In an earlier post I wrote about using BlackBerry on the Nokia E61. This time the turn has come to ActiveSync on the Nokia E61, or as it is called - Mail for Exchange.
Just as with BlackBerry the installation of Mail for Exchange is a true cakewalk. However, since there is no equivalent of the BlackBerry Connect Desktop Application the set up felt a tad bit quicker and easier.
As soon as the application is installed on the device you create a synchronization profile that controls what and when you synchronize.
You are asked to set-up your preferred network connection, password, user name, servers, synchronized content and the synchronization schedule and that is it. The whole set-up including installing the application took less than 10 minutes.
As soon as my profile was set-up I could immediately initialize the first synchronization of contacts, calendar and email. A few minutes later my device was up to date and Mail for Exchange running in the background.
Because both BlackBerry Connect and Mail for Exchange (ActiveSync) use the native Nokia E61 email client as the foundation the look and feel of the two email solutions are more or less identical.
Ok but would there be a reason why using through SSL should make it work? I would have thought the opposite was true?
Direct Download Links, i hate those pseudo forms:
http://www.businesssoftware.nokia.com/mail_for_exchange/files/MailForExchange(2.7.0)_S60_3_0.SISX
http://www.businesssoftware.nokia.com/mail_for_exchange/files/MfE_Company_Directory(2.5.5)_S60_3_0_.SISX
I m using Nokia E61i. I am trying to set up my gmail account on “Mail for exchange” please tell me the steps.
what are the domains and other information for setting up a GMAIL account on Mail for Exchange?
please help me.
I am using blackberry services that creates an account automatically in the device. It is ok but I am not able to insert attachment into it. please help me out.
Hi
I have MFE and a nokia E71 and I would like to know which name I have to put in Server Exchange ? my mail is gekaweb@hotmail.com
thank you
I got this error:
System error! Please try again later
So I upgraded to the latest version and that fixed it. Also may be sorted by uninstalling and reinstalling if you are already on the same verison.
Hope this helps someone…
Just to make clear: Mail for Exchange is only useful if you need access to an Exchange server (most common: your office’s mail server). If you use Gmail or any other ‘normal’ mail account, just use the built-in mail client and use IMAP (google that).
If you use hotmail, perhaps you are in luck if POP3 is already enabled on your hotmail/Live account. If not, you should change to a better mail provider
Hi DWizzy,
Thanks for pointing that out - yes, Mail for Exchange is used to connect to Microsoft Exchange.
Apropos of Microsoft - Hotmail now supports POP access on a global basis. Microsoft announced this a week or two back.