how do you guys switch smtp server? - 8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General

Hello,
This may be a strange question, but how do you guys switch SMTP servers? I'd like to access the same mailbox over different connections (gprs, 2 different wifi). Reading mails is not an issue.
But for sending them, I need a different SMTP server for each of the connections (as I suspect everybody does). On my symbian phone, I could change the sending options of a mail, and one of the options is the mail-account used to send it. But this is not possible on the built in Outlook.
How do you guys do it?
(I'm planning to use QMail, which does support changing the account by which a mail is sent; but to make it more comfortable I also am working on a MortScript to change account settings when I want. There were some certificate issues in configuring QMail, but I think I solved it. The reason switching is important to me, is that my GPRS subscription has a volume limit, above which I have to pay extra. So if I can use an alternate connection, I prefer this.)
Jörg

V J said:
Hello,
This may be a strange question, but how do you guys switch SMTP servers? I'd like to access the same mailbox over different connections (gprs, 2 different wifi). Reading mails is not an issue.
But for sending them, I need a different SMTP server for each of the connections (as I suspect everybody does). On my symbian phone, I could change the sending options of a mail, and one of the options is the mail-account used to send it. But this is not possible on the built in Outlook.
How do you guys do it?
(I'm planning to use QMail, which does support changing the account by which a mail is sent; but to make it more comfortable I also am working on a MortScript to change account settings when I want. There were some certificate issues in configuring QMail, but I think I solved it. The reason switching is important to me, is that my GPRS subscription has a volume limit, above which I have to pay extra. So if I can use an alternate connection, I prefer this.)
Jörg
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Exactly the same q was aksed either here or some other PPC forum some days ago.
My answer (I pretty much know everything about mailer clients and internal database / file formats - see http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=569&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 ) is as follows: just switch your Qmail config files (the one that contains the SMTP server) from, say, a Mort script and restart Qmail.

If your mail server supports SMTP Auth, u don't need to do anything.
In the config pages, click on "my outgoing server requires authentication" then click on "use same settings as incomming"
Should solve the problem IF the smtp supports authentication.

Menneisyys:
Yes, that was my post (sorry, I should have linked to that particular thread). I'm just wondering if I'm the only one finding this a huge issue. Either way, I'm writing scripts as we speak (couldn't have done it without you referring to QMail). I also like to show on the today-screen which "smtp-profile" is active (found some ways of doing this too), and while I'm at it the script will also change PIE settings (not load images on gprs, load images on wifi). I'll make the necessary steps (along with the scripts and required softwares) in some tutorial, for reference.
(I had some issues with QMail, but I needed to add the certificate for my servers first).
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If your mail server supports SMTP Auth, u don't need to do anything.
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Yes, but neither my mobile operator, nor my work, nor my analog dialup provider (still need it) support smtp authoring... Come to think of it, I could always set up a VPN to my work, which will allow me to use their mail server (but the VPN is also traffic limited, and sometimes VERY slow)...
Jörg

V J said:
Menneisyys:
Yes, that was my post (sorry, I should have linked to that particular thread). I'm just wondering if I'm the only one finding this a huge issue. Either way, I'm writing scripts as we speak (couldn't have done it without you referring to QMail). I also like to show on the today-screen which "smtp-profile" is active (found some ways of doing this too), and while I'm at it the script will also change PIE settings (not load images on gprs, load images on wifi). I'll make the necessary steps (along with the scripts and required softwares) in some tutorial, for reference.
(I had some issues with QMail, but I needed to add the certificate for my servers first).
Yes, but neither my mobile operator, nor my work, nor my analog dialup provider (still need it) support smtp authoring... Come to think of it, I could always set up a VPN to my work, which will allow me to use their mail server (but the VPN is also traffic limited, and sometimes VERY slow)...
Jörg
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Did you finally manage to achieve with something useful ... ? I'm in the same situation and looking for something easy to use to switch from one SMTP to another depending on the channel used (3g or Wifi).

Unfortunately, no...
My current solution is to use my work server: it requires me to set up a VPN first and then log on to it. When doing so, I can use it from anywhere; it works but is far from efficient (starting the VPN takes some time).
I thought of using a windows mobile program to have the equivalent of the hosts file in Windows (this is a small hackers trick: configure the software with a dummy name, and use the hosts file to have this resolve to the IP address you want), but it doesn't allow for easy switching, particularly as I needed a logon for one server. If you need this hosts utility, I should search for it (let me know if you need it); but it doesn't make switching that much easier from changing the settings in the mail client.
A possibility could be to use QMail as the mail client, but this is not possible for me due to some security settings I need (it never could download the mail bodies).
Jörg

Did the Mortscript avenue not pan out? I would of thought this would be something that it could easily solve.

