Database Users

Push-email now available

Hi,
I'm rather excited to announce the very early stage alpha release of my push-email client which has been an ongoing fun project of mine ever since I dumped my Blackberry for an i-mate Jam (actually I went via a Treo with Chatter which was almost as good as the Blackberry).
What I have implemented is a IMAP transport which supports the IDLE extension. Therefore if you mail server provides IMAP access (many do) you can probably have push-email on your Pocket PC without running exchange and without any intermediaries. And obviously as this is IMAP, all new email and changes are synchronized both directions on your desktop and your PDA. This is only a 'transport' and so you will still use Outlook (or any other MAPI client) as your user-interface.
Now a few comments:
The code is in a pretty early stage, but I have personally been running it for a while now without any problems. I know of a few bugs, and will put up a bug-tracker sometime over the next couple of days; in the meantime, please post here for help and bug reports.
I have tested the IMAP implementation against a few different servers, but there might be some issues. Please post here if you have problems and I'll provide you with a debug version which will allow you to help me diagnose the problem.
A few of the main limitations of the current release: 1) only incoming email (sending is now my top priority for the next release); 2) only one mailbox (and it must be your INBOX) can be synchronized; 3) no attachments at the moment.
Battery life of your PDA will obviously be limited, as a socket connection is kept open. However, I have personally found there to be very little difference under normal usage.
Clearly you need to have a 'data plan' from your provider, and under normal usage the IMAP client will be transmitting data on a regular basis. So if you pay per MB, this is going to cost you. I have been careful to keep this to an absolute minimum, but it will obviously depend on how much email you receive. In 'idle' mode (i.e. with no incoming or outgoing email), the traffic will be less 0.5kB per hour.
There is no particular reason why this shouldn't run on other Pocket PCs. However as I have only tested it on my i-mate Jam, I'll have to leave that up to the patient and brave for the moment (if you do try and have problems, please post or email me, as I'm hoping to provide support for as many phones as possible including Smartphones).
I will eventually support WM5. Why bother as there is already push-email provided with WM5? Because this way you don't have to have an Exchange email server!
So enough from me. If you're still willing to give this ago, I'd very much appreciate your feedback. I've put the downloads and some brief installation instructions here:
http://www.vgsmail.com/ppc/
Hope this works for you!
Geoff.

Hi, the 512bytes an hour sounds good, but some providers 'round up' the data, im not sure what rules they follow, and by how much or how often. But you may find that it ends up being 100k an hour because of this rounding.
Does anybody know how to find out the rounding rules for networks in the UK such as Orange and O2 ?

FWIW, T-mobile UK don't round and simply compute the 'total' over a full month.

I'm verry glad I live in The Netherlands. T-mobile NL has a flat rate plan for GPRS/WIFI/UMTS only €9,50 without limitations, even no fair use. As much data as you want. The only limitation is the max. bandwith for UMTS (64KB). Doesn't matter since the MDA has no UMTS.
Greetz,
Giovanni

Hi geoffreycross,
This could be what I'm waiting for. But i cannot get it to work properly. First installed it to storage following your steps and got an error that it couldn't get a socket. After soft-reset I got the error that it couldn't open MAPI interface. Reinstalled it to main, recreated the mailaccount in different orders nothing changed. Errorlog is greyed out, so please send some debug code.
I'm on flatfee TMO, so the data costs or no problem.
Looking forward to your answer,
M

oltp:
I have PM-ed you with a debug version. I forget my email address on the original post. If you have bugs, you will get the fastest turnaround if you email them to [email protected]
The transport can definitely not be installed onto a storage card and I would recommend trying. I'm not sure about the client executable, but I doubt it (and it's pretty small anyway!). I am surprised it worked at all. However the problem does not sound like it is related to the storage card. I'll give a full diagnosis when I see the debug trace.
Geoff.

Well played
only just installed this program, seems to work with Leeds Uni imap accounts. excellent solution to a much overlooked inconvenience.
Who needs BlackBerry with this little gem.
Cheers

Geoff, this looks great! Thanks for your efforts! Question I have is how this solution differs from the existing functionality in the built-in mail client to connect and get mail every x minutes? My understanding is that this is still a pull solution driven by the pocketpc keeping an open socket and querrying the IMAP server on a regular intervals. Am I missing the obvious here? Regards & Thanks

Edited to remove duplicate post. Have no clue how I did that. Apologies.

