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I was looking for an app to do wireless syncing with my works groupwise server (their mobile server actually, which will communicate to the actual groupwise server). I found an app from omni:
http://www.omni-ts.com/mobile-groupwise/
But it has been discontinued after it was bought out. Has anyone done this? I know about the PDA connect software from novell, but I'd like to do it wirelessly over my data connection. Any ideas?
Good luck with that. We have Groupwise, and it was a pain to do.
We use software from Intellisync that does a good job though. I would check with your IT peeps and see if they suggest a software.
Novell has what they call "GroupWise Mobile Sync Server". Its essentially Nokia intellisync re-labled to work with GroupWise. Its a server which pushes a client to the PDA, then allows you to do wireless push. You have to set it up on either a dedicated server or your own machine. You have to have valid support contract with novell to get the license key. Also, it only works with GroupWise 7 and you have to have SOAP enabled on your post offices.
It took me a while to get it all working, but it works once its up and running. The push client integrates with the pocket outlook on the phone (meaning you can't have active sync at the same time), but it works pretty well.
Hope this help, drop me a pm if you'd like more details.
I'm very interested in any solutions you might have come up with on this. We use GW7 at my company, and I'd love to get my Tilt to sync with it wirelessly. Unfortunately, the corporate solution for this is Blackberry, and I don't rank high enough on the ladder to get a license on the BES server, so blackberry connect seems to be out.
I've tried the latest intellisync from their website, and successfully configured it to sync with my tilt through activesync. I enabled the 'push sync' feature, but I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, as it doesn't seem to have anything to keep the phone connected to the desktop app. The push sync says it's successful whenever the phone is connected thru activesync, but as soon as I disconnect the phone from the usb cable, push sync begins to fail every time it runs.
I've seen some pointers that cingular xpress mail supports (or once supported) groupwise, but it doesn't seem to offer that as an option when configuring the current version.
I can install outlook and use it as a client for groupwise, but that still doesn't do anything for the push sync aspect.
Suggestions?
Yes, you can do over the air push sync of everything (mail/calendar/contacts/etc), I have gotten it to work. The product is part of GroupWise support, so if you have a service contact with Novell, you can download the install and the product key. You need a dedicated sync box(I used Windows 2003 server box), which has a SOAP connection (a protocol which need to be enabled on each post office within the GroupWise system) to the main system. The configuration on the Window server is pretty straightforward, once you configure it and point it at the main GroupWise system - you should be able to push a client install to your phone via SMS. Here are some things to check:
- All post offices which should use MobileSync have SOAP protocol enabled (on unique ports)
- Firewall ports are forwarded/opened properly. You'll find these if you search the Novell Knowledgebase. I can pull my list if necessary.
- You have an SMTP server to relay for sending out SMS install links.
I'll try to help with more specific questions. Hope this helps.
Ahh, sounds like more than I was looking for. I was hoping for just a desktop redirector type app. Sounds like this is more of a company wide solution, rather than just something for one person.
I did get GW PDA connect working to sync with the tilt, so at least I don't have to pay for intellisync. (Especially now that it's a dead product now). I'm just not getting push sync, but I can live with that.
Anybody knows how to get this working on my Diamond
Thx !!
-Dennis...
Outlook anywhere (feature of exchange 2007) is the new name for RPC over HTTPS (exchange 2003) which is how microsoft outlook for a PC desktop connects and syncs with an exchange server.
The PDA equivalent is pushmail, which works a treat !
Runners.dk said:
Anybody knows how to get this working on my Diamond
Thx !!
-Dennis...
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Go to activesync (on the Diamond, not your desktop). You likely get something saying you want to synchronize with Exchange server, otherwise look in the menu's.
Fill in the details. Remember that if the Outlook webaddress is like ht*ps://exchange.mydomain.com/OWA fill in only exchange.mydomain.com
Be correct if SSL is used etc and fill in other account details.
Be sure a wifi or GPRS/G3 connection is active. Select synchronize. Most likely you get a message saying that the Exchange server must set a security setting on your device. Allow it and it strats synchronizing with Outlook Anywhere.
Quite easy to setup.