Yes, but apparently the SMTP server settings are not stored in the registry, but in the outlook file which holds the account settings.
Editing this file is possible (founds some references on it), but generally not recommended as it easily is corrupted.
Jörg

gmail's servers?
V J said:
Yes, but apparently the SMTP server settings are not stored in the registry, but in the outlook file which holds the account settings.
Editing this file is possible (founds some references on it), but generally not recommended as it easily is corrupted.
Jörg
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can't you just setup a gmail account, enable it for POP access, and use their provided SMTP server with your gmail username/password? leave incoming via POP on your existing one...

V J said:
Unfortunately, no...
My current solution is to use my work server: it requires me to set up a VPN first and then log on to it. When doing so, I can use it from anywhere; it works but is far from efficient (starting the VPN takes some time).
I thought of using a windows mobile program to have the equivalent of the hosts file in Windows (this is a small hackers trick: configure the software with a dummy name, and use the hosts file to have this resolve to the IP address you want), but it doesn't allow for easy switching, particularly as I needed a logon for one server. If you need this hosts utility, I should search for it (let me know if you need it); but it doesn't make switching that much easier from changing the settings in the mail client.
A possibility could be to use QMail as the mail client, but this is not possible for me due to some security settings I need (it never could download the mail bodies).
Jörg
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Well ... no thanks ... I'd like very much to have something easy to use ...
It is like to make sure that when wifi is available than use wifi and drop GPRS.
We can then easily imagine that knowing about an available existing Wifi network, the soft should be able to automatically modify the smtp server accordingly, switching back to "normal" when out of the coverage of the WIFI network ... not really a big deal for good programmer, a trip to the moon for me ...
thanks anyway for your proposal ... wait and see what clever people will bring to us

landwomble said:
can't you just setup a gmail account, enable it for POP access, and use their provided SMTP server with your gmail username/password? leave incoming via POP on your existing one...
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That wasn't an option for me: my incoming mailserver requires a VPN connection (when using the wifi at work). I think that some internet traffic over the VPN is blocked, preventing me from accessing another SMTP server.
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We can then easily imagine that knowing about an available existing Wifi network, the soft should be able to automatically modify the smtp server accordingly, switching back to "normal" when out of the coverage of the WIFI network ... not really a big deal for good programmer, a trip to the moon for me ...
thanks anyway for your proposal ... wait and see what clever people will bring to us
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Hehe...
The easiest thing would be something more userfriendly that exploits the possibiliy of using the "hosts" file to alter the IP address of the SMTP server (this is how most of the network switching tools on laptops do it). The downside to this approach is that you cannot change logon settings. In order to do this, they need to be able adjust the settings in the mailclient; either via some interface (not sure this is available), or by altering the configuration file.
Jörg

The gmail route absolutely works for me - no mucking about with scripts etc. I followed this link (http://lifehacker.com/software/email-apps/how-to-use-gmail-as-your-smtp-server-111166.php)
only difference is that the smtp is [email protected]. Follow the instructions to set up gmail with your primary address and bingo.
Robert

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Useful Utility for PocketPC - Comments please....

