Hello Everyone,
I am a recent addition to the WinMo community and to the X1 bunch in particular.
I have been messing about with my new Xperia (hardSPL, Custom ROM etc. etc.) and I seem to have run into a shortcoming that is WinMo related and not ROM related.
Apparently (I have searched the forums for this quite extensively) there is no way to have a notification (sound or vibration) to inform me when an email has been pushed from an exchange server directly to a subfolder of my inbox, based on a server side rule (i.e. having all the emails sent from my office go directly to my inbox subfolder that is labeled Work Emails).
I am sure plenty of people here have exchange accounts with subfolders, so there must be a solution. Moreover, I cannot understand how this feature is present on email clients for Symbian devices for Microsoft Exchange but is not supported in Microsoft's own Pocket Outlook (RoadSync for Symbian has this feature).
So far I have found the following 2 work-arounds (i would not define them solutions):
1) FlexMail 4. I have not tested it myself but apparently it does notify subfolder emails. However I don't like the idea to spend money on an application that cannot be integrated in TF3D or SPB.
2) http://www.blackmonlabs.com/faq.html; This is a small app specifically ment to fix this issue. However it is not compatible with any of the shells for WinMo 6.1.
So here I am asking the community the following question:
Is there any way to fix this?
Is this fixed in WinMo 6.5?
I am not a programmer, but it would appear bizarre that there is no way to associate a notification to an email, simply because it does not appear in the inbox but in a subfolder of the inbox.
Please help a newb ;-)
P.S. I don't mind paying for a solution. As long as I don't have to give up any functionality of the ROM simply to get the phone to vibrate when I receive an email to my subfolders.
Mate, I understand your frustration!
I have found this a pain since I had my first windows mobile device (Orange SPV - and the 14 devices since!) and have given up on M$ ever fixing it (if they see it as a problem!).
To answer your question, No it is not working in 6.5 either.
Here's hoping that it will in Mobile 7 but I ain't gonna hold my breath!
@Sganatra
This is really bad.
I am hoping someone is going to post and shed some light. What I don't understand is the fact that from a coding point of view this would seem as a trivial matter. All that is required is to extend the settings applicable to the inbox to all the subfolders, in such a way that if a new message in the inbox triggers a vibration and graphical notice the same applies to a new message in a subfolder.
However, the fact that there seems to be no fix for this is very problematic....I have 5-6 subfolders for my email account. All the business people I know use multiple folders...I would go insane if i did not have an automatic way of sorting incoming messages....
I guess I will have to work out a way to get around this problem.
Can someon confirm that FlexMail 4 positively notifies emails to subfolders?
Any other email client for WinMo is most welcome as well.
Thank you
Ok, someone has suggested installing second today and using the blackmonlab software therein.
However, this still appears to be a less then optimal solution.
I am thinking about putting a bounty on this, I am willing to pay for a cab/registry fix/hack ....whatever really, that will give me notifications/alerts for email received in my exchange subfolders.
Hey, m8, I am facing your same problem.. It is unbelievable! Did you find any solution?
Thanks
Hi All
I use "X826" Rom and get notification as soon as mail is send from Exchange server to my X1.
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Name: Bring The Wine (version 2.0)
Welcome to Bring The Wine, the task manager that syncs your phone with your Exchange account. Let's be honest, it's usually ok to forget the milk once in a while. But you should always remember to bring the wine to that party.
Website
http://bringthewine.syrupie.com/
Download
http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=34aeca73-a11c-e011-9264-00237de2db9e (available on Marketplace)
What's New
v2.0 has an redesigned interface and allows tasks to be shown in categories. It also includes an improved sync mechanism, better notifications and other minor improvements.
v1.2 comes with faster Exchange sync, better notification and improved reminder.
v1.1 has a slightly simplified interface. It also has improved sync handling and fixes several bugs.
v1.0 has a redesigned setting interface. It also fixed a sync issue with incomplete tasks and includes various graphic performance improvements.
v0.9 adds Exchange Server 2003 support. It also addressed several minor stability and performance issues.
v0.8 introduces a new layout and allows easier access to tasks. It also adds Bing's photo of the day as an option of background photo.
v0.7 adds category support, customizable view and landscape mode. It also resolves issues related editing HTML note, detecting standalone mode and dimissing task.
v0.6 adds reminder support, live tile support and the option to enable/disable background. Now you can not only edit reminder of tasks, you can also receive reminders on your phone (just like old times). Live tile will show the number of incomplete tasks when Bring The Wine is pinned.
