Microsoft Exchange Driving Me Crazy - Networking

I have done a search on this site and HOFO and cant seem to come to a solution. I'm about to go crazy.
I know my company uses Microsoft Exchange. I also have webmail access for my email as well as VPN access.
At this point, I'm unsure what to do with all of the info. I was hoping some of you could help me out. I am on yahoo messenger as curiosity7277466 or I am definitely open to calling you or talking via email. I have been really looking forward to making this work. Hopefully someone here can make my first post here a success. Thanks!
Rudy

it's pretty easy.
*IF* your company has an Outlook Web Access (OWA) Email Server setup so that you can access webmail from the net, you should be able to setup your outlook/exchange email as well.
I bought my 8125 a few nights ago - and while sitting in the store, entered my OWA info and, boom, had my contacts, email, etc. within a few minutes.
Open ActiveSync on your device and click on menu/configure server.
enter your server email address - it should be in the format of mail.doman.com. so, for example, it could look like one of the following:
mail.xda-developers.com
inetmail.yourcompany.com
The point is it will use the same web address that you use for webmail from outside the company. If you use https://mail.xda-developers.com to gain access to your OWA, you'll use mail.xda-developers.com as your server address. You'll likely need to select the SSL connection.
Hit next.
Your use name is your Active Directory user name. The password is your corporate password; and the domain is your AD domain.
You may typically know your user credentials as domain\user name, yet you do need to keep the separate on this screen. Enter user name, passowrd, and domain. Click on the save passwork box.
Hit next. Select your preferences and hit finish.
that's it. you're done.
enjoy.

The key question is which version of Exchange is being used, and what has been exposed to the Internet.
Browsing to Outlook Web Access is the usual clue. Exchange 2003 OWA looks very different from the previous versions - it is very similar to Outlook.
First thing I would try is OMA - Outlook Mobile Access. You can try it from a desktop before you start playing around with your handheld.
https://servername.domain.com/oma
You should get a prompt with username and password.
Enter your username in the format of domain\username and then your regular domain password.
You should then get a list of options in plain text. You can now read your email etc.
Move over to your handheld and enter the same URL and the same thing should happen.
If that doesn't work then you will have to speak to your Exchange administrators to see whether the options have been enabled. There are a number that aren't enabled by default which can stop OMA working.
As Exchange Active Sync works through the OMA virtual directory, if OMA doesn't work then I would be surprised is EAS works.
Exchange ActiveSync setup is as previously posted - but without support enabled on the server, it will never work.
Simon.

The best bet is for you to call your help desk. They may not know but they could probably open a ticket to the Exchage team and you will get a correct answer from them.
There are many different ways to expose the Exchange Front End server to the internet that just guessing will drive you crazy. Some companies expose the whole exchange web directories and other only expose OWA
With all the Firewall Settings Web Proxies and ISA configurations out there it will be hard to tell if you can use Active Sync.
URLs follow this method of connecting to the different IIS Web inerfaces of Exchange
mycompany.domain.com/exchange = OWA
mycompany.domain.com/OMA = WAP based OWA
mycompany.domain.com/ActiveSync = is for ActiveSync
So they have to expose ActiveSync to allow you to use it.
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Direct Push does not "Push" unless my desktop Outl

It is too odd... My phone syncs with Push over Microsoft Direct Push, but it will only do it when my office desktop Outlook is open and running. If Outlook at work is closed it will not sync over the air. We are using Exchange 2003 and have the outlook web portal running. I just don't understand why the phone will Push sync over the air only when I have Outlook open on my desktop. Anyone have similar issues or a fix?
could you shed some light on how you've set up/configured your server
That doesn't make alot of sense, unless you have a bunch of client-only rules moving emails into the mail folders you are syncing.
I am using the web address to the web outlook portal on my phone; happens to be https://email.jsinc.com/exchange. I put that in and it automatically shrinks it down to email.jsinc.com.
