How Do You Sync Your Email?

[Ed Hansberry]

I was wondering how you synchronized your email to your Pocket PC. I am <i>only</i> interested in the Inbox called "ActiveSync" on the Pocket PC, not POP3 or IMAP4 right now.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2004/20040601-email.gif" />

[Anthony Caruana]

I'm now using Pocket Mac seeing I've ventured away from the all Windows world I was in.

[gorkon280]

I chose never sync my e-mail. First off, my home e-mail ain't all that important and with the attachments I have at work, I'd NEVER sync there even if I could. Anytime I do need a work e-mail, I just hop on a WiFi hotspot and go right to our webmail page (Groupwise webmail works very well on Pocket IE). The main reason I don't is I use a Mac and have bought missing sync. It does not sync e-mail from any program.

[surur]

Despite being a monopoly, Microsoft really integrates their various properties very poorly. Why cant I sync my hotmail account to my pocketpc with any ease? Its only 2MB maximum and Ive had it for maybe 10 years. In the same time Ive had 8 different ISP's, so Im definitely attached to it. I wish they would get their act together. :cry:

Surur

[PR.]

I voted Server Sync to Exchange 2003. I got hosting specifcally to use this feature as I hardly ever synced my PPC to my home machine, and found myself more often sending/recieving home emails than I did when I was using the desktop sync for my work email.

I have an IMAP account to sync my work email

I just love the flexibility of Exchange 2003, I have ActiveSync for my PocketPC, the Outlook Mobile Access for my PocketPC and WAP phone and Web Access for desktop use!

Edit - A couple of people have asked me what hosting company I am using, they are called eoutlook and can be found at www.eoutlook.com Hope that helps :)

[Ken Mattern]

I never sync my Inbox. I use my Nokia to check my email. It is easier, faster and always there, I don't have to wait until I get back to my desk.

[adamz]

Despite being a monopoly, Microsoft really integrates their various properties very poorly. Why cant I sync my hotmail account to my pocketpc with any ease? Its only 2MB maximum and Ive had it for maybe 10 years. In the same time Ive had 8 different ISP's, so Im definitely attached to it. I wish they would get their act together. :cry:

Surur

Ah, but you can...
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=2392

Pocket MSN makes you're Pocket PC function with Hotmail as if it was functioning with Exchange. You can have it send text messages whenever specific emails are recieved which then wake up your PDA in order to download the rest of the emails.

Personally, I don't use Activesync Inbox syncing partially out of spite. I'd much rather use the Windows CE Inbox Transfer program that actually let you MANAGE the Pocket PC Inbox with much more flexibility. Instead I sync my email through IMAP... which is okay. At least I can save my Sent messages, but the DRAFTS emails still don't transfer to/from the IMAP server.
Oh how I wish I could transfer DRAFT emails between Pocket PC and Desktop like we could in the old days!

[Ryan Joseph]

I sync my email all the time. Having all my past messages available without an Internet connection comes in handy more often than you'd think.

My problem is that I forget to sync my PPC more often than I'd like. :lol:

[ignar]

My 4150 has WiFi and BT. I have Wifi access in both home and work, and have a T610 BT phone as well. Also I use IMAP, so all my emails are virtually accessible at anytime, anywhere. I never sync inbox. Offline reading is so old. :lol:

[cesarfong]

since wifi, bt is invading us less people use activesync for email. In my case i only use pocket inbox to check new mail and reply or forward them.. so old mails or synchronized email is not what i want ..

[EricMCarson]

I am using Seven's client to retrieve my Lotus Notes e-mail in real time from IE using my 4150. This way I can get real-time access and reply to notes needing it from any web browser anywhere, including my T610. Works wonderfully.

[tanalasta]

I used to sync my email via POP3 but I never do now for the following reasons:

1. I've since changed to downloading all emails onto my desktop which means that the only way to retrieve my emails if via activesync.
2. I know that this is buggy at best and having just done a complete hard-reset, reinstall from scratch (without using Sprite backup) I don't want to do it again.
3. I haven't managed to get the internet/email connection working on my silly pda yet - too lazy to twiddle with the settings!
4. There are currently 4 Outlook identities on my computer and I don't know what will happen if I accidently "sync" the wrong one!

If someone wants to reassure me I won't ever have problems syncing my email, I'll go set it up! But until then, I'll leave things be...

[rburleyson]

We use a server based product from Intellisync called Email Accelerator to sync with our Lotus/Domino mail system. It works really well over any IP connection.