Features
* Sync tasks with your Exchange account. Don't use Exchange? Standalone mode allows to manage your tasks without an Exchange account.
* Sync with Exchange Server 2003, 2007 and 2010.
* View, add and update tasks. Supports features like notes, categories, start/due dates and reminders.
* Receive reminders about your tasks on your phone, just like on your PC.
* Customize how tasks are shown. See the information that matters to you.
* Use that slideout keyboard to type faster in landscape mode.
Why We Made It
I used Tasks on my Touch HD everyday, and one of the reasons I'm sticking with WM 6.5 is the lack of Exchange Task support. I realized MSFT isn't going to add this anytime soon, so some friends and I made one ourselves and share with you.
Bring The Wine allows you to sync tasks between Exchange Server and your Windows Phone. It's currently in an early stage, but more features will be added soon and kinks will be ironed out.
Bring The Wine support most Exchange installations. , as long as they're Exchange Server 2003 or later.
If you also want to sync tasks on your Windows Phone, give it a try! Any suggestion and feedback would be appreciated =)
FAQ
http://bringthewine.syrupie.com/support#faq
Screenshots
See attachments.
ithinkurdumb said:
Name: Bring The Wine (version 0.1)
Download Link: http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=34aeca73-a11c-e011-9264-00237de2db9e (available on Marketplace)
I used Tasks on my Touch HD everyday, and one of the reasons I'm sticking with WM 6.5 is the lack of Exchange Task support. I realized MSFT isn't going to add this anytime soon, so I decided to make one with my friend.
Bring The Wine allows you to sync tasks between Exchange Server and your Windows Phone. It's currently in an early stage, but more features will be added soon and kinks will be ironed out.
Bring The Wine should support most Exchange installations, as long as they're Exchange Server 2007 SP1 or later.
If you also want to sync tasks on your Windows Phone, please give it a try! Any suggestion would be appreciated =)
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That's what I've been waiting since I flashed WP7 on my HD2. Currently downloading. I will give feedback after I tested around a bit.
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First feedback:
Sadly it can't connect to the server. I could probably be because my username differs from the first part of the E-Mail address. There shouldn't be any certificate issues since I installed them correctly and E-Mail, contacts and calender work just fine.
This application looks very promising. I have been looking for a way to synchronize tasks through with WP7 because I rely heavily one them. Unfortunately I can't synchronize my tasks with the program and I believe it may be due to the exchange server but it does function for me on Windows Mobile 6.5. My exchange is through Zimbra and I think I've read that Zimbra uses or is similar to Exchange 2003. Is there any possibility of adding support Zimbra?
@dkp1977
What error message did it say? Or if you can PM me your email address or the server URL you tried to connect, I'll check to see what might be the problem.
@oaa8
I'm not familiar with Zimbra. But if it uses Exchange Server 2003, then it's not supported, as Bring The Wine relies on some features that're only available on Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and newer versions.
Bring the wine - error message
PM is on its way. Thanks in advance, mate.
Though I don't use task much, but it works fine. Good job.!
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Great, I've been looking for such app since I got my WP7.
I couldn't get it working with Hotmail (Live) account thou. When I type in m.hotmail.com as server name, the application responds:
"The server is not an Exchange Server."
I thought it should work with Hotmail account: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/08/windows-live-hotmail-gets-exchange-activesync.ars
Self SSL
Hi!
Any chance to support self signed certificates? I read your first post and I acknowledged it but do you have any plan to implement it?
Regards
Cina.
@omikr0n:
Yes Hotmail does support Exchange ActiveSync, but it doesn't support some features Bring The Wine relies on (just like Exchange Server 2003). Currently we're not aware of any way to support them, but we are exploring other options.
@cina:
Self-signed certificate will be supported in version 0.3, which should be available on Marketplace within a week.
Somehow I can't connect to my mail server. Does it have to be https?? Because my outlook is setup as mobile.domain.com and for sure it it doesn't require a secure connection. All our phones work fine with that. But somehow I am getting the "An error has occured" error... By the way, the correct word is "occurred".
@vhaakmat:
Thanks for picking up the typo . Both HTTP and HTTPS work. If you can PM me your email and the mail server URL, I'll take a look =)
I'm in the same boat as dkp1977, my exchange account has a separate domain and user name to the email address, until it supports that I can't really use it.