I connect to 4 or 5 different wireless lans in the various places I work and also to GPRS.
For each one the connection to the internet will be with a different provider and therefore the SMTP server I need to use for sending mail will be different, or may even be a POP service running on a local Exchange server.
This is a pain. I have written a utility that solves this problem by allowing you to switch smtp server for all your mail acccounts in any mail client quickly on the fly.
Basically you configure any mail clients to use an smtp server called virtualsmtp and then you set up all the different smtp servers you use by IP address in the utility.
The utility sets a host record in the registry for virtualsmtp pointing to whichever smtp server you want to run.
It's called SMTPSwitcher (very imaginatively) and runs from a notification icon in the system tray.
It's a bit flaky at the moment (mainly windowing problems and issues with the NotifyIcon) and I also can't delete the server entries because RegDeleteKey always returns error 5 : Access Denied.
If anyone wants to test it or has any ideas or comments please post here.
I'd be happy to test it for you
nice software. I was wishing for it last thursday when I had to send mails from the wifi access point of a friend.
I would be glad to test it (qtek 2020, windows mobile 2003), once my phone decide to work (it did a quick 3 seconds journey in my wc today. oops)
OK. I can post the app here.
1) There is no install program at the moment, just an exe file.
The best way to install is to just copy to your PPC.
You can run by clicking on exe or create a shortcut in your startup folder.
2) It is written in c# for the .NET compact framework so you must have the .net CF installed which you probably have anyway.
3) The biggest problem at the moment is that the Remove button does not work properly.
If you need to delete entries from the list you will need to use a registry editor. The entries are stored in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SMTPSwitcher.
4) Sometimes the app stops responding and wont display its form when you click on the icon. If this happens you can try to terminate it using the Settings->System->Memory->RunningPrograms option or do a soft reset.
I will be trying to fix the Remove button and unless I can find a fix for some of the problems that cause the app to stop responding I will probably remove the feature that lets you run it as an icon.
I had this problem ages ago where i would go to a friends house or a wifi hot spot but of corse could not send email.
To get round this i purchased a domain name and email account with easyspace. this works well for me, as it done not matter how i am connected either GPRS, or WiFi i can still send emails from just the one account.
The only problem just noticed the other day is if i use orange UK it works fine on GPRS connection but not if its a 3g connection, Orange are looking into this.
Please dont take this as critisisum your program is a excellent idea, I just like the idea of not having to take any notice of how i am connected and email working
John
Subscribing to a roaming smtp service is another way round the problem as is using webmail.
My problem is that I have 5 or 6 mail accounts in different domains and a lot of roaming smtp services will not relay for any domains other than the ones you have with them.
I have uploaded a new version which has a DNS resolver built in.
Instead of typing in the IP address of any smtp server you want tp use you can enter the name and it will look up the ip address assuming you are connected to a network.

[WiFi] POP3 e-mail doesn't work

I can connect my device to the in-house Wlan and I get assigned an IP address like it should. I am able to browse the net (IE) using the Wlan and I can even go to the HTTP webmail site but when I set up a POP3 e-mail account I get the error message that I cannot connect with the current settings. Suggestions?
The other strange thing is that I am able to login on a local server using Terminal Services, but I can only connect to the IP address, not the hostname.
Perhaps I should mention that I have an own domain so the mailbox I'm trying to connect is a completely seperate mailbox and should work 'native' with POP3 port 25 settings. This shouldn't be a problem as far as I can see, but it still doesn't work...
I did some more testing, the weird thing is that I can send e-mails using the WLAN connection, but cannot receive them. The connection towards the server seems to be good (I didn't use seperate settings for SMTP) so DNS seems to be correct as well.
Right, I'm not under the impression a terribly large population of users are dying just to solve my problem, but since I located the source of the problem I thought I'd post it here for other users to find.
The problem I was faced with had actually nothing to do with the WiFi at all, it was the POP3 server that was the problem. The connection was fine, sending the mails was fine it's just that the POP3 daemon of the Direct Admin hosting control panel (vmpop3d-e) is unable to work with Windows Mobile 5 due to some kind of problem I don't even begin to understand (nor would I want to).
If you have your own domain and your hoster is running the Direct Admin control panel you won't be able to use the e-mail POP3 function. Instead, use the IMAP4 function which does work.
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when you set up your mailbox (menu - tools - options) go to the 3rd screen and click options. There you tell it what connection you want. I'd be willing to bet thats where your problem is.
E-mail client doesnt work on my wizard eather. I can receive mail, but sending it is impossibl. I think I tried everything.
If anyone have any suggestions what can I do please tell me.
THX
@primossz, you're pretty active on this forum :wink:
You need to first install the client software provided by your're ISP. So if you use T-mobile you can let T-mobile send the parameters via SMS to yor're cellphone. Just login to your're ISP provider for that on the WWW.
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ActiveSync Exchange Issues