RE
GREAT WORK!
Make it works with Gmail and Yahoo Mail and it'll become GREATER!
Keep up the good work

I've got a problem with WebIS Mail 2
I can't choose vgsmail (choice is between POP3 and IMAP) there :
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Is there a way to make it possible ?

k_kirk said:
Geoff, this looks great! Thanks for your efforts! Question I have is how this solution differs from the existing functionality in the built-in mail client to connect and get mail every x minutes? My understanding is that this is still a pull solution driven by the pocketpc keeping an open socket and querrying the IMAP server on a regular intervals. Am I missing the obvious here? Regards & Thanks
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There is an extension to IMAP called IMAP IDLE which I am using. In this mode, you keep the socket open but you don't need to actually do any polling as the server pushes messages down the socket as soon as they arrive. So when a message arrives you will generally receive it within seconds, and when no message arrives there is no data being sent in either direction (with the exception of a keep-alive message very 30 minutes or so). This is exactly how Blackberry and push-email with WM5 works (although they use their own proprietary protocols which require you to use their servers).

DocteurN:
I have just tried out WebIS2, and it seems that they don't use the standard 'MAPI' interface for email (this is slightly surprising and disappointing as the API is designed to be available to 3rd parties). Therefore my transport won't work currently with WebIS. I'm going to have a look and see if I can reverse engineer their storage format and if I can I will be able to support WebIS. In the meantime, I'm afraid you will have to use the built-in Pocket Outlook.
Geoff.

FOSA:
Unfortunately gmail and Yahoo both provide POP but no IMAP which means that you're back to polling on a regular schedule (and that is not 'push-email' really). There are a number of groups trying to pressure Google and Yahoo to implement IMAP support (apparently it is the most requested feature of gmail).
In the meantime, have you considered using a mail provider like www.fastmail.fm which would pull email from the various servers and provide IMAP access to them all?
Geoff.

Isn't this how Seven (Smartner) works?
http://alwaysonmail.com/

BaldBoy said:
Isn't this how Seven (Smartner) works?
http://alwaysonmail.com/
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Yes and no.
Seven does use IMAP, but the connection is made via an intermediary server owned by Seven and your PPC will then connect to the Seven server using a unspecified protocol. Therefore you need to give them your userid and password. The code I have written connects directly to your own mail server and cuts out the 'middle man'. To be honest, I have no idea why Seven implemented it this way (other than to allow them to charge a yearly subscription).

Suggestion
Using the software, so far seems excellent but I've noticed two things so far:
- The setting to only pull messages within X days doesn't seem to work, it's downloading all the messages
- When you connect to the server after losing GPRS connection for a while, when it reconnects it displays new email message despite them not being new. Would you be able to limit the new email message to unread emails only?
Cheers for this excellent application, your effort is much appreciated

herman3101:
1) Yes, there are a number of settings which are currently ignored. The size limit of the initial download is also ignored. I have these on the bug-fixes list. The date limit on the downloads is slightly more complicated as the synchronizing is now constantly happening and so it might appear a bit strange if your messages suddenly disappear as their age 'expires'. I will think about that one.
2) Yes, the 'new email' notifications are a bit screwy. I will fix that asap.

hi geofreeygross
hi. this push email idea is excellent. despite your warning about wm2005. i still install on it and it doesnt work. my inbox when create a new account. i can see your mail option but after finish creating. the account doesnt appear and gprs cannot connect anymore after that. hard reset again. i really hope u will release a beta version for me to test. thank you.

hi. you said that wm2005 already support push email but need the exchange server. how to do that? i need to suscribe to who? is it free? thanks

Question about Comm Manager program

Hi there,
There is one icon in the Comm Manager program on my device that does not seem to work and I have no idea what it does. It is the third one from the top on the left hand side.
Tapping it does not do anything. :?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Can someone clue me in?

if gprs is connected, you can use that buttong to disconnect from gprs
thats about it!!

searley said:
if gprs is connected, you can use that buttong to disconnect from gprs
thats about it!!
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Thank you!
The screenshot of the Comm Manager program in my JAMin manual does not show this icon (nor a few of the others), and as I rarely use GPRS I'd never noticed this icon active.
The mystery is solved!

activesync button
Does the activesync button work the same way? - only for disconnecting? Because I can't start activesync from the comm manager.