[bkerrins]

I technically sync with my email at work, but like someone else said, if there is an attachment it's worthless. On a few occassions, I can reply to a short email while I'm in the elevator or while standing in line at the store. I really need to get a new PPC phone so I can do this live. Having an old PPC with only 64Mb of memory isn't cutting it these days.

[ppcsurfr]

POP 3 via Pass Through, GPRS, Dial-Up ISP, Wi-Fi Hotspot...

No need to ActiveSync my email...

Mabuhay! ~ Carlo

[SeanH]

Same here, I do not use activesync for emails. I use POP3 with WiFi or IRDA over GPRS. If my PDA had Bluetooth I would use Bluetooth over GPRS to check my email. The Nokia 6820 I use has a POP3 client built in so I use that alot also. I wish someone would start shipping a PDA with VGA, WiFi and Bluetooth my iPAQ 3650 needs upgraded.

Sean

[bobmay]

I sync with Lotus Notes using activesync, and Cadenza mnotes

[Terry]

E-mail is awful on the PPC. I use a Blackberry for e-mail, BT cell phone for cellular, and my PPC for everything else (including Internet surfing via BT, which I only got working a week ago after trying for years).

I wish I could find a best practice for e-mail from Exchange Server on a PPC with a BT connection.

[commander66]

Extended Systems OneBrige Mobile Groupware synching with our fresh and new installed Domino 6.5.1. Delicious ! :mrgreen:

[SeanH]

Its great to see so many people are using Bluetooth and GPRS. I do not think cell providers understand how large this market is going to become. I use Bluetooth/GPRS daily on my laptop to check emails and look up web sites. I wish it did not cost $79 for unmited 200Kb service from AT&T.

Sean

[paschott]

Would like to sync some e-mails, but can't because I've got multiple partners for my PPC. Wish there was a way to set up one of them for e-mail instead of just not allowing e-mail at all. The ability to compose something to send on sync would be really nice to have for me.

[JohnJohn]

4155 via home WiFi or via my Nokia 6820. I can't wait until WebIS Mail is complete!

[jimski]

I use Outlook on my laptop to pull down messages from our corporate Notes server. I use ActiveSync to sync up; Inbox, Read and Sent mail for only the past 7 days, including attachments up to 250K.

This gives me a chance to review messages while away from my desk that I may have only glanced at when they came in or to discuss messages that I may have recently sent.

When away from my laptop (like tonight) I use POP3 to retreive messages from the Notes server through WiFi or BT/GPRS.

I don't think a PPC was ever meant to be a user's primary email tool. I could not imagine carrying my 700MB Outlook Archive and 400MB Active file around with me all the time. And as soon as I have more than 15 messages in my inbox, I stop what I am doing and deal with them. This keeps my inbox pretty clean.

Somewhat off topic, but I think this may be my first mobile post, thanks to the FREE :D WiFi connection here at the local Holiday Inn. For $95.00 per night (corporate discounted rate) that's the way it should be, everywhere!

[bsoft]

Believe it or not, I don't even have a Pocket PC. I have owned 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation Windows CE products and have had two Pocket PC devices in the past, but as of this moment I do not own a Pocket PC. My only PDA is a (gasp) Treo 180. It's an awesome yet horrible product. You can tell that Handspring put a lot of thought into the design of the device; the flip cover is nice (makes it easy to answer and hang up calls) and the ringer switch is genius. On the other hand, he screen is absolute garbage and Palm OS is such a steeming heap of trash that I shudder to think abot it.

Hopefully I'll be purchasing a used HTC "Wallaby" Pocket PC Phone (a.k.a. "Siemens SX56", "T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone", "XDA","MDA", etc.). I'm planning to use it with my (so far excellent) T-Mobile GSM service. Yay for cheap unlimited GPRS.

[xoiph]

I get email directly on my Sidekick, it's one of the most useful features of this device :D It saves a lot of time to get email on the spot. I only use the PC for email if I need to download attachments.

[brianbitzkowski]

I check my email on my Pocket PC directly. I used to use POP, but I would always get tons of spam and sometimes duplicate messages (a POP issue I guess) so I switched to IMAP as soon as my mail host supported it. I run Mozilla Mail on my desktop, which checks my IMAP email every 10 minutes, moves the junk to the junk folder, and moves my mailing lists into their own folders. When I check the email on my pocket pc, the spam has already been removed, and my mailing list messages are syncronized (I selected them to also be downloaded in pocket inbox). I can also read any messages I wrote on my desktop or pocket pc. If you check email on your desktop, laptop and Pocket PC, IMAP is the ultimate solution.