GMail Pocket: Get Gmail on Your Pocket PC [Archive]

Pat Logsdon

02-01-2005, 10:00 PM

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://gmail.wiggster.com' target='_blank'>http://gmail.wiggster.com</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/logsdon_20040201_gmailpocket.jpg" /><br /><br />Hark, is that a choir of angels I hear? Perhaps a paean to the possibility of portable perusing? Ok, I'll stop. :wink: The bottom line here is that our very own adwignall has put on his clever hat and installed a Pocket PC-friendly version of the libgmailer library on his server. This means that you can simply go to <a href="http://gmail.wiggster.com">gmail.wiggster.com</a>, log in, and read your Gmail from the comfort of your Pocket PC. I've been using this for a few months now, and it's both extremely well done AND useful. Check it out, but be gentle - we don't want to hammer his server into oblivion. :)

sgyee

02-01-2005, 10:13 PM

Be aware that GMail's terms of use prohibits the use of stuff that libgmail uses. It's covered under the parts of:

- Modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Gmail Service

- Reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Gmail Service

Of course, that doesn't really stop me from running the scripts on my own personal web servers, but be aware that they do state this. If GMail would do a GMail Lite version that doesn't involve the coding they use, I'd gladly use it.

http://www.google.com/gmail/help/program_policies.html

Wiggster

02-01-2005, 10:30 PM

freitasm

02-01-2005, 10:51 PM

And what's the problem with using Pocket Inbox to access GMAIL via POP, following the instructions available directly on gmail.com?

Unless you have a problem with your network not allowing SSL connections to secure POP/SMTP, it's much safer than using a 3rd party service where you have to enter your e-mail and password.

Wiggster

02-01-2005, 10:57 PM

Unless you have a problem with your network not allowing SSL connections to secure POP/SMTP, it's much safer than using a 3rd party service where you have to enter your e-mail and password.

Indeed, that's why I recommend people download the Pocket GMail site and run it on their own server... they control they code, they control that the information isn't getting misdirected.

And some people have trouble with POP3 and Gmail, and prefer using a web browser. Or they want ot hop on a computer and check their email really quickly. But to be honest, Gmail Pocket is from before Gmail gave us POP3 access, and I sorta abandoned it when POP3 came out. But people still use it, so I'm not about to take it down :D

F_B_i

02-01-2005, 11:06 PM

Doesn't already Gmail offer POP3/SMTP mail check?
Besides - personally I wouldn't trust some 3rd party frontend :} who knows what the script parses and where ;P

Wiggster

02-01-2005, 11:12 PM

Like I said before, download the source yourself. There's a script that packs up the Gmail directory and offers it as a download, giving you the full source available for your own server. Don't trust me to not steal your password just because I say so, look at the code yourself :wink:

dean_shan

02-01-2005, 11:16 PM

Rock on :rock on dude!: this is great.

Deus

02-01-2005, 11:24 PM

Seems to be missing an include file! The third line in main.php is looking for it

include_once("../include.php");

powder2000

02-01-2005, 11:34 PM

Speaking of Gmail, I would gladly take an invite at casenov at yahoo.com, thanks. :lol:

sponge

02-01-2005, 11:39 PM

Indeed, Google likes to keep its Gmail as secure as possible, which means stamping out hacked-together sites like this... and I can't say I blame them. I do wish they'd get a PDA-friendly version. Perhaps someday...

Completly opposite of what they've done to date. It's always been free to do what you want, however we have, can, and will change things at any point that may break it. Not even the GMail FS got shut down.

Wiggster

02-01-2005, 11:43 PM

Jason Dunn

02-01-2005, 11:58 PM

Speaking of Gmail, I would gladly take an invite at casenov at yahoo.com, thanks. :lol:

Invite sent! Enjoy.

