Mail for Exchange, Nokia's enterprise. push email solution based on Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync protocol, has yet again received an upgrade. The most recent version is Mail for Exchange 2.3.
I'm really impressed by the frequency Nokia updates Mail for Exchange. It seems as if a new version is available every other month or so. Considering the fact that the solution is free I am amazed by the constant updates. Sure, not all the updates are major but I rather have many, incremental updates and tweaks rather than wait a year for some big, bundled update.
Anyway, the new version includes one fix/new feature:
When trying to synchronize with a server that has an expired certificate, the user is now given the choice of continuing the synchronization. Previously, the scenario resulted in an error and the synchronization was stopped. (From the Release Notes)
If you don't have a Microsoft Exchange acccount but still want to try out the Mail for Exchange and a push email based solution I suggest you sign up for a free Exchange account with Mail2Web. They offer a great, free service.
Upgraded my Mail for Exchange to this latest version, and one improvement I noticed is that after synching my emails, I can now easily open newly received messages. In the my previous version, opening a new message takes such a long time and usually I have to restart my unit to be able to open the message. I am using an E61i which is around 3 months old, so I am not sure if this was just a problem within my unit or was a known issue in the previous MfE version.
@Samras: Hope this doesn’t come too late.
Happened to me as well, the most common error is how you define the exchange owa server. For example if you access your website like this:
https://something.myserver.com/exchange/
What you need to enter in the settings is:
something.myserver.com
Only that, and it will work.
Good luck.
Ralf
Nokia sucks.
Who cares about MFE?? No HTML e-mail??!? common this is 2008! How can a company such as Apple make a first generation phone that is so much better than any other crap Nokia has ever made?
Symbian phones are the most buggy unfriendly phones I’ve ever seen.
I hope Apple will burry Nokia.
@ All who cannot synch.
This may be a little basic and redimentary. . .but. . .
1) Do you have a data plan on your phone? Can you pull up a webpage, like gmail for example.
2) Do you know what ports are open to your exchange enviorment? On ours, I allow only port 443. (Https)
3) If you are running Exchange 2003 or higher, do you have permissions to use the remote synch? This is a feature that can be disabled by your admin.
Also, for the GMAIL people. Gmail has a mobile client for S60 phones. It’s not bad.
And to all: YES MFE SHOULD SUPPORT FLIPPING SUBFOLDERS!!!! I have about 40-50 subfolders and tons of server side rules. This makes MFE almost useless for me.
Oh to get the gmail client, go to gmail.com/app from your phone.
@ Ralf
Thanks a lot! That worked for me!
mfe 2.3 keeps syncing all the time. i did full resyncs many times and still when finished it toggles between connected and sync email endlessly every second or so.
does anyone know where i can download 2.2 or 2.0?
thanks
Does anyone know how to make the Calendar meeting reminder alarm with a personalised sound?
Tobbee
Well, I’ve got a doozy for you.
My trusty e61 has just been experiencing a pile of connectivity errors. Basically it is not registering with the network properly: Mail for Exchange ver 2.1.0 and now 2.3.0 may be the culprit… I can make calls and send text messages fine, receive all the email fine, but can I receive calls? Sometimes!! Can I receive text messages? Sometimes!
Get this, I swapped phones to another nokia 3G phone, found it worked fine, got another e61, upgraded the firmware. It worked fine. Received text messages and calls fine. Installed MfE and lo and behold, INTERMITTENTLY receiving text messages again!!!!
Aaaaarrrrrgggghhh!!!
Has anyone else seen or heard of this??
I’m wondering if it is related to local cell congestion, since my workmates all got 3G phones lately and it is possible the cell is being hammered… maybe this handset needs a bit more ‘me ‘ time with the base station???
R.I.P
Wtf has happened to this great blog??
Does this version let you sync subfloders under inbox?
thx. jd
Hi
i’ve a nokia e61 with the latest firmare and using m4e 2.3 i can receive mail but when i try to create an email i get messaging: feature not supported
m4e 1.6.1 works fine
can someone point me to the problem in here?
Regards
praeecedo
I2m trying to setup MFE on a nokia e65, by its displaying an update error when starting to install on the phone, tried all the versions aswell, need help please!!!!!
Has anyone got a problem while sending attachments (pictures from the phone). When i send a mail with an attachment the sender field is empty, so the receiver doesn’t know who send the message? I have E51.
Is there a setting for reducing the font size of the email display on MFE? I feel that the font size is a little too big. Reading an email requires a whole lot of scrolling. It would be ideal to have the same font that is used for the active standby display even for emails view. The E61i has a decent sized display and the readability is good even with smaller fonts. I think this could be exploited by MFE to provide a better user experience. In fact, the same would apply to reading of SMSs but then this would not be the forum to bring that up i guess…
Hi,
Has anyone try to sync a sharepoint tasks/calendar with mail2web?
Cheers,
Eduardo.
How do you get MfE work with different access points? I do not want to have to edit the synch profile and modify access point name every time I go from home to office. I hoped to create different profiles but I could not. How do you handle this?
Hi I am facing problems when using MFE 2.3 on my Nokia E61i. I have configured the Sync Schedule to Always on.
However i see the following error in the log
Server indicated heartbeat failed, but next attempt should succeed
However if i set the Sync Schedule to 15 mins, it works very fine.
Could someone help me out?
is this website definitely dead?
@luca
maybe we need to ask the admin?
I hope the admin comes back…
Upcoming E series phone: E66 (E65’s successor) & E71 (E61i’s successor)
Well were is the admin?
I think this web site is dead.
E71 is releasing soon. Get ready for it!
Ed, please come back. Now that Nokia is finally releasing some more interesting E series phones we need you back to keep us up to date.
I think the blog owner has died or something. That’s the only explanationi can give about the blog not being updated. RIP!
Yea it’s sad that the blog has gone dead… maybe he bought a N-Series phone…
//J.Backlund
Just got some info from a reliable source from California where i live that Ed (admin) has stopped updating the site due to… hmm… oh c’mon! i gotta get better at making stuff up!!
Well ok speedie
but does anybody know what’s up with Ed?
Please I have a bit of a complex issue. my daughter mistakenly deleted several applications including my M for E application. I have been trying to download the latest version from nokia’s business application website but I always get the response “File Corrupted!” Can anyone here help me? Mail me at reptyle76@gmail.com Tanx.
So sorry guys. I’m back now and will continue to keep the blog updated.
is there a way to update the e61 firmware with out the “Nokia software updater”? I live in the middle east and it won’t install the new firmware that’s availbale ver. 3……
thanks,
AMB
Reptyle,
Use the “Download!” application of the E61. MFE should be under the “Email” folder/section.
Nona
Can anyone share how to point to more than one MFE email address? Is this possible?