You are correct, only if Active Sync is connected this button becomes active.

activesync button
Actually, I don't understand how MS thinks... The comm manager should allow us to activate activesync directly.
Personally, I will not go to comm manager to disconnect my activesync as I can do that directly from the actual activesync screen itself. But to start activesync, it'll involve more than a few screen taps depending on how your device is set up. A 1 tap button from comm manager would be very nice...

I totally agree with you. For me, the ideal Comm Manager application would also allow me to set-up a GPRS connection, not only break it off. It would also allow me to turn on and off the infrared and make BT discoverable and non-discoverable with the app. I am glad that MS included more functions in the new Comm manager as compared to the old one without the GPRS, Push Email and Phone radio buttons, but it is still only half of what I want it to do. Hopefully in future releases they will change this. For now I use VJVolubilis, a nice app from Vijay555 that does everything the Comm Manager should be able to do, except for Push Email. VjVolubilis is now my central app for all connection-related issues.

Koksie: I may one day make a GUI for VJVolubilis, although as I've said before, it's actually just a spinoff from VJSihaya.
It should be noted that CommManager is HTC (I think), not MS, since I've got the Mio A701 and that doesn't have anything like CommManager
Of course, VJVolubilis still works on it...
I've not tried PushEmail... if someone tells me the necessary registry settings, I'll build them in. I'll have to see if I can get set up some time... let me find a free push email service.
V

Hi V,
Don't get me wrong, my post was by no means meant to comment on the lack of GUI of VjVolubilis. I am very happy with the app, I put the shortcuts in SPB Plus and in WM5NewMenu and have easy access to all connections now. I don't really need a GUI at all, the set-up I now have is very convenient for me. Of course adding the icons I liked was more difficult, ha ha. A GUI might be nice for other users, but for me it works perfectly like this.
Good point about HTC and MS, I wondered about that.
You can get a free push email account at mail2web.com. I have enabled it and tried it, works perfectly, but I don't have unlimited data yet and don't use it (hotmail is still my most used email. I know, old fashioned, but since everyone I know mails me on it I keep it. Unfortunately no email forwarding, MS has disabled that years ago to my dismay).
edit: If you want a Comm Manager on your A701, use the attached file. it worked well on my Wizard before I upgraded. It is only the old version (4 buttons), I have not been able to find the new one with more possibilities.

Koksie: no problem, I wasn't taking it as an offence about lack of GUI! Merely commenting on future plans.
Offtopic, and as I'm a moderator, feel free to spank me, but:
I've set up a mail2web account, and it works nicely.
However, I may be missing something, since I'm not sure if my Mio has push mail yet and I've never configured it before, but how do I configure push mail with mail2web?
I can see the option to sync when new mail arrives, but that requires a "text messaging address". Does mail2web provide one of those?
V

Hi V,
the text message address is the old push email method I think, in which the provider ( in this case mail2web) sends you the email in sms messages. Your text message address would be your phone number. The MS way of Push email on the new devices is done over GPRS and works like RIM's Blackberry, in which email is pushed by the Exchange Server to your device into your inbox. Push Email is only implemented in the new AKU2.0 ROMs. I don't know if your MIO has such a ROM and if ROM versions for the MIO are available with this feature. On my Wizard, enabling Pusk Email is done through the Comm Manager. I just have to fill in the Mail2web data in the Exchange Server settings in Active Sync and after enabling the push email service in the Comm Manager the service is activated. Hope this info helps you.
greetz, koksie

Koksie - very helpful, thanks! It's as I thought, I don't think the Mio has a push mail rom yet... I'll look into it further.. thanks again.
V

vijay555 said:
It should be noted that CommManager is HTC (I think), not MS, since I've got the Mio A701 and that doesn't have anything like CommManager
Of course, VJVolubilis still works on it...
V
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You're right, V... my mistake. I'm also using several of your awesome applications, but not VJVolubilis. I'll be taking another look at it. Thanx!

Need Help - Using Push Mail
Hi Koksie & Vj,
I'm very interested on the push email thing.
Could you help me to set up the push email step by step?
I've gone to mail2web.com but still cannot find a details way to set up the push email.
Thanks in advance.