Deus

02-02-2005, 12:11 AM

Seems to be missing an include file! The third line in main.php is looking for it

include_once("../include.php");

Uh, you can delete that. That's from when I had my site template as part of Pocket Gmail. I'm pretty sure nothing in the rest of the site requires that, don't know why it was there :?

logout seems to throw :

Warning: session_destroy(): Trying to destroy uninitialized session in /home/pp/public_html/x/libgmailer.php on line 780

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/pp/public_html/x/libgmailer.php:780) in /home/pp/public_html/x/logout.php on line 5

Yorch

02-02-2005, 12:48 AM

well, I for once I'm happy that I have this solution. I have all my mail accounts forwarded to my Gmail, and is always good to have this solution in case something wrong happens. Last week it made me loose money, this gmail. I have it set up the pop3 account in my Messaging in my JAM, and there was some questions from an email that I downloading of somebody asking to buy some stuff that I had for sale on ebay, I couldn't read the whole message since It was cut. I marked to download completely, and It didn't work, once you download your email once, It goes to the archive, which I couldn't access, I tried PIE and Netfront and I couldn't. To make the long story short, this guy was about to buy the item using buy it now, if I'd answered quickly, since I couldn't, he just bidded, and I'm out $180, since I didn't have internet, access, only my phone. and the GPRS. Is nice to know that there is this front end. Good JoB!

lanwarrior

02-02-2005, 01:02 AM

Gmail won't work with WebIS 2.0. I tried to change the deafult SMTP and POP3 port to GMail's default and it either revert back to 110/25 or just simply failed.

So I think the website above is great.

freitasm

02-02-2005, 01:48 AM

Gmail won't work with WebIS 2.0. I tried to change the deafult SMTP and POP3 port to GMail's default and it either revert back to 110/25 or just simply failed.

So I think the website above is great.

That's right... And I've reported this back to Alex, but nothing was done. It's a shame. It works well with Pocket Outlook though, and that's what I'm using...

alex_kac

02-02-2005, 02:25 AM

We have had a beta since early mid-December for WebIS Mail 2.1 which DOES support GMail via POP3 SSL. The betas are always posted on our forum. It also contains a slew of major improvements including a new 3 pane view, multiple new views, full VGA support, and much else.

But of course since its beta, we aren't promoting it to the general public at large (via announcement emails and such), but it is pretty open.

http://www.pocketinformant.com/Forums/index.php?showtopic=6466

genoist_gps

02-02-2005, 03:39 AM

powder2000

02-02-2005, 04:05 AM

Thanks for the account Jason, and for the extra invite anthony.

Akeldama

02-02-2005, 06:10 AM

G mail would be great on my new Axim X50v once i get it. If i had an invite sent to james at jamesarnold.org, i'd definitely become a premium member PPCT. (psst, don't tell anyone, but i'm planning on it anyway, but hey, I need some leverage).

I had a few extra Gmail invites laying around so I decided to send one your way. Enjoy it, and your new Axim X50v, it's an excellent PDA (I just got one myself!).

- Akeldama

dma1965

02-02-2005, 09:24 AM

Can I please have an invite too!!! It seems like the rollout is going on forever!

Darius Wey

02-02-2005, 01:45 PM

Let's not turn this into another Gmail invite thread. If people want to give out or receive invites, the thread which I've linked here (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=33717) is the best place for it. :)

Cybrid

02-04-2005, 06:52 PM

Indeed, Google likes to keep its Gmail as secure as possible, which means stamping out hacked-together sites like this... and I can't say I blame them. I do wish they'd get a PDA-friendly version. Perhaps someday... Wiggster, I'm curious. Could this be exported/ converted to other webmail services? Yahoo, MSN, ISP webmail servers? My curiousity relates to the fact that Yahoo has a wap mobile site and is extremely akward in design....My ISP offers webmail back up to POP but that is even "more fun" on a PDA....there is definite potential...build a custom PDA friendly...interface to any/all webmail.

Wiggster

02-04-2005, 07:22 PM

Unfortunately, this can't be easily converted for any other service. It's built on libgmailer, a PHP library that is specifically for Gmail. I've yet to see a similar interface for accessing Yahoo mail that's similar, so I'd have to write one from the ground-up. And I'm no good at that stuff, sadly :|

cconover22

02-19-2005, 08:13 AM

I must be blind, but I do not see where it gives the POP3 information or instructions. Can someone help me with this?

Wiggster

02-20-2005, 04:06 PM

krypticide

02-25-2005, 04:44 AM

I'm guessing this is the only solution if I want to be able to get Gmail on my Pocket PC while still having every message downloaded to Outlook? In other words, I want to be able to POP access Gmail from both my PPC and my computer, but given how POP works I don't think I can do that.

If Pocket Gmail doesn't work, I might have to settle for ActiveSync over WiFi to Outlook to get my mail. =P