It then connects and asks me for a login and password. I give it my domain username and password and presto it works. Downloads mail, contacts, calandar, tasks, etc. This works all wirelessly, as long as my outlook client on my work desktop is open and running- phone is NOT plugged in over USB, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. Strickly over Edge wireless.
BUT if my machine at work is turned off, or Outlook application is closed, it will not connect wirelessly. Even if I try to do a manual sync on the phone it comes back with nothing- no errors, just no mail. I THINK it says there are messages there, but refuses to download the headers- I only know this because it gives me the correct number of messages that are new during the ActiveSync, but none of them are downloaded.
Once I open up Outlook at work, then presto my mail all syncs up like it should.
I did more digging and on our Exchange 2K3 box, I have
"Enabled user initiated sync" checked
"Enable up-to-date notifications via SMTP and Text Messaging" checked
"Enable notifications to user specified SMTP address" checked
"Enable Direct Push over HTTP(s)" checked
Under Outlook Mobile Access:
"Enable Outlook Mobile Access" Unchecked
"Enable unsupported devices" greyed out
BUT
Under my Active Directory User Profile/Exchange Features I have these items enabled:
Outlook Mobile Access
User Initiated Sync
Up-to-date Notifications.
That tells me things are where they need to be, and that the "All users" enable for Outlook Mobile Access is disabled, but MY outlook mobile access is in tact.
Are you storing all of your email, contacts, etc in a local PST file on your PC, or are you leaving your data on the server?
Do you have an AKU2 ROM? If not, it will be performing the sync through your activesync profile on the desktop, and not directly with the server (which sounds like your problem).
I am storing everything online, no pst files.
I am running version 2.24 ROM w/Cingular 2.25 Radio Rom, downloaded from someone that started with a "x" he makes clean ROM's, over on Howards Forums- sorry forgot the name. That is version 2 right, I have a Microsoft Direct Push button on my Connections window
Ok, I am fairly confident I know the solution but I have questions:
1) What user ID are you using to log into the server? Are you using xxxxxxxx or are you using [email protected]? Meaning, are you only using your Windows login name, or are you using your email address?
2) What is your DOMAIN option set to? Is that the EXACT same domain your desktop shows when you log in?
I bet your problem is that you are logging in with your email address and not just your windows login, or you are using your email domain and not your windows domain name.
when I log into the system is it like this:
jsi\treminga (domain then \ username) Even over the web the login is formated just like that above.
Regarding the Domain piece, I have my username as just treminga, password as my password and under domain i have "JSI"
It does login and retrieve my mail over the air, just seems that I need to have my desktop Outlook open to do that, which I think is weird. I have setup my server source from both my desktop active sync AND just on the phone, does not seem to matter, still seems to need my Outlook open to act as a gateway almost- but over the air? Odd
hackths said:
when I log into the system is it like this:
jsi\treminga (domain then \ username) Even over the web the login is formated just like that above.
Regarding the Domain piece, I have my username as just treminga, password as my password and under domain i have "JSI"
It does login and retrieve my mail over the air, just seems that I need to have my desktop Outlook open to do that, which I think is weird. I have setup my server source from both my desktop active sync AND just on the phone, does not seem to matter, still seems to need my Outlook open to act as a gateway almost- but over the air? Odd
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So on the phone you have:
User name: treminga
Password: xxxxxxx
Server: email.jsinc.com
Domain: jsi
Is that accurate? Can you log into Outlook Web Access without having outlook open on your desktop? When you log into Outlook Web Access, what do you put in the user name box?
This is all correct:
User name: treminga
Password: xxxxxxx
Server: email.jsinc.com
Domain: jsi
I can login from anywhere to my Outlook Web Access, my machine at work can be shut down completly- ie no Outlook open. In the Outlook Web Access I put my user name in like this: jsi\treminga (this is no seperate Domain blank in the login and password window that pops up). It will NOT allow me to connect if I just type "treminga" into the field over Outlook Web Access.