Push email recommendations?

I'm getting a Hermes, mainly for the push mail function. Although the problem is that I don't have access to an Exchange server, so I was wondering what services other people use and how they rate them. As I've mentionned in another post, I have a GMail account, and I'd like to try and keep that, although if need be I would be willing to setup another e-mail account.
Many thanks,
Dave

I use www.4smartphone.net and find it amazing. You have to pay a small fee to sign up but it is well worth it.
Mark

Am I right in thinking that I can't use that with my GMail account?

You can forward your gmail account to your exchange account. Gmail has an option to save mail on their server and forward at the same time. I do that.
I use Exchange hosting from http://www.1and1.com they'r reliable and cheapest. $20 for 3 months.
~Karanbir

1and1 has a cheap exchange server if you have a domain. (so like 5 a year for the domain plus whatever their exchange server cost).
It worked but I started to hate that I couldn't put in my "real" e-mail adress. (not sure if all servers are like this, but on theirs all your outgoing mail says exactly what your e-mail is, and I like to use a different reply to mail adress.)
So I stopped using it.
Here is an odd little aside though. The Flexmail beta version works as true push (even though you still can't select the push icon in the comm manager).
But the beta only worked on my everyone.net imap4 account and not on my 1and1 imap4...

mail2web
You can always use www.mail2web.com. And it's free. You get 1 gig e-mail address, push-mail, outlook web acces, and so on. Is supports ActiveSync over GPRS/3G. I think the only drawback is the connection speed, maybe country specific. I live in Romania, and it takes a little while to get synched, even on 3G connection. Anyway, push mail works really great.
Cheers

I too use mail2web. You can send "From:" the mail address of your choice (providing it's yours) as an extra service for a mere 60c per month or so. Otherwise it's free and works great.
Their free service doesn't allow you to set the "From" address to anything other than [email protected], 60c per month gets you anything you like.

Push email
I highly recommend http://www.cortado.com. Their service is fast, reliable and costs only about 6$ a month w/ a two month trial period for free. I have been using this service for about six months and have been very pleased with the service. Their Webmail menus have icons with labels in german, which aren't difficult to figure out. This isn't a problem for me as I hardly ever find myself needing to access my account via webmail.

Alternative solution
Well, I use my HERMES without the Push-Mail feature: As long as you use GPRS you can check your eMails every 5 Minutes without loosing considerably on battery life. I do that with my gMail account (POP3, SSL-encrypted) - works perfectly. Nice feature: gMail will automaticly archive all mails you collected via POP3.
No fees, no forwarding etc. and 5 minutes of "lag" should be ok for most of us.
To switch between 3G/UMTS and GPRS when needed and preserve battery you can use "BandSwitch" - you will find the free application on this site in the Hermes forums. Its beatifully designed.

I've been using mail2web also for quite a while now and I'm very happy with it. Best of all: it's free ;-)

if you don't mind leaving your desktop computer on all the time, then www.emoze.com is a viable option.
It runs an app on your desktop that "pushes" all the mail you receive in your Outlook inbox out to your device...

Yup - web2mail here too. It's free and I generally get my gmail mail pushed to my handset before it gets to my PC. No real complaints.
Also from this site there is http://www.port88.org/ which also free.
The main draw back that I have found from web2mail is that I can not overwrite the reply address to a non-'web2mail' address unfortunately.

Does anybody have any thoughts on how Push versus POP affects battery life?

MetalMushroom said:
Yup - web2mail here too. It's free and I generally get my gmail mail pushed to my handset before it gets to my PC. No real complaints.
Also from this site there is http://www.port88.org/ which also free.
The main draw back that I have found from web2mail is that I can not overwrite the reply address to a non-'web2mail' address unfortunately.
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I have the problem that I can sync over wifi with web2mail, but it doesn't work over 3G web 'n walk dutch t-mobile, any ideas?
Problem found; my 3G is not working on my current location................

lindseyp said:
I too use mail2web. You can send "From:" the mail address of your choice (providing it's yours) as an extra service for a mere 60c per month or so. Otherwise it's free and works great.
Their free service doesn't allow you to set the "From" address to anything other than [email protected], 60c per month gets you anything you like.
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Could you tell me where you found this extra 60c service? I can't find it anywhere on their site??