HI guys,
Got my new TyTn out the box, set it up with some of my files, now i am trying to sync with my exchange server.
If I take off SSL, it tells me I don't have permission to initiate sync, which i know i do, cause i set it up on my account.
If i put SSL on, it says the server cannot be reached,
Could someone out there please help me. I have been trying for weeks, in the end i thought it was the unit, so this is my new unit now.
Be sure that the OWA folder (http://yourserver/exchange) has the "require SSL" unticked in security option of IIS, also check that integrated authentification is ticked.
Check that your tytn trust the CA and that the cert match the server name (with both internal/external DNS if possible).
If you want to go without SSL (which is far from being a good idea, everything will go through the network in plain text) have a check in the server log; there will be a critical event explaining you what is going on and what to do in that case
Hi man,
Thanks for the response, how do i issue the CA certificate for the Tytn from the server?
Is that maybe my problem that the relationship between the device and the server hasn't been established properly?
I just want to get my e-mail, why has microsoft made it such an issue?
Surely if you enter in all the correct details for the server and the user account it should work, just like setting up teh IMAP with the send and recieve schedule like u used to on the IIi's?
Appreciate the help mate
Thanks
Microsoft deny you to check your email if you don't trust the CA. This is normal and a part of the SSL security; SSL certs are used to cipher AND to auth.
If the certificat is not issue by a trusted root CA it won't be trusted by your device. You have to connect to http:/ca_server/certsrv and here select "download" CA cert. Just transfert the cert to your device and set it up. If you can not acces the CA web service that way you may be able to gather the certificate while surfing to te OWA with explorer: go to https://your_server/exchange click on the little lock, go to "certification's path" double click the certificat on the top of the "tree" go to detail and select save to file. Select *.cert format and then finaly send this file to your PPC.
No can't connect to the Cert page, and with the OWA page, if you mean the little lock that appears at the bottom of some web pages in one of the blocks, I don't get that with my OWA. I am a bit lost...
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No can't connect to the Cert page, and with the OWA page, if you mean the little lock that appears at the bottom of some web pages in one of the blocks, I don't get that with my OWA. I am a bit lost...
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use https://your/owa instead of http://your/owa. Using the OWA without cipher is far from being a good idea; your user/password (wich is in fact an active directory user, that a some power) goes in plain text through the internet.
aaw, man, Thanks so much, I see now... OK, I will get the certificate off tomorrow and copy it onto my Tytn. I really hope that works! Thanks for your help!
OK, now I have made the certificate and copied it onto the Tytn, Still says The server could not be reached! Support code: 0x80072EE2
Ok, just want to check, when setting up the server, under server name, I have the servers external IP address. SSL is ticked, the user name and password and domain should be correct, username is @domain.local
Other than that, not much complicated, i don't seem to be understanding microsofts issue here, i have searched for white papers, which seem to be very vague and no step by step on how to set it up.
Hooooaarg speaking english is giving me headache
You are only satisfying one of the requirement at now:
-Your tytn trust your CA
In IIS you have issued a certificat to a name, for instance server.domain.local; if you contact this server through a SSL connexion by another name you will get an error; the name you accessed doesn't match the name in the certificate; so for IE and your PPC the security may be compromised. In active sync, under server name, you have to enter the exact same name you entered when you issued the SSL certificat in IIS, if it is internal (server.domain.local) it will only work as long as you are on your network. There are several ways to solve that; you can revoque this certificat in IIS and issue a new one matching your external DNS, with this solution you will be able to setup your activesync to connect through the external name of your server, keep in mind that NAT forwarding must be configured to route the traffic from HTTP socket (80) to the exchange server.
You can also setup a VPN server (L2TP/IPSEC should work fine), so that you will always be on the internal network and so able to get your email. This should be the safest way to go, but I guess that it generate more traffic, thanks to the encapsulation; so if you are greedy and pay per byte, avoid this solution.
You could, at last, also disable the SSL encryption; but in my opinion this FAR from being the good way to go, it should only be used for testing purpose.
If you can speak afrikaans I will happily change! lol
OK, if I turn off SSL and connect to the server external IP, it says I don't have permission to synchronise,
If i turn on SSL it tells me the server can't be reached, wish it would make up it's mind.
I am not very good with IIS, I am staring at it now. I am not sure if i did the certificate thing right. As there are 2 options to export , DER encoded and Base-64, I used DER first time round.
If i try and access the server name ie. https://servername it says i cannot use my existing connection and must check properties.....
Thanks for your help man!
You may want to check that you are also forwarding port 443 or what ever port you are using for https access for external use at the server end.
You had to get ActiveSync permitted for your account (by administring it with "Active Directory users and computers" in one of the tab for your users) but you also need it activated on the Exchange "System Manager" under organisation settings (have a look at www.httpsync.net)
André

where are mailsettings and/or hosts-file stored?

