mobile workers surely don't read messages on their handheld, then read and delete these same messages later on the desktop.
How do you work with and manage your e-mail wirelessly?
As a point of interest, I started with a CDPD modem and OmniSky service, but currently connect through my Verizon cell phone. Better coverage, quicker connections, faster throughput, and lower cost (almost free!) I burn minutes from my cell plan during the day, but I have unlimited nights and weekends for voice and data most anywhere in the U.S. Sadly, Verizon plans no Bluetooth-equipped phones in the near future; they say it's too small a niche market.
Thanks,
John