If my settings above were not correct, wouldn't it not allow me to connect? I assumed my login and password stuff was correct since I can download e-mail, contacts, etc and sync them, but only if for some reason my desktop Outlook application is open.
I am curious if you have forms based authentication enabled on your Exchange box. I am guessing no since you do not log in with your full email address to OWA.
Have you tried logging in on the phone using jsi\treminga vs just treminga?
To answer your question about it not allowing you to connect with incorrect settings, I have seen exactly the problem you are describing on my Exchange box, and we determined the problem was that on the phone the user name field had the full email address ([email protected]) instead of just the user name. Once that change was made OTA on the phone started working again without outlook being open on the desktop.
I can't explain why, except to offer this one word answer: Microsoft.
If slacker solution does not work, maybe you could confirm that you have SP2 on the Exchange box
If slacker solution does not work, maybe you could confirm that you have SP2 on the Exchange box
Should I remove the JSI part from the domain entry... ie which should I use
username: jsi\treminga
password: ********
Domain: (left blank)
or
username: jsi\treminga
password: ********
Domain: JSI
SP2 isn't required to do OTA activesync, just for the push. So the problem he is having would not be altered by installing SP2 I don't believe.
Also I should have the SSL box checked right? Since my Outlook Web Access site is: https://email.jsinc.com/exchange (SSL because of httpS) right?
Ok I deleted my server source and readded it, I could not add it WITHOUT something in the domain section. But if I put in the JSI in the domain section, and the user name was jsi\treminga it would jsi\jsi\treminga in the error and would not connect. How can I bypass the domain box? It seems to add the jsi\ with the "domain box", so adding it to the username makes it redundant.

[WiFi] POP3 e-mail doesn't work

I can connect my device to the in-house Wlan and I get assigned an IP address like it should. I am able to browse the net (IE) using the Wlan and I can even go to the HTTP webmail site but when I set up a POP3 e-mail account I get the error message that I cannot connect with the current settings. Suggestions?
The other strange thing is that I am able to login on a local server using Terminal Services, but I can only connect to the IP address, not the hostname.
Perhaps I should mention that I have an own domain so the mailbox I'm trying to connect is a completely seperate mailbox and should work 'native' with POP3 port 25 settings. This shouldn't be a problem as far as I can see, but it still doesn't work...
I did some more testing, the weird thing is that I can send e-mails using the WLAN connection, but cannot receive them. The connection towards the server seems to be good (I didn't use seperate settings for SMTP) so DNS seems to be correct as well.
Right, I'm not under the impression a terribly large population of users are dying just to solve my problem, but since I located the source of the problem I thought I'd post it here for other users to find.
The problem I was faced with had actually nothing to do with the WiFi at all, it was the POP3 server that was the problem. The connection was fine, sending the mails was fine it's just that the POP3 daemon of the Direct Admin hosting control panel (vmpop3d-e) is unable to work with Windows Mobile 5 due to some kind of problem I don't even begin to understand (nor would I want to).
If you have your own domain and your hoster is running the Direct Admin control panel you won't be able to use the e-mail POP3 function. Instead, use the IMAP4 function which does work.
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when you set up your mailbox (menu - tools - options) go to the 3rd screen and click options. There you tell it what connection you want. I'd be willing to bet thats where your problem is.
E-mail client doesnt work on my wizard eather. I can receive mail, but sending it is impossibl. I think I tried everything.
If anyone have any suggestions what can I do please tell me.
THX
@primossz, you're pretty active on this forum :wink:
You need to first install the client software provided by your're ISP. So if you use T-mobile you can let T-mobile send the parameters via SMS to yor're cellphone. Just login to your're ISP provider for that on the WWW.
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ActiveSync Exchange Issues

HI guys,
Got my new TyTn out the box, set it up with some of my files, now i am trying to sync with my exchange server.
If I take off SSL, it tells me I don't have permission to initiate sync, which i know i do, cause i set it up on my account.
If i put SSL on, it says the server cannot be reached,
Could someone out there please help me. I have been trying for weeks, in the end i thought it was the unit, so this is my new unit now.