You can also set it up via ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center on your PC. Select there to synchronize with Exchange server instead of your PC.
Hi,
My law school uses Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) for e-mail exchange and I am having a bit of difficulty getting it to connect to my ATT Tilt (w/ 6.1 default rom).
The main problem is that unlike my Gmail, the OWA doesn't have any options for enabling forwarding/POP/IMAP.
A faculty member of the IT department had sent out an e-mail last month with instructions on how to sync the OWA with IPhones and I tried to follow his instructions, but the problem I am now running into is that the Tilt requires a server name (I believe it is mail.uchastings.edu) and a domain name (?????).
I would appreciate any help if someone can help me with this. The server will not get the settings itself since I can't enable POP or IMAP.
I set almost everything perfecting, except when I tried to to connect to download mail, it would take me to the page that requested my username, password, and domain name. So i believe I am putting the domain name incorrecting since I tried a variety of my login.
Are you trying to use active sync? That is what it sounds like
netboy said:
Are you trying to use active sync? That is what it sounds like
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I don't mind using activesync (although I prefer to be able to use the internet to access my mailbox).
I know you can access it through the web because when I attempted to get it working, I followed the following steps:
1. Clicked on Outlook e-mail
2. Server address: mail.uchastings.edu
3. Fails to obtain settings
4. I tell it that it is an Outlook server, not internet e-mail
5. Username: myusername
6. Password: mypassword
7. Domain: ????? (don't know what to put)
8. Asks me what items I want to sync (Mail, Contacts, Tasks, Calendar)
9. I click on Send/Recieve and it takes me back to the screen which asks for items 5-7.
That is the problem I am having and I believe it is probably the domain name that I am messing up on since I have tried to do a variety of my username and it won't work.
The e-mail server (OWA) is Microsoft Outlook, but it is inside a webbrowser. When I click on options, it won't give me a Pop/Imap option so I have to set it up as an outlook e-mail.
Hope that clears some items up.
You cannot sync Outlook Web Mail with Pocket Outlook in standard POP3 style. You would have to setup either Exchange Push Mail, or just log in to OWA using Pocket IE (gag).
The iPhone is able to sync using the Exchange protocol with its latest firmware that shipped at the launch of the 3G iPhone.
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You need to uncheck the option for Outlook to auto detect your settings, and then select Exchange server from the options. I would then contact your school's IT department and ask them for the settings required to setup your phone to sync.
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I don't mind using activesync (although I prefer to be able to use the internet to access my mailbox).
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by active sync I meant wireless active sync through exchange. I would confirm the server address with the IT department and you will also more than likely need a certificate if SSL is used which it should.
domain I would imagine would be uchastings
From my experience with wireless activesync the certificate is 99% of the problem
Thanks guys for all the help. There is a guy at the IT which I have been e-mailing who is helpful, but the problem is he doesn't have a Tilt so he doesn't know the actual set up. I can post his set-up (which shows the servers, etc step by step) if that might be a bit more helpful to you guys also. I am hoping that once I get a chance to go up, I could meet him in person and see whats going on.
wireless active sync is all the same for windows mobile devices. The only thing that is different is that on wm6 devices importing the ssl certificate is a whole lot easier.
what is your the url for your owa?
the server name should be the same url minus the /owa part
for example if its blahblah.com/owa the server would be blahblah.com
be sure to ask for the certifcate
netboy said:
wireless active sync is all the same for windows mobile devices. The only thing that is different is that on wm6 devices importing the ssl certificate is a whole lot easier.
what is your the url for your owa?
the server name should be the same url minus the /owa part
for example if its blahblah.com/owa the server would be blahblah.com
be sure to ask for the certifcate
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The url for the e-mail is owa.uchastings.edu.
When I got my first e-mail from the IT department exampling how to obtain access to the e-mail server, I was told that for the first time, my username for the e-mail would be uchastings\username. However, now I just user the username without the uchastings\ part to access my e-mail.
Also, would the server be owa.uchastings.edu? The IT rep told me it would be email.uchastings.edu.
Try This
For username just type the username without the domain.
For the domain try uchastings.local and see if that works.