I was looking forward to having an app that syncs exchange tasks.
Keep up the good work, i'll keep an eye out for when it supports my exchange server.
@feygor:
The domain name in your email doesn't have to be the same as your Exchange server (which I believe is a very common situation). My own email account is like that and Bring The Wine works for me (duh). If you could PM me your email and your mail server, I'll take a look. One thing to note though, currently Bring The Wine will not work if there's a certificate error (self-signed, expired, name doesn't match...etc). It might be the cause of your case. The next update of Bring The Wine will have an option to ignore certificate errors.
@ithinkurdumb
0.3 works fine now, thank you very much. I had to use my username instead of my email though.
The app is really great, but I miss some features that might make their ways into one of the next releases:
- the ability to delete a task
- bring the wine should be able to sync tasks on load
- start and due dates should be visible. Either in a smaller font beneath the task text in the overview or somewhere in the task details
- HTML elements should be stripped from the task descriptions
I know bring the wine is in an early state. Consider it as sort of a wish list. Whatever, it's a really great app that should have been part of WP7. Thank you for all the effort you put into this.
@dkp1977
Glad that v0.3 works for you. The username/email should be a domain thing and shouldn't be different in Bring The Wine than elsewhere. But as long as it works...
Thank you for the suggestions. We actually got similar suggestions from other users as well. #1, #3 and #4 are under development and will be available soon. Could you explain what did you mean by "sync on load" though?
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@dkp1977
Glad that v0.3 works for you. The username/email should be a domain thing and shouldn't be different in Bring The Wine than elsewhere. But as long as it works...
Thank you for the suggestions. We actually got similar suggestions from other users as well. #1, #3 and #4 are under development and will be available soon. Could you explain what did you mean by "sync on load" though?
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Currently there are no tasks shown when you start the app. I would like the app to immediately sync tasks at the very start.
Exchange 2003
Any chance for Exchange 2003 support?
Regards,
Cina.
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It would be nice to decide the length of time for visible tasks. For instance, if you have repeating tasks every month, you only want to see one occurrence of each. Also order by due date, importance, etc.
Just my 2 cents.
very nice start to a very useful app.
Thank you
Is it possible to retain settings after update?
@dkp1977:
We're currently working on a new feature that will allow tasks to be load instantly after the app starts.
@cina:
We do plan to support Exchange 2003 and other services that support ActiveSync (such as Hotmail). But unfortuantely we don't have a timeline for that.
@Wind Dancer:
Didn't know you can have spaces in your XDA screenname . We're working on this and should be available in the next version.
Settings should be retained during upgrades. However from v0.2 to v0.3 we changed several structures so old settings are erased. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Brine The Wine 0.4 is now available
Brine The Wine 0.4 is now available on Marketplace.
New features include cache support and a tweaked interface. With cache support, users will be able to view, add or update tasks without internet connection. Changes made offline will be synced once the phone is connected again. The new home screen now show incomplete tasks ("to-do" in Outlook) and all tasks seperately.
Ok so I have a Lumia 900 and am considering the 920. What would kill the deal are issues with Exchange Server 2003 (work uses it, so I don't have a choice). I can't download attachments, and certain emails (the most critical ones) come through as having blank bodies (with no preview). I can't really find what the issue is with the blank emails, as I've been searching for a while. I'm thinking maybe the emails are HTML format but I thought they were rtf but whatever.... Server-side IT has made it clear the emails are going to be served up how they are, period. The emails can be viewed in Outlook 2007 and 2010 without appearing blank, and if they are forwarded from my phone (where they appear blank), they will forward as blank emails no matter where I send them. The long and short of it is that they don't work and I need them to. Here seems to be a site that maps out some of the known incompatibilities: Exchange ActiveSync Considerations When Using Windows Phone 7 Clients
So, my question is, will WP8 use a different EAS client which will alleviate the issues seen between WP7.* and Exchange Server 2003?
ragingclue said:
Ok so I have a Lumia 900 and am considering the 920. What would kill the deal are issues with Exchange Server 2003 (work uses it, so I don't have a choice). I can't download attachments, and certain emails (the most critical ones) come through as having blank bodies (with no preview). I can't really find what the issue is with the blank emails, as I've been searching for a while. I'm thinking maybe the emails are HTML format but I thought they were rtf but whatever.... Server-side IT has made it clear the emails are going to be served up how they are, period. The emails can be viewed in Outlook 2007 and 2010 without appearing blank, and if they are forwarded from my phone (where they appear blank), they will forward as blank emails no matter where I send them. The long and short of it is that they don't work and I need them to. Here seems to be a site that maps out some of the known incompatibilities: Exchange ActiveSync Considerations When Using Windows Phone 7 Clients
So, my question is, will WP8 use a different EAS client which will alleviate the issues seen between WP7.* and Exchange Server 2003?