Hello,
I'm trying to figure out where the mail settings (in particular the SMTP server) is stored. I was thinking of using MobileProfiler to create different profiles, which I could use to change my SMTP server: if I connect via wifi, I need a different one than if I connect via gprs.
With TotalCommander, I searched through the registry and through the file system, but didn't locate anything.
Any thoughts on where this is stored (and if it is readable)?
Alternatively, I was looking for a "hosts"-file (like in Windows, which links hostnames to ip addresses), as one can modify this to get ip-address to change as one wants. But again no luck...
So, is there a place were this ip/hostname information is stored?
Thanks!
Jörg
V J said:
Hello,
I'm trying to figure out where the mail settings (in particular the SMTP server) is stored. I was thinking of using MobileProfiler to create different profiles, which I could use to change my SMTP server: if I connect via wifi, I need a different one than if I connect via gprs.
With TotalCommander, I searched through the registry and through the file system, but didn't locate anything.
Any thoughts on where this is stored (and if it is readable)?
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It is. Please see my WinCE database & Messaging-related articles. I've described most of this stuff at http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=231&more=1
Alternatively, I was looking for a "hosts"-file (like in Windows, which links hostnames to ip addresses), as one can modify this to get ip-address to change as one wants. But again no luck...
So, is there a place were this ip/hostname information is stored?
Thanks!
Jörg
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http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/pockethosts.shtml
Thanks!
Haven't read your article yet in full detail (just glanced quickly), but does that pmailfolders file also deal with the SMTP servers? (I currently have not yet downloaded mails to this device, and I can't seem to find the databasefile (despite the fact that all settings are all set)
If it does, is it possible to change its contents from e.g. MobileProfiler:
http://www.iaccarino.de/silvio/stuff/MobileProfilerReadme.htm
without corrupting the databasefile?
(I'm not a software developer, I just would like to be able to switch/choose my smtp server)
The hosts-file utility does seem like an easier way out, but I'll have to read up more on it. I could my a file for each smtp profile I have (in each file I would put same server name, different ip address), but then I need a way telling the device which of the files to use now. MobileProfiler allows for files to be copied (they illustrate it for Opera-settings), so perhaps.......
Oh, do you know if it is WM5 compatible?
For the time being, do you know an easy workaround? On my Symbian S60 phone, every message had "Sending options", which included the account via which it was sent. I just changed the option to the server I needed to use for the active internet connection, and I could send the file. I can't do this trick on my TyTN...
Jörg
V J said:
Thanks!
Haven't read your article yet in full detail (just glanced quickly), but does that pmailfolders file also deal with the SMTP servers? (I currently have not yet downloaded mails to this device, and I can't seem to find the databasefile (despite the fact that all settings are all set)
If it does, is it possible to change its contents from e.g. MobileProfiler:
http://www.iaccarino.de/silvio/stuff/MobileProfilerReadme.htm
without corrupting the databasefile?
(I'm not a software developer, I just would like to be able to switch/choose my smtp server)
The hosts-file utility does seem like an easier way out, but I'll have to read up more on it. I could my a file for each smtp profile I have (in each file I would put same server name, different ip address), but then I need a way telling the device which of the files to use now. MobileProfiler allows for files to be copied (they illustrate it for Opera-settings), so perhaps.......
Oh, do you know if it is WM5 compatible?
For the time being, do you know an easy workaround? On my Symbian S60 phone, every message had "Sending options", which included the account via which it was sent. I just changed the option to the server I needed to use for the active internet connection, and I could send the file. I can't do this trick on my TyTN...
Jörg
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You should have started right with this
The Messaging databases are pretty hard to (easily) change in WM5 and there are no tools (that I know of) that would do what you need.
Therefore, you REALLY want to check out alternate browsers; most importantly, Qmail. The latter has an XML-based config file mechanism; this means your thirs-party profiler tool only needs to do some very simple file copy/rename operations to completely and easily switch between SMTP servers. Highly recommended!
Please also check out my Mailer Roundup and other, newer mail-related articles; I've published several articles on alternate clients.
Cool, thanks!
Weird though that all these devices (WM5, Symbian, ...) consider a SMTP server to be a property of the mailbox, rather than of the access point. Surely I'm not the only one who needs to change SMTP servers for different access points.
Again, thanks for the help, I'll search for a mailclient that offers better support for this (I'll check out Qmail too).
Jörg
I'm now running QMail, and this seems to sort out all of my problems.
In it, I can still change the account by which a mail is sent (so I can go back to using dummy-accounts like I did before), but I no also have the option to go for the more advanced profile setup using MobileProfiles.
Thanks!!!
(it made the device so much more usable for me)
Jörg