Be sure that the OWA folder (http://yourserver/exchange) has the "require SSL" unticked in security option of IIS, also check that integrated authentification is ticked.
Check that your tytn trust the CA and that the cert match the server name (with both internal/external DNS if possible).
If you want to go without SSL (which is far from being a good idea, everything will go through the network in plain text) have a check in the server log; there will be a critical event explaining you what is going on and what to do in that case
Hi man,
Thanks for the response, how do i issue the CA certificate for the Tytn from the server?
Is that maybe my problem that the relationship between the device and the server hasn't been established properly?
I just want to get my e-mail, why has microsoft made it such an issue?
Surely if you enter in all the correct details for the server and the user account it should work, just like setting up teh IMAP with the send and recieve schedule like u used to on the IIi's?
Appreciate the help mate
Thanks
Microsoft deny you to check your email if you don't trust the CA. This is normal and a part of the SSL security; SSL certs are used to cipher AND to auth.
If the certificat is not issue by a trusted root CA it won't be trusted by your device. You have to connect to http:/ca_server/certsrv and here select "download" CA cert. Just transfert the cert to your device and set it up. If you can not acces the CA web service that way you may be able to gather the certificate while surfing to te OWA with explorer: go to https://your_server/exchange click on the little lock, go to "certification's path" double click the certificat on the top of the "tree" go to detail and select save to file. Select *.cert format and then finaly send this file to your PPC.
No can't connect to the Cert page, and with the OWA page, if you mean the little lock that appears at the bottom of some web pages in one of the blocks, I don't get that with my OWA. I am a bit lost...
ruski said:
No can't connect to the Cert page, and with the OWA page, if you mean the little lock that appears at the bottom of some web pages in one of the blocks, I don't get that with my OWA. I am a bit lost...
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use https://your/owa instead of http://your/owa. Using the OWA without cipher is far from being a good idea; your user/password (wich is in fact an active directory user, that a some power) goes in plain text through the internet.
aaw, man, Thanks so much, I see now... OK, I will get the certificate off tomorrow and copy it onto my Tytn. I really hope that works! Thanks for your help!
OK, now I have made the certificate and copied it onto the Tytn, Still says The server could not be reached! Support code: 0x80072EE2
Ok, just want to check, when setting up the server, under server name, I have the servers external IP address. SSL is ticked, the user name and password and domain should be correct, username is @domain.local
Other than that, not much complicated, i don't seem to be understanding microsofts issue here, i have searched for white papers, which seem to be very vague and no step by step on how to set it up.
Hooooaarg speaking english is giving me headache
You are only satisfying one of the requirement at now:
-Your tytn trust your CA
In IIS you have issued a certificat to a name, for instance server.domain.local; if you contact this server through a SSL connexion by another name you will get an error; the name you accessed doesn't match the name in the certificate; so for IE and your PPC the security may be compromised. In active sync, under server name, you have to enter the exact same name you entered when you issued the SSL certificat in IIS, if it is internal (server.domain.local) it will only work as long as you are on your network. There are several ways to solve that; you can revoque this certificat in IIS and issue a new one matching your external DNS, with this solution you will be able to setup your activesync to connect through the external name of your server, keep in mind that NAT forwarding must be configured to route the traffic from HTTP socket (80) to the exchange server.
You can also setup a VPN server (L2TP/IPSEC should work fine), so that you will always be on the internal network and so able to get your email. This should be the safest way to go, but I guess that it generate more traffic, thanks to the encapsulation; so if you are greedy and pay per byte, avoid this solution.
You could, at last, also disable the SSL encryption; but in my opinion this FAR from being the good way to go, it should only be used for testing purpose.
If you can speak afrikaans I will happily change! lol
OK, if I turn off SSL and connect to the server external IP, it says I don't have permission to synchronise,
If i turn on SSL it tells me the server can't be reached, wish it would make up it's mind.