And make sure that the box for SSL connection is not checked.
you might also try a program called Chronobis to sync Outlook OWA to your device.
Its very basic, but gets the job done
NotATreoFan said:
You cannot sync Outlook Web Mail with Pocket Outlook in standard POP3 style. You would have to setup either Exchange Push Mail, or just log in to OWA using Pocket IE (gag).
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Not sure where you get this idea? POP3 and IMAP would work just fine if it's enabled, and more importantly, is exposed to the internet. It's not as nice as push email and most companies would not bother to expose it to the internet, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. He may not have access to it on his server but there's no technical reason it can't be done. It's just a standard pop3 and imap server using the standard protocols.
I would like to thank everybody for all the help and I was able to fix the problem with some help from a OWA forum.
The problem I was having is that the username should have been the username alone and then the domain name was just uchastings. That was it.
I have one more question I am hoping someone can help me with.
I use Microsoft Outlook 2007 on my laptop also since I can just connect my school mail and Gmail on there.
When I first connected my ATT Tilt to my laptop, it asked me what I wanted to sync and I choose Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, and Notes. Then I setup my Tilt with the school's outlook web access. It also asked what it should sync and I choose Contacts, Mail, Calendar, Tasks, and Notes.
Now on my Outlook 2007, when I choose Contacts, Calender, or Tasks, it gives me two options for each. For example in contacts, it has Contacts and Contacts from Personal Folder. Same for Calendar (Calender and Calendar from Personal Contacts) and Tasks.
Now my question is that are these two connected or is one from my Tilt and the other from Hastings OWA? If I choose to delete one, say from the OWA, will it affect the other? I am asking because all the items in each place (ie Calendar and Calendar from Personal Folder) are the same.
Thanks for the help once again.
ok i'm sorry, but i have been all over the place and still cant make this work!
my work IT dept only allows remote email via the web. i can access using opera no problem but i'd like to sync/push/downloadupload/whateveritscalled into my outlook on the phone seamlessly. HOW DO I DO IT?!?!? i have tried and TRIED to set this up to no avail thru "new account" in the messaging and thru activesync. it cant be that hard since there are only 2 simple steps when i access it via opera.
#1) i go to the website:
www.sodexhomail.com (but when it loads, the full address is https://www.sodexhomail.com/owa/&reason=0)
#2) and i login with only 2 pieces of info:
domain\username: xx-xxxxxxx\myname
password: xxxxxxxx
please please PLEASE someone tell me how to set this up STEP BY STEP so i dont have to keep going thru opera!
thanks!
Ok this is not so hard. I configured it myself many times.
First you have to ask your IT Department whether they allow mail on your device. What if you lose your device, other people might have access to sensitive emails.
For pushmail to work you need an Active Directory user account and this account has to be mailbox-enabled. From the information you just supplied, you do have an AD account which is mailbox-enabled.
When you go to http://www.sodexhomail.com/owa you will see that you will be redirected to https://www.sodexhomail.com/owa Do you see the extra S behind HTTP ? THis means that you access your website securely. In your internet browser on your normal desktop or laptop computer you will see a little golden lock at the end of the address bar. When you click it, you have the option to see the security certificate and to export it to a file. Export this certificate to a file (just click next all the time and give it a descriptive name) and save it on your computer. Then connect your Diamond to your computer and transfer this certificate to your diamond. On your Diamond browse to this certificate and click it so it will be installed. For ActiveSync and Pushmail to work you must do this.
Ask your IT Departmend whether they have enabled your user account for active sync and pushmail. If not, you can't use pushmail. If they did, continue with the following steps on your diamond.
Ok, you've already installed the ssl security certificate on your diamond. Now open Active sync on your diamond and do the following.
1. Click MENU.
2. Click Configure Server
3. In the field Server address type: www.sodexhomail.com and enable SSL
4. click next
5. In the User name filed type your user name and password
6. In the domainfield, type sodexhomail.com and enable to remember your password.
7. Click next
8. Enable the items you want to sync, like contacts, calender, email and tasks
9. Select email and click configuration and select the option how far back active sync should go for syncing emails and select for the messages HTML.
