Remove Outlook E-mail Account [Archive]

tut00

02-22-2006, 05:19 PM

Hi all,

I did a search and can't seem to find this anywhere. I would like to remove the Outlook e-mail account from the messaging app on my PPC. Is there a way to do this. I do not sync with outlook.

Thanks in advance.

-John

Cybrid

02-22-2006, 06:52 PM

Hi all,

I did a search and can't seem to find this anywhere. I would like to remove the Outlook e-mail account from the messaging app on my PPC. Is there a way to do this. I do not sync with outlook.

Thanks in advance.

-JohnWhat OS version?

tut00

02-22-2006, 09:19 PM

Win Mobile 5 on a cingular 8125.

decaman

03-09-2006, 02:16 AM

I am having the same issue. I got my 8125 today and added an account I didn't want to. Now I can't seem to find a way to delete it. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated!! :?

Menneisyys

03-09-2006, 09:58 AM

I am having the same issue. I got my 8125 today and added an account I didn't want to. Now I can't seem to find a way to delete it. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated!! :?

Welcome to PPCT :)

It's very easy to delete self-added accounts

Go to Menu/Tools/Options; tap-and-hold the given account name and choose Delete from the pop-up menu:

http://www.winmobiletech.com/032006RenameMessagingAccounts/AccountContextMenu.bmp.png

(Also see this tutorial (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=600&more=1) on changing Messaging account names if interested.)

Menneisyys

03-09-2006, 11:23 AM

Hi all,

I did a search and can't seem to find this anywhere. I would like to remove the Outlook e-mail account from the messaging app on my PPC. Is there a way to do this. I do not sync with outlook.

Thanks in advance.

-John

I've spent over an hour trying to get rid of the default Outlook account by heavily editing the WinCE database pmailFolders. It seems it's not possible to do this - Messaging will recreate the account if it's missing in the underlying database.

decaman

03-09-2006, 10:14 PM

Thanks so much for your help Menneisyys... :oops: Two degrees and I couldn't figure that one out...LOL I will check out your blog for sure..

~Deca

jsp91470

03-09-2006, 10:31 PM

Actually, you can remove the default Outlook E-Mail folders-- see here:
http://htcwizard.westlands.org/2006/02/20/remove-folders-from-the-messaging-program/

This link describes how to remove the Hotmail folders, but it works also for the Outlook E-Mail folders.

However, when I removed those folders, I had an unwelcome side effect that caused me to put them back: Once those folders were gone, my 8125 refused to give me any kind of notification -- audible, visible, or vibrating-- when a text message or e-mail came in. The only clue I had a new message was the Today plug-in. So I put the Outlook folders back and I started getting notifications again.

Jeff

Menneisyys

03-10-2006, 07:49 AM

However, when I removed those folders, I had an unwelcome side effect that caused me to put them back: Once those folders were gone, my 8125 refused to give me any kind of notification -- audible, visible, or vibrating-- when a text message or e-mail came in. The only clue I had a new message was the Today plug-in. So I put the Outlook folders back and I started getting notifications again.

Now that you say this - I've just noticed exactly the same after reimporting pmailFolders.