I am not very good with IIS, I am staring at it now. I am not sure if i did the certificate thing right. As there are 2 options to export , DER encoded and Base-64, I used DER first time round.
If i try and access the server name ie. https://servername it says i cannot use my existing connection and must check properties.....
Thanks for your help man!
You may want to check that you are also forwarding port 443 or what ever port you are using for https access for external use at the server end.
You had to get ActiveSync permitted for your account (by administring it with "Active Directory users and computers" in one of the tab for your users) but you also need it activated on the Exchange "System Manager" under organisation settings (have a look at www.httpsync.net)
André

Accessing Company Email

Quick question .. not sure if anyone can help or not.
My Company uses Xchange email and was wondering if there was a way to get this email pushed on to the phone first. I guess the main problem is that I am not sure if the company has pop enabled. Not really even sure what the incoming mail server and outgoing mail server are or where to find this information. Asking them really isnt an option... any thoughts?
This is the first thing that i tested with my Dopod. When it asked for servers, i just put in the web address to our Outlook Web Access site.
Hard reset after about 30 mins because my server enforced a 30min lock policy and i wasnt sure if i was allowed to hook my dopod upto the exchange server (we have strict policies about attaching non approved hardware to servers and or network)
Exchange servers don't use POP or SMTP, they use Exchange. So there are no 'incoming' or 'outgoing' mail server names.
Get your Exchange server address from your internal tech support group or your system administrator and go through the email account setup on your phone. You'll find one of the options early on is "Exchange Server".
You say that asking them for this info isn't an option, but it's the only way you're going to get this information. If you know where to look on your desktop, you can check your Outlook installation for the Exchange server name there. Otherwise, you're stuck having to ask someone.
If you just simply can't ask anyone, and can't find out on your own, it's a safe bet that your company doesn't want you to do this, and someone might get upset if you try.
i guess the real question here is. If I were to install the BBconnect 4.0 software on my phone; would this then allow me to access my company email on my Tytn?. The problem is that I am trying to get my company email on my Tytn without having to go to my corporate IT department and ask for official permission as they are idiots and say I do not have a need for this. Currently certain people have blackberry's in the company which they receive there email. From my point of view I could careless what they think I have a need for or dont. So in the end I am just trying to circumvent the IT department to achieve what I need. Any thoughts on how this could be done?
- Should also be noted that I have gone into my outlook settings on my Work PC; retrieved what is listed in there as the Microsoft Exchange server address and inputed this along with my netwrok id and password into my Tytn but when you do the Sync it does not work. I have also pinged the server address and inputed the IP# and tried that way unsucessfully as well ... any thoughts?
It's a pretty involved process. You will need to know the server addresss, user name and password and additionally an SSL certificate in order to get true push email. That's unless they use a big company like Verisign to provide SSL certificates. So you might have to talk to them...
First things first though.... Find out what the name of the exchange server is. You will also need a domain name. I'm sure you know what your username and password are.
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It's a pretty involved process. You will need to know the server addresss, user name and password and additionally an SSL certificate in order to get true push email. That's unless they use a big company like Verisign to provide SSL certificates. So you might have to talk to them...
First things first though.... Find out what the name of the exchange server is. You will also need a domain name. I'm sure you know what your username and password are.
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I have retrieved the domain name from going into the control panel and system icon and checked under computer name. So I know what the domain name is; I have also retrieved what is listed in the Microsoft Exchange Server address. However for some reason it still does not work; I am wondering if what is listed in the MES address field is only accessible if you are on the company internet and not an outside connection? - Thoughts?
If you retrieved that address from a computer on their internal network, than it's an "inside" address and it wont work on your phone. You need to figure out what the outside address is and it's pretty easy to do. It's usually "mail.blahblahcompanyname.com" or something like that.
Any thoughts on when the usual mail.blahblahcompanyname.com doesn't work? Any thoughts where one might find this information?
Yes. See above for my thoughts.
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Any thoughts on when the usual mail.blahblahcompanyname.com doesn't work? Any thoughts where one might find this information?