Mail2web definatly worth a go. I use the push mail feature but also use it as a backup for my contacts, calender and tasks.
REALLY worth it if you tend to flash new ROMs or HArd Reset quite often.

MetalMushroom said:
Yup - web2mail here too. It's free and I generally get my gmail mail pushed to my handset before it gets to my PC. No real complaints.
Also from this site there is http://www.port88.org/ which also free.
The main draw back that I have found from web2mail is that I can not overwrite the reply address to a non-'web2mail' address unfortunately.
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I have been using http://www.port88.org/ offering for a while now and it's very good, there is a thread on this here on xda-developers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=273878
I also use the push mail on my Nokia N73 'play phone' which works great as well. There is good documentation for set up (one of which i wrote
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
)

tkeebler said:
Does anybody have any thoughts on how Push versus POP affects battery life?
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I haven't done any testing but when I was just using pop email and checking every 15min then my battery life would maybe go down 10% during my 11hr shift..
Now with push email active I usually go home with around 50% battery life left..Seems to take around 40% more for me. If I used my phone alot it seems that it would be a problem for me..

What Software Do You Use?

Hey everyone!
There are so many cool tools, programs, games, etc. for the 6800. Lets all help each other out and list the programs we have and enjoy so that we can all discover new programs to try out!
I use:
TomTom Navigator 6
Arcsoft MMS
HTC GPS Tool
Microsoft Voice Command 1.6
TCPMP
HTC Home Customizer
Helicopter
Livecast
There is what I have....so what do you have on your 6800?

I always find these threads interesting...
My main programs:
-SPB Mobile Shell
-Arcsoft MMS
-WeatherPanel
-Today Agenda
I also use CommonTime to sync my E-Mail, Calendar and Contacts with my company Lotus Notes and a few other minor programs.

HHC Final
HTC Home
Weather Watcher Mobile v1.0.8
TomTom 7
Livesearch
Bafs GPS
TouchPal Pro
SplashID
S2U
S2V
S2P
Noni GPS Plot
MyMobiler
MS VoiceCommand
MobileAim beta
Live Cam (thanks GC)
Arcsoft MMS
DinarSoft Memaid
x_Button
icontact
XM Radio
MusicID
Battery Ext Status 1.05
Capsure
Seven (for email)
Adobe Flash 7
inigma reader (For ppcfreeware.com)
Led Killer
OxiosMemory
Youtubeplay
Nillsco Flashlight
Opera Mini

Is Arcsoft MMS any good? How much does it cost? (or is it freeware).
Right now I have pretty much nothing installed on my XV6800. I really liked Opera Mobile 9.5 beta 1 but the 'out of memory' bug drove me bonkers.
I pretty much just use google apps with nuevasync for calendar & contacts then IMAP with gmail.
One thing I hate is the 160 character limit on my SMS messaging right now. My only smart phone didn't have that limit and it's driving me nuts with people's messages getting cut off.

Shocky0 said:
One thing I hate is the 160 character limit on my SMS messaging right now. My only smart phone didn't have that limit and it's driving me nuts with people's messages getting cut off.
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I thought all SMS messages (regardless of phone type or provider) were limited to 160 characters. Is this not the case?

I swear I had an XV8600 (LG) with verizon service and it didn't have that limit.. Or atleast no text message of any length from phone-to-phone within the verizon network ever got cut off. (Email were the exception, anything that went [email protected] did get cut off)
I could be mistaken as I'm prone to memory failure but I'de bet my pinky's toe nail.

1-calc
advanced config
Alreader
Google maps
GSPlayer
halli
Handy Converter
Icontact
IM+
Lexisee
Lingosoft dict
Live search
Mobile xpdf
Music ID
My Mobiler
NoniGpsPlot
Opera
Parlingo
PlaylistMGR
Pocket IRC
RLtoday
Quick Menu
SKtools
SlingPlayer
sMMS
SPB Backup
SPB Imageer
SPB insight
SPB screenshot
Storage Tools
TCPMP with flash bundle
Thumbcal
Total Commander
TV GUide
Ultimate launch
Visual GPS
weather panel
WebCamera Plus

joelstad said:
I am using Arcsoft MMS right now and here are a couple of screen shots of what happens if I go over 160 characters in a single message. I believe a single message limit is 160 characters but it'll allow you to type as many characters as you want; it'll just divide them up in to separate messages (top left-hand corner of the screen).
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
--Joel
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sweet and sour PORK classic

This really work?
I also use CommonTime to sync my E-Mail, Calendar and Contacts with my company Lotus Notes and a few other minor programs.
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Hey I have Notes at work as well and I have been looking for a solution to sync my ppc with it for my calendar entries. Do you know if there is a specific version of Notes that needs to be used?
Thanks.