10. Click advanced and enter your email address.
11. CLick Finish.
12. In the main Active Sync menu, click menu again and choose Schema
13. Select As items arrive and configure the times you want to receive pushmail. I entered 00:00 - 23:59 so 24h a day.
Now you should be done.
Good luck.
EDIT: If your company uses Microsoft Exchange 2007, maybe your administrators configured Outlook Anywhere. This means that you only have to install the ssl certificate and dont have to configure the above steps. On your diamond you simply go to Start - Messages and create a new account. Fill in your company mail adddress and password and on the next screen you will be asked if you want to configure your mail settings from the internet automatically. I configured this myself and works like a charm. But if your IT admins did not configure Outlook Anywhere, this won't work.
You an only do it if your company enables OMA (outlook mobile access).
OWA for access via a browser and OMA for push access via activesync are totally different.
dannyoneill said:
You an only do it if your company enables OMA (outlook mobile access).
OWA for access via a browser and OMA for push access via activesync are totally different.
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His company uses Exchange 2007 and there is no more OMA in Exchange 2007.
MRE-net, you are awesome! thanks so much for the help, but i have good news and bad news.
i followed your instructs to the letter, but it does not work. whereas before i was getting a "check your settings/password" error or the like, i am now getting "Your account in Microsoft Exchange Server does not have permission to synchronize with your current settings. Contact your Exchange Server admin. support code: 0x85010004". before i even tried to sync, 2 things you said (as well as knowing how tight my company is with info) told me that it wouldnt work in the end:
MRE-net said:
First you have to ask your IT Department whether they allow mail on your device. What if you lose your device, other people might have access to sensitive emails.
Ask your IT Departmend whether they have enabled your user account for active sync and pushmail. If not, you can't use pushmail. If they did, continue with the following steps on your diamond.
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so...good news, i'm acutally smart enough to follow instructions, thank you so much! and bad news is that the sync error tells me that my company doesnt support/allow it (right?), and i'm guessing theres no way around this without IT admin involvement.
thanks again.
spiffyjiff said:
MRE-net, you are awesome! thanks so much for the help, but i have good news and bad news.
i followed your instructs to the letter, but it does not work. whereas before i was getting a "check your settings/password" error or the like, i am now getting "Your account in Microsoft Exchange Server does not have permission to synchronize with your current settings. Contact your Exchange Server admin. support code: 0x85010004". before i even tried to sync, 2 things you said (as well as knowing how tight my company is with info) told me that it wouldnt work in the end:
so...good news, i'm acutally smart enough to follow instructions, thank you so much! and bad news is that the sync error tells me that my company doesnt support/allow it (right?), and i'm guessing theres no way around this without IT admin involvement.
thanks again.
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You have to get them to enable active sync for your mailbox.
In the meantime solution
Had a similar problem so i requested IT to send duplicate emails to my live/hotmail account which they had no problem with. From hotmail its easy to sync to WM. You can also tell hotmail that when it sends emails it can do it on bahalf of [email protected].
[Then you can set a rule on hotmail to forward some emails back to your main work account - have not donr that though]
Morning,
I've looked high and low to find a resolution to this on the stock rom.
If someone is able to provide a work around without mentioning 3rd party apps like touchdown I would be very grateful. At work we run Exchange 2010 and there are a number of users with android based phones who are now left high and dry. Some are desires, some are nexus ones however I believe I am the only one running 2.2
I am open to putting a rom etc however would need concrete evidence that this is a genuine option and not a 'might work' scenario.
The IT team are also open to suggestions that would allow android phones to sync up without sacrificing corporate security.
How about using ActiveSync (the push mail)? I'm using Exchange 2007 with AS and this works fine, and I see no reason why it should not work with the 2010 version.
To setup go to Settings > Accounts & sync > Add account > Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync > Enter email address & password > Correct userID (DOMAIN\username) if necessary & modify AS url (is on the next screen) (also tick the use any certificate option) > done!
This has always worked fine for me on my N1 (even on Eclair). Keep in mind though that users will need 3G and/or WiFi on your network.
When using WiFi on your corporate network, make sure that the url you entered for the AS server has an appropriate A-record in your DNS-server pointing to the correct internal IP address.