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As mentioned by one of the posters above, the Outlook Web Access address is the best one to use to ensure that it is a valid routable host. You also mention that some of the other network users have blackberry devices. If your corporate IT guys are using Blackberry Enterprise Server, it may mean that Exchange Activesync is not enabled at the server end (or indeed that they are not using a late enough version of Exchange server) in which case, you will not be able to use it no matter what settings you have.
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As mentioned by one of the posters above, the Outlook Web Access address is the best one to use to ensure that it is a valid routable host. You also mention that some of the other network users have blackberry devices. If your corporate IT guys are using Blackberry Enterprise Server, it may mean that Exchange Activesync is not enabled at the server end (or indeed that they are not using a late enough version of Exchange server) in which case, you will not be able to use it no matter what settings you have.
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By Outlook Web Address; do you mean the website that you can visit to get your company email when you are away from the office?
Yes, try that address. Ours is https://blahblah.wahwah.com/exchange
If yours is also HTTPS you'll need the certificate. If it's a MAJOR provider like someone else posted, no worries, your device will handle it on its own. If it's a self-signed certificate, SOL.
pkley said:
Yes, try that address. Ours is https://blahblah.wahwah.com/exchange
If yours is also HTTPS you'll need the certificate. If it's a MAJOR provider like someone else posted, no worries, your device will handle it on its own. If it's a self-signed certificate, SOL.
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Yeah I tried the web address that I login into my web mail when I am not in the office. However that does not seem to work either.
Thank you to all those who replied with useful information. Combined with the answers I received a little tinkering around; I was able to successfully accomplish what i was trying to do; which was receive company email without the involvement of the IT department.
computer misuse act
without sounding picky, you shouldnt be doing this unless you have explicit permission.
IT departments have specific policys in place to safeguard the data transmitted to mobile devices, and in this case, I doubt you know what these policies are and potentially opening up your corporate network for attack
all you have to do is call your IT department. Tell them you want to enable Outlook Mobile Access (OMA) on the server.
Once this is done, ask them for the Outlook Web Access (OWA) URL. Also, check to see if your server requires SSL or a domain (if you are unsure).
Once you're off the phone with IT, launch activesync on your ppc. press menu and choose "add server source"
enter your OWA address (without http:// or https://) and be sure to include " /exchange " without quotations at the end. press next. enter your outlook username. this is usually the same as your email before the @ symbol, however it can be different.
enter your password and then domain. ensure 'save password' is check. choose next
choose what you want to sync wirelessly , such as contacts, calendar, and task.
note: whatever you sync wirelessly will be deleted if you ever decide to stop using exchange activesycn
choose finish. the initial sync will begin. also, your company's security or it policy may force you to have a password on your phone. if so, you will be prompted during the initial sync to set up a password.
if you need any more help, let me know..

Corporate email - No Android Support?

I have an Incredible with 2.2 and Touchdown installed. I just switched jobs to a corporation which claims to only support Iphone and Blackberry. This is troublesome, because I don't want to switch to a 2nd device just to get corporate email.
I can access my corporate email from my phone by going to the corporation's secure OWA server, but I want to get Push email on the phone. On the OWA site, it lists all the server and domain information, but I can't get Touchdown to work. It looks like the company uses Exchange 2007.
Since Touchdown is secure, is there any way for me to get push email from my company, even though they only claim to support iphone/Blackberry?
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I have an Incredible with 2.2 and Touchdown installed. I just switched jobs to a corporation which claims to only support Iphone and Blackberry. This is troublesome, because I don't want to switch to a 2nd device just to get corporate email.
I can access my corporate email from my phone by going to the corporation's secure OWA server, but I want to get Push email on the phone. On the OWA site, it lists all the server and domain information, but I can't get Touchdown to work. It looks like the company uses Exchange 2007.
Since Touchdown is secure, is there any way for me to get push email from my company, even though they only claim to support iphone/Blackberry?
