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Mail for Exchange, Nokia’s Exchange ActiveSync based email solution, has yet again been updated. The new release, Mail for Exchange 2.5.5, adds supports for one new device; Nokia N96 as well as fixes one issue related to Swedish language support:

If you tried to run Mail for Exchange 2.5.0 or 2.5.3 on a phone using the Swedish language the application was crashing. This language error has been corrected in Mail for Exchange 2.5.5. All Swedes rejoice.

Thanks for KJ for spotting this.

Nokia’s industrious team behind Mail for Exchange has released yet another version of Mail for Exchange.

The new version Mail for Exchange 2.5.3 introduces support for the two new Nokia Eseries devices; Nokia E66 and Nokia E71 as well as fixes two bugs.

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There is a new version of Mail for Exchange available - Mail for Exchange 2.5.

Mail for Exchange is the name of Nokia's email client built on Microsoft's ActiveSync technonology. Mail for Exchange provides push synchronization of email and other data between Microsoft Exchange and Nokia devices.

The new version of Mail for Exchange is not an incremental update but instead, a big step forward for this free email application.

For the first time Mail for Exchange now includes support for features available on Microsoft Exchange 2007.

So if you are in luck, and your company uses Exchange 2007 you have a few additional useful features. 

Ability to set up Out of the Office auto-reply notifications from your Nokia device. In my opinion, this is probably the best feature of this release. A few of us have probably forgot to turn on the "out of office" function when we have rushed out on Friday afternoon when going on vacation. Or perhaps realized on the way to the airport, before a long trip, that we forgot to turn on the out-of-office auto replay. Well, no more booting up the laptop to set up out-of-office you can do it directly from your device.

However, finding this new function is a bit tricky. I expected the out-of-office function to show up in the calendar but it is not. 

Instead, it is part of your Mail for Exchange profile. You need to go to the MfE application in the MfE folder, and then go to "edit profile" and buried deep in the settings for "profile" is out of office. 

But once you find the feature it is dead easy to set up.

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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.

There is a new version of Mail for Exchange available. It is not a major upgrade which introduces new features but a minor update.  The new version, Mail for Exchange 2.2, introduces support for two new devices; Nokia N77 and Nokia N82 but according to the release notes there are no other new features or changes.

Volker over at Vowe.net has an interesting poll about mobile email and the different ways to access mobile email. Being a big fan of Mail For Exchange and RoadSsync, both implementations of Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync protocol I was expecting more people using it. Anyways, head over to Volker's poll.

Speaking about RoadSync - Dataviz is having a 40% year end sale of RoadSync. The price for one license is $29.99 until the end of the year.

More about RoadSync over here.

As many of you already know - I am absolutely addicted to push email. Although I tend to try out various push email solutions on my Nokia Eseries devices I always come back to Mail For Exchange.

The first thing I did on my brand new Nokia E51 was to set up my email. I was really impressed with the new email wizard. The set up was a breeze. Here are the screen shots to set up Mail For Exchange on Nokia E51.

For those of you who would like to try free push email I can gladly recommend Mail2Web who provides FREE Microsoft Exchange based email accounts which you of course can use with Mail For Exchange. Read my previous write-up of Mail2Web HERE.

The new email set up wizard has premier placement on the main screen.

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Mail For Exchange has left 2.0 behind and reached version 2.1

For those of you who still haven't tried it out - Mail For Exchange is Nokia's implementation of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.

With Mail For Exchange you can over the air synchronize your Microsoft Exchange account with your Nokia Eseries and certain Nseries as well.

The new version includes among other things the following enhancements (from the change log):

• Support for new Nokia Nseries devices: N81, N81 8GB, N95 8GB
• Heartbeat interval setting is now configured automatically
• The Company Directory application is now available as a standalone application via its own .SIS file

It also includes a number of bug fixes and other improvements.

If you for some reason only want to install the Company Directory Look-up function you can now do that as a standalone SIS installation. Of course, it is also part of the normal installation of MfE.

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Bring out the cake and celebrate, Mail For Exchange hits the big TWO DOT OH!

This is by no means a minor update. This is a big step forward for an already solid application. 