Shocky0 said:
I swear I had an XV8600 (LG) with verizon service and it didn't have that limit.. Or atleast no text message of any length from phone-to-phone within the verizon network ever got cut off. (Email were the exception, anything that went [email protected] did get cut off)
I could be mistaken as I'm prone to memory failure but I'de bet my pinky's toe nail.
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on my VX6000 it had the limit and would cut off, the VX8100 would just just append another txt, the mogul does too
anyway, i use
SPB pocket plus
SPB phone suite
SPB time
SPB weather
IM+
Skype
Opera Mobile
Sprite Backup
Google Maps
WiFiFoFum
i use Pocket Outlook to sync with my company's exchange server, and get gmail through IMAP

Favorites:
AEButton Plus
Aeriel Battery Meter
Audible Player (to play recorded books from Audible.com)
battery driver for 6800 by nochem
BeeJive IM (multiprotocol IM)
Gmail on GC14's Java
HTC Home Plugin
HTC Home Customizer
OggSync 4.19
pBar task manager
Resco Photo Viewer Pro
Resco Keyboard
SPB Full Screen Keyboard
Windows Media Player (for watching downloaded TV shows)
Resume plugin for WMP
volume fix file
Yahoo Go! 3.0
Others:
CorePlayer Mobile (for YouTube)
Opera 9.5 Beta
Pocket Tweak 4.27
Resco File Explorer
SPB Backup 2.0
Screen Shot CE 1.10 by BenSoft
Skype 2.2
Total Commander
WMWifiRouter 1.2 (as soon as it's available!)
WM5torage

apps
Paul in Maryland said:
Favorites:
Gmail on GC14's Java
OggSync 4.19
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Hey can you explain these two, perhaps provide links? I am interested in the gmail setup and I dont know what Oggsync is.
Thanks.

gmail on java; Oggsync
To run the native gmail application, you need Java. The best Java for this purpose is GC14's GC Java Pack 1.2.4 for Windows Mobile. It comes bundled with the gmail app. You'll get the familiar gmail interface and features, including threaded messages, full email history, and access to contacts. But you can't download or attach files. Don't forget to go into gmail's settings and select "Log in automatically," or you'll have to key in your username and password each time you open it.
OggSync is a commercial program that lets you synchronize your Google calendar(s) and your gmail contacts (including each contact's photo) [added:] with those of Windows Mobile.

Paul in Maryland said:
To run the native gmail application, you need Java. The best Java for this purpose is GC14's GC Java Pack 1.2.4 for Windows Mobile. It comes bundled with the gmail app. You'll get the familiar gmail interface and features, including threaded messages, full email history, and access to contacts. But you can't download or attach files. Don't forget to go into gmail's settings and select "Log in automatically," or you'll have to key in your username and password each time you open it.
OggSync is a commercial program that lets you synchronize your Google calendar(s) and your gmail contacts (including each contact's photo).
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Hey thanks, perfect, gonna try it now.

Here is what I have been installgin after flashing the past few days...
Total Commander
no2Chems Battery Driver (for 1% battery increments)
Samsung Omnia D3D Drivers
DotNet 3.5
Oxios Memory
Dot Fred PIM Backup (to restore contacts)
Vista Hide Battery Gauge (put a shortcut in the start folder)
Dot Fred Task Manager
Dot Fred Softkey Applet
Google Maps
s2u2
psShutXP
nueFontPackCailbri
nueLight
nueMinutes
GC Opera Mini
Skyfire
HTC Home
HHC Final
PCM Keyboard with htctouchers iphone skin

Paul in Maryland said:
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I thought this doesnt work on the 6800

wm5torage
I agree; it doesn't work on mine: When I try to use it, it hangs. I didn't list it under Favorites, but under Other. I figured sooner or later I'd get it working; now I guess i won't.
Is there any speedier alternative to ActiveSync besides removing the MicroSDHC card and placing it in a card reader?