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even if they support just iphone and blackberry, you should be able to get it to work on the inc. just get the server address, domain name (chances are you wont really need it unless the server requires it but get it anyways) and it should work. just try setting it up on the regular phone email. I have exchange 2008 sbs and have no issues.
2.3 has exchange service
khanam said:
even if they support just iphone and blackberry, you should be able to get it to work on the inc. just get the server address, domain name (chances are you wont really need it unless the server requires it but get it anyways) and it should work. just try setting it up on the regular phone email. I have exchange 2008 sbs and have no issues.
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How do I know which of the following to use as server address, domain... there are a lot of things that say server in the OWA general settings:
Exchange mailbox address: XXXX
Outlook Web Access host address: XXXX
Outlook Web Access host name: XXXX
Client Access server name: XXXX
Mailbox server name: XXXX
... I tried using "Outlook Web Access host address" and it did populate my email and calendar, but when I tried to update something on my calendar on either the device or the OWA server, they wouldn't sync correctly. It also wouldn't download my last 2 weeks worth of email, even though I have that selected in Touchdown.
Any advice on which of the above to enter?
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2.3 has exchange service
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What does that matter if my company doesn't support Android? Doesn't that mean they block these devices?
You can set up an Exchange ActiveSync account on the DINC. We just upgraded to Exchange 2010 (which means HTML emails pushed!) and the only thing you should need is the domain, server address, username, and password.
toosurreal01 said:
You can set up an Exchange ActiveSync account on the DINC. We just upgraded to Exchange 2010 (which means HTML emails pushed!) and the only thing you should need is the domain, server address, username, and password.
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Ok, but you're not answering my question. If you look in the string above, I'm asking which address I enter for the server. There are multiple server names.
Stockmoose16 said:
How do I know which of the following to use as server address, domain... there are a lot of things that say server in the OWA general settings:
Exchange mailbox address: XXXX
Outlook Web Access host address: XXXX
Outlook Web Access host name: XXXX
Client Access server name: XXXX
Mailbox server name: XXXX
... I tried using "Outlook Web Access host address" and it did populate my email and calendar, but when I tried to update something on my calendar on either the device or the OWA server, they wouldn't sync correctly. It also wouldn't download my last 2 weeks worth of email, even though I have that selected in Touchdown.
Any advice on which of the above to enter?
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None of the above will give you the server address and domain name. You will have to ask that from the tech support people in your office. it will be something like:
server address: mail.ibm.com
domain: ibm3
username: ssmith (should not be [email protected] format)
password: whatever you enter into owa
thats all you will need. just ask your tech support people. its the same info you would need to set up outlook access on mail.app if you have a mac. just tell them that and you should get the info u need
khanam said:
None of the above will give you the server address and domain name. You will have to ask that from the tech support people in your office. it will be something like:
server address: mail.ibm.com
domain: ibm3
username: ssmith (should not be [email protected] format)
password: whatever you enter into owa
thats all you will need. just ask your tech support people. its the same info you would need to set up outlook access on mail.app if you have a mac. just tell them that and you should get the info u need
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If none of those are the right address, then why when I plugged in the server name that ended with "/owa" did my calendar and email populate on Android? I tried putting the same info into my Ipad and it wouldn't work. Also, my Android calendar doesn't seem to sync very accurately. But just curious as to why entering the server address that ended with /owa did anything?
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Sorry, I'm burning the midnight fuel here and totally misses you're using Touchdown to connect. You can just skip to the bottom of this post then, my comments were in regards to using the built-in Exchange ActiveSync services on the phone.
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I definitely can't speak for every Android device out there, but since this post is in the Droid Incredible forum...
I'm running my Droid Inc. with version 2.2, which supports Exchange ActiveSync. Do you have an option to connect to Exchange ActiveSync on the phone? If so, the only things you'll need are your email address and password.
What I can tell you about that address /owa is exactly that: you've connected to the same website OWA server, you're looking at all this server info for. The website server and Exchange ActiveSync server are normally not the same server address, at least that's the way I run the servers for my company... It's also the reason everyone is telling you the info you have won't work, because the names and method to connect are different.