For 3G, make sure you AS server is available on the public internet .
In my situation I'm using 1 URL as2007.mycompany.com which points to different IPs depending on what network I'm on (e.g. on the corporate wifi, it points to a 10.x.x.x address, but on my WiFi at home it points to the public IP on the internet)
hi grunthy,
I have definitely tried the activesync route and played with server ip's, webmail url, domain, username aliases etc and the errors are always 'unable to open connection to server' or failed to authenticate
Hi,
Of course a lot depends on your Exchange AS configuration. Myself I'm pretty sure the implementation on Android works, but you might have to import the certificate after all, as your Exchange AS server might not like the fact that Android 'ignores' the certificate.
The best thing you can do is check with your IT department what the exact requirements for AS access are. Maybe your account needs to be activated for it? They should also be able to provide you with the certificate if needed .
Good luck!
success!
we've got android and non WM users connecting via a different server url, basically (from what IT have told me) it's connecting directly to the exchange box which removes the need for some security protocals. Sub folders, calender sync, contact sync all works.
I don't know if I should better start a new thread, but I also have problems with our new Exchange 2010 and it fits into this conversation:
I get the same error-messages tyroneee describes.
Before we changed to Exchange 2010 we had 2003 and I didn't have any problems at all with syncing my phone. But now it no longer works.
I tried the way Gunthy` describes to add a new account, but these options don't exist in my menu!
Settings > Accounts & sync > Add account > NO Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
I only have "Twitter", "Facebook", "GMail" and "Work" in this list.
When I select work (which is closest to what I want), I get told to enter Mail-Address and Password, on the next step the server address and domain and then it again fails to connect.
Is there anywhere a hidden tick which I have to activate on Froyo to enable active sync?
Miingno said:
I don't know if I should better start a new thread, but I also have problems with our new Exchange 2010 and it fits into this conversation:
I get the same error-messages tyroneee describes.
Before we changed to Exchange 2010 we had 2003 and I didn't have any problems at all with syncing my phone. But now it no longer works.
I tried the way Gunthy` describes to add a new account, but these options don't exist in my menu!
Settings > Accounts & sync > Add account > NO Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
I only have "Twitter", "Facebook", "GMail" and "Work" in this list.
When I select work (which is closest to what I want), I get told to enter Mail-Address and Password, on the next step the server address and domain and then it again fails to connect.
Is there anywhere a hidden tick which I have to activate on Froyo to enable active sync?
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Did you remove Email.apk? If so, that's what is causing it. Helped a user in #cyanogenmod who had the same problem and had done that.
blunden said:
Did you remove Email.apk? If so, that's what is causing it. Helped a user in #cyanogenmod who had the same problem and had done that.
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Nope, I didn't remove it. It really only happens when I want to connect to an Exchange 2010 server.
Miingno said:
Nope, I didn't remove it. It really only happens when I want to connect to an Exchange 2010 server.
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If the menu option isn't even available, how can it differ between 2010 and earlier?
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If the menu option isn't even available, how can it differ between 2010 and earlier?
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I don't know, it just does.
Other AS and Exchange servers are running without a problem, IMAP and POP too. Just Exchange 2010 is making errors.
Edit:
The IT noticed, that really something with my exchange mailbox isn't good anymore and they are now fixing it. So it should work in a few days ^^;
Froyo Exchange 2010 Fix
I am the Exchange administrator for the company I work for, and 3 days ago installed Exchange 2010. And Poof... no more Froyo Android devices work with the new system.
And so far, the ONLY fix I've found is to run this command against the server:
Remove-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy -id Default
Provided default is the only ActiveSync policy, this leaves the system with NO policy, and then they all work..
Seeing as how I use a DROID with Froyo, I was able to figure it out. BUT, good luck getting your exchange administrator to leave this, seeing as how I have to find a better solution lest I end up using touchdown myself.
***@#$%$..
F**KING MICROSOFT..
if you only need Mails use Outlook Web Access
if you need you contacts/cal, sync your Outlook with Google and then sync with your N1
(http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=89955)
Do you know any free good exchange client working?
Regards,