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Interesting question. I will post this internally with the Exchange product group and see what I get back. I have a few clients myself that are using Exchange 2003 and this would be a deal killer for me as well.
Talderon said:
Interesting question. I will post this internally with the Exchange product group and see what I get back. I have a few clients myself that are using Exchange 2003 and this would be a deal killer for me as well.
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Thanks, I appreciate that.
Also, if there are any viable workarounds for the HTML mail thing, I'd be all ears about that too. I've been holding on to WP for a while hoping something would come through resolving whatever incompatibility is responsible for that, but no dice so far. I'm not sure what the deal is with attachments, sometimes they work and sometimes they fail, so I'm not sure if that's resolved or if the PEBKAC, but that's a much less severe issue for me anyway.
Bottom line is I've been squeaking by without having to be able to read these emails on my phone, but it has caused some issues for sure. I'd love to get the 920, but unfortunately this is a deal breaker issue. Sucks. I'm really hoping the EAS client in WP8 is reworked and free of that particular incompatibility.
Giving this post a bump as I would like to find out whether WP8 has the same issues regarding the download of attachments in combination w/ Exchange 2003 and EAS.
Would be great if Microsoft provided an update for this article (http://social.technet.microsoft.com...tions-when-using-windows-phone-7-clients.aspx), but I guess we'll be quicker finding out ourself.
I have had my 920 for about 3 weeks now and I am using connected to my work office 2003 server without any issues.
Never had any problems with blank email or attachement.
There was a bug a while back that caused replies and forwarded emails on Exchange 2003 server accounts to have blank bodies but that was a long time ago and I'm fairly certain the OS build the lumia 900 came with had this fix in it. I imagine your phone has the latest updates so it can't be that.
It might be something with the servers Exchange configuration that's causing this because except for that bug I mentioned I've never had this issue with my 2 Exchange 2003 server accounts. No way of knowing if the problem has been fixed without getting a new phone on that Exchange server.
I think the attachments might have started working at some point, but HTML formatted mail did not work up until the point where I got rid of the 900 a couple weeks ago. I don't know of an update since then which would have fixed it but emails in the format generated by my company's issue tracking system all always arrived with blank bodies. Pretty sure it is the HTML format incompatibility confirmed by MS themselves.
Those same emails arrive on iOS, Android, and the desktop client just fine. I've inquired directly with MS about whether WP8 would be capable, but I've received nothing back. Server side IT confirmed it wasn't anything on their end (taken with a grain of salt of course but they're pretty competent). I guess I could go to the AT&T store and set up my email on one of the display units to check but I just decided to get a different phone.
I'd still like to know if it'll be an issue though. Who knows, I might pick up the 920 in the near future if I end up not keeping the Note2.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda premium
What type of issue tracking system are you using? Might be an interesting question for other people considering the combination.
We call it SOFA, not sure if that's the name of the engine itself or if it's our own acronym. I'd have to check.
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1. Cannot list past emails as per page 25 of manual. Only send email shows
2. When I do receive current emails, they come in as one long string, and cannot parse the emails to make them individually addressable
Called tech support, they said Gear Live cannot read list of old emails , despite what manual says....rebooted watch and phone (Samsung S4, uninstalled Android Ware, reinstalled it)
There currently no way to see past notifications
If your email client does not have wear support, you will only see exactly what you see on your phones dropdown notification list
Hello,
can somebody help me? We are using Exchange in our company and I have lot's of calendar entries in my calendar (usually 3-4 parallel sessions). I usually choose one which I personally attend and for other I use "tentative" so they stay in my calendar (because sometimes the accepted is canceled - so i attend another session). I cannot change it, because that's how our work is organised (and I cannot change name/location/description of those cal entries).
Is there a way to create profile only for those sessions which are accepted and not tentative?
(I tried Calendar entry - but it looks, like it do not differentiate accepted and tentative meetings)
Thanks.