Nokia released a new version of its implementation of Microsoft's Exchange Activesync technology - Mail For Exchange 2.0

The new version of Mail For Exchange introduces many new features. Some of these new features are:

• Support for accept/decline of received meeting requests.
• Global Address List (GAL) lookup
• Task synchronization -server tasks are listed in the calendar.
• In device search - the search application on ESeries devices will search for content in Mail forExchange emails synchronized to the device.
• Additional support for Nokia Nseries devices -MFE is compatible with Nokia N73, N76 and N95
• The application is now installed in a separate folder called - MfE
  
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Upgrading from any previous version to Mail for Exchange 2.0 requires that you perform a Full Resync. This is required to utilize the new Task synchronization feature.

Start the Mail for Exchange application and select Options > Full resync.

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Sometimes you can be missing something without even knowing it.

Something simple that you perhaps didn't even think of but when you find it you wonder how you ever could get along without it.

Such is the case for me and the amazing little application called Remind Me. 

The application was created by the developer, MobiFun Software, as a direct result of a suggestion from an end user - the way it should work when you are a small, nimble and talented software developer.

The application let's you set up a number of different reminders for events such as received voice mail, missed calls, received SMS/MMS and of course email.

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A new version of Mail For Exchange, Nokia's Exchange ActiveSync client, has appeared on the download site. This new version, Mail For Exchange 1.6.1 includes official support for Nokia N95 and Nokia N73! Something many of my readers have been waiting for.

The new version also includes a number of bug fixes. Download the new version from here. 

DataViz recently announced a free update to their Exchange ActiveSync Client - RoadSync. (We briefly covered RoadSync in this post)

The updated version contains a number of fixes, many of them for the Nseries devices:

• Attachment fix for all Nseries devices when sending pictures directly from the image gallery
• Support for sending new email messages via the green button on Eseries and Nseries devices
• Subfolders and server search fix for N95 and other S60 3.1 devices (with latest device ROM update)
• RoadSync internet connection and hanging fix for Nokia N95 and other S60 3.1 devices

There is a new version of Mail For Exchange available.

The new version, Mail For Exchange 1.6 includes support for Nokia E90, adds a few new features and fixes a number of bugs.

 M4E 1.6 supports Eseries devices with firmware 1.610.04.02 or later.

From the release notes: 

NEW FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE
• Support for synchronizing Japanese Yomi and VoIP contact fields.

• OMA DM can set “Always-On” even when password is missing from DM settings. User can add password manually, or at first manual sync attempt user will be prompted for password. Password will be saved.

• PointSec interoperability 4.

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I've meant to take RoadSync (Dataviz implementation of ActiveSync - Microsoft Exchange based push email) for a spin since RoadSync 3.0 was released back in December.

RoadSync got an upgrade early April which prompted me to finally give it a try - I'm glad I did.

RoadSync sports an impressive feature set. Needless to say, the push email experience including automatic sync of addresses and calendar works great.

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A common question I am asked is whether it is possible to synchronize your email with your device. That is, not using OTA email push but rather using a cabled synchronization of email from your computer to your Nokia E61. I thought it was impossible and even answered that it couldn't be done. It turns out I was wrong (I apologize for misleading some of you).

You can cable sync your email from an Exchange Server using Mail For Exchange. It is a bit complicated but Sonny has created a great tutorial.

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For all of you out there relying on Mail For Exchange for your push email access to Microsoft Exchange it's time to upgrade. Nokia has released Mail For Exchange version 1.5. The new client contains a number of bug fixes and new features and will work with any Eseries device with a firmware of 1.610.04.02 or later.

New features in this release include:

• Configurable heartbeat interval

• Detailed admin logging

• Notification improvements for “new emails”

• Ability to set importance flag for sent messages

• Improved handling for IT Policy updates

• Support for “Send As” capability

• Support for Microsoft Exchange 2007

• Support for Microsoft Small Business Server

• Support for F-Secure

• Support for Symantec

I haven't confirmed this yet but I have heard that This version no longer can be run on the Nseries devices. (As opposed to the previous versions of Mail For Exchange that worked on Nseries) The new client is available for download here:

I'm normally not discourage when I read that a certain software doesn't support the Eseries devices. If the application is for a S60 3rd edition device I go ahead and try it anyway. What's the worst that could happen - the application doesn't run? (more…)

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.