Paul in Maryland said:
I agree; it doesn't work on mine: When I try to use it, it hangs. I didn't list it under Favorites, but under Other. I figured sooner or later I'd get it working; now I guess i won't.
Is there any speedier alternative to ActiveSync besides removing the MicroSDHC card and placing it in a card reader?
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I use nueMassStorage manager. Turns your phone into a flash drive.

goon55 said:
Hey I have Notes at work as well and I have been looking for a solution to sync my ppc with it for my calendar entries. Do you know if there is a specific version of Notes that needs to be used?
Thanks.
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My work just upgraded from Lotus Notes to Outlook so I no longer need Laplink's PDASync (ver 4.0) anymore. If I could transfer the license, I'd give you a sweet deal.
I did Beta test Commontime for months and it was pretty solid, I just happened to already have a license to PDASync, so I never upgraded from the Beta program into a full version.

mpenguin14 said:
no2Chems Battery Driver (for 1% battery increments)
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Where do you get that? Google leads me to nothing.

[Q] Html mail in HTC Mail

Hello
I just noticed that I cannot see HTML mail in HTC MAIL app on any build (Desire or Desire HD)
I means that if I go to HTC MAIL settings, I see the option "mail format" in gray so not changeable, and I see there "Text only".
Some one had succeeded to have html mail?
It's definitively not a Exchange Server problem, because using any other mail software as K9, Moxier, Nitrodesk... I correctly receive and see HTML mails.

Go to settings and then choose 'Send & Receive'. Choose 'Mail size limit' and set the limit to 'No limit'. Emails will now be downloaded in HTML format.

waltsalt said:
Go to settings and then choose 'Send & Receive'. Choose 'Mail size limit' and set the limit to 'No limit'. Emails will now be downloaded in HTML format.
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I alredy tried this, no success. Email are still received as text only. And the option is still unchangeable.

I see. It worked for me. Although my build doesn't have a 'Mail Format' option at all - so there is no option greyed out. I'm currently using MCCM SE v3.4.

waltsalt said:
I see. It worked for me. Although my build doesn't have a 'Mail Format' option at all - so there is no option greyed out. I'm currently using MCCM SE v3.4.
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This is my screenshot
I dont think is a ROM problem.. I used different ROMs and same behaviour
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Hey rafpigna, you are not alone in this. I can never view my company's exchange mail in HTML except when using those few apps that you mentioned.
Some people said it's because my exchange sever is 2003, but my company has recently upgraded and I still don't get HTML display (format greyed out like you). If it is due to older exchange version, why is it that we can view using other apps. I am also able to view my exchange mail in HTML on my iPad using the default email app.
All the following Android Device/ROMs native email app does not display exchange in HTML for me:
1. HTC HD2
2. Samsung Galaxy S
3. Samsung Galaxy Tab
It is interesting that the email app is able to display HTML emails for my Yahoo and GMail accounts.
BTW, I have never gotten to display my Exchange emails in HTML under WM6.5.x or older either, and to imagine that WM and Exchange are both from MS!!
It real annoying and frustrating. As much as I dislike iOS, it is the only one that I am able to display my Exchange emails in HTML properly.

gohyc said:
Hey rafpigna, you are not alone in this. I can never view my company's exchange mail in HTML except when using those few apps that you mentioned.
Some people said it's because my exchange sever is 2003, but my company has recently upgraded and I still don't get HTML display (format greyed out like you). If it is due to older exchange version, why is it that we can view using other apps. I am also able to view my exchange mail in HTML on my iPad using the default email app.
All the following Android Device/ROMs native email app does not display exchange in HTML for me:
1. HTC HD2
2. Samsung Galaxy S
3. Samsung Galaxy Tab
It is interesting that the email app is able to display HTML emails for my Yahoo and GMail accounts.
BTW, I have never gotten to display my Exchange emails in HTML under WM6.5.x or older either, and to imagine that WM and Exchange are both from MS!!
It real annoying and frustrating. As much as I dislike iOS, it is the only one that I am able to display my Exchange emails in HTML properly.
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Thanks
nice to see that I'm not alone
I disklike to use other apps for anything that could be done with stock apps... but anyway in this case I have to continue using Moxier...