Your best bet is to ask them to send you the instructions they hand out for an iPhone to connect, since it also uses ActiveSync I'm positive whatever settings they're using will be the same. Either way, that's the closest information you'll get to the right settings.
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I use touchdown, an do IT for my company. In touchdown did you hit Menu-Enable Push? It sounds like you have it working, try adding an event to your calendar, then manually sync touchdown. Does an event or email show up then?
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There is a known issue in android that it will not work with exchange 2010 sp1 server. For some reason the sp1 on the server kills android ( but iPhone continues to function). It has to do with eas but this will hopefully be fixed in gingerbread.
Google bug report :
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11177
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infotechsailor said:
There is a known issue in android that it will not work with exchange 2010 sp1 server. For some reason the sp1 on the server kills android ( but iPhone continues to function). It has to do with eas but this will hopefully be fixed in gingerbread.
Google bug report :
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11177
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It is a bug, but everything I read in that link was for connection issues with the native Exchange ActiveSync. TouchDown was the work around until they got the native Exchange ActiveSync working correctly, which I don't believe is the issue the OP is having since he's using TouchDown currently.
I've been using TD for the last three months on our Exchange system without issue. My phone vibrates before Outlook even pops up that I have an email, it's a "warning" system!
He said his corporation only supports iPhone & BB.
BB enforces the use of it's BES server license for security and RIM royalties.
Does iPhone have a similar solution to BES?
If so, android exchange may be futile.
GOOD / VOX would be a security product for android, similar to BES.
luvit said:
He said his corporation only supports iPhone & BB.
BB enforces the use of it's BES server license for security and RIM royalties.
Does iPhone have a similar solution to BES?
If so, android exchange may be futile.
GOOD / VOX would be a security product for android, similar to BES.
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I got my work email to work with Moxier mail, but not Touchdown with the same settings my IT dept hands out for iphone. There are a couple of strange bugs though. I've noticed that when I leave the work Wifi and transfer over to either 3g or another wifi signal, my email, contacts, tasks, and calendar refreshes from scratch. This is super annoying because I have thousands of contacts. This happens in both Moxier and Touchdown...
And on to Touchdown, which has been the bane of my existence. I've entered the proper server/domain/login information, and 1/10 times it downloads everything from scratch (which takes hours). Then I'll switch to another wifi connection or to 3g, and I'll lose all the information and I'll have to hit resync. When I resync, 99% of the time it hangs somewhere along the line and doesn't load all of my information. This battle can go on indefinitely until everything finally loads - but then all the info will eventually randomly disappear again and I'm back at square one again.
Since the same thing is happening in both Touchdown and Moxier, it makes me think this isn't a coincidence. But why would my information erase when I change signals and then have to completely refresh? And Touchdown probably takes 10 times longer to reload my info than does Moxier.
Any thoughts from the experts?
Bump. Can't anyone help me with Touchdown? It keeps randomly refreshing. Sometimes it's just the inbox, sometimes the sent box, sometimes contacts, and sometimes all of the above. What is going on?
Try contacting the app support people yet?
You can set it to poll for the folders you want it to refresh. You can also enable or disable push, and you can select which folders to refresh. When it goes to refresh, it will always refresh what you've told it to, did you check these settings?
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luvit said:
He said his corporation only supports iPhone & BB.
BB enforces the use of it's BES server license for security and RIM royalties.
Does iPhone have a similar solution to BES?
If so, android exchange may be futile.
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iPhone and Android both use ActiveSync. If one works conceivably the other should, but it's a question of how they're administering the server side. I've seen IT departments that don't turn on ActiveSync at the user level until they confirm that the user is using an approved device.
The fact that the OP says that the calendar is synching and not mail says that it's a client side issue. For starters he should have to just specify the name of the server that's doing OWA and not the full URL path and he's stated that he's adding an /owa to the path.
So unless he has a really fubar Exchange server where he's at everything so far points to client config.

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