ActiveSync config for Exchange

Trying to set up ActiveSync on my Telus P4000 (Titan), although the issue should be the same with an WM6.1 phone...
I can't for the life of my figure the right server settings to enter in the Configure Server section, and I have yet to find a definitive "this is how you do it" procedure for it. As near as I've been able to glean, for the "Server address" section, you give it JUST the domain name of the Exchange server, without an http:// or a /exchange or /oma or anything... correct so far? But the catch in my particular instance is that Exchange web access is on port 8080, rather than 80 or 433.
I've tried adding a :8080 to the server address, I've tried adding the http:// and/or https://, I've tried adding the /oma and /exchange to the end, and all combinations of the above, with no luck... when I go back into the settings, it's reverted to JUST the domain name. Is there somewhere else I can tell it to use a non-standard port? Registry key, maybe?
I'm not sure it works with other ports than 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS).
You just need to put your external A record in the server value.
Try using standard ports first to be sure everything is working, then switch.
Okay, well I managed to get rid of the "Cannot reach server" messages by switching back to "require SLL", and as it turns out, the server wasn't set up for SSL (it is now). So now I'm connecting, but getting certificate errors. At least I've found plenty of info about solving that issue, so on to the next step...
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Okay, well I managed to get rid of the "Cannot reach server" messages by switching back to "require SLL", and as it turns out, the server wasn't set up for SSL (it is now). So now I'm connecting, but getting certificate errors. At least I've found plenty of info about solving that issue, so on to the next step...
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You will probabby have to install a certificate on the phone to be able to communicate with the exchange server. At least i had to...
playerkiller said:
I'm not sure it works with other ports than 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS).
You just need to put your external A record in the server value.
Try using standard ports first to be sure everything is working, then switch.
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I've searched everywhere for info on using non-standard ports for activesync, and I haven't found anything, and I couldn't get it to work.
jeen said:
You will probabby have to install a certificate on the phone to be able to communicate with the exchange server. At least i had to...
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Yeah, did that... still not helping
Go to first new post ActiveSync config for Exchange
Exchange ActiveSync cannot access the server if SSL is set to be required. For
information about how to correctly configure Exchange virtual directory
jeen is right. Unless the certificate is issued form a Trusted Certificate Authority, you will need to import the issuing CA in the Root Certification Authority store of your Phone.
If it's a self signed cert, just export it from exchange server (without Private key) and copy it to your phone. Then, double click it from File Manager. This should be enough.
^Yeah, I did that right off the top (see my reply to jeen). Still no joy.
Perhaps Tendulkar can finish his thought...
To disable SSL requirements for Activesync service is very easy:
Win2003 (IIS6.0)
Open IIS on your cas, expand the Default Website (or the website where ASVritualDir resides) right click on Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync and choose properties.
Go to the tab Directory Security, choose EDIT under Secure Communication.
Remove flag from Require Secure Channel.
Obvsiulsy Click ok.
Win2008 (IIS7)
Open IISManager.
Navigate through site, default website, hilight Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync.
Make sure you have the features view selected (should be by default).
Choose SSL Settings.
Unflag "Remove SSL".
Obviusly click Accept.
playerkiller said:
To disable SSL requirements for Activesync service is very easy:
Win2003 (IIS6.0)
Open IIS on your cas, expand the Default Website (or the website where ASVritualDir resides) right click on Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync and choose properties.
Go to the tab Directory Security, choose EDIT under Secure Communication.
Remove flag from Require Secure Channel.
Obvsiulsy Click ok.
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Hmmm... "require SSL" was already un-checked. I've re-checked it, let's see what happens with that.
OK lemme know.
make sure you have the same root certificate installed also. you have to trust the same certificate authority as the certificate that you have on your exchange server.
Did anyone find solution
I am having same problem. Certificate installed and tried all connection settings that can find on internet. Cannot get ActiveSync to syn with my server (same certificate error, but hosting company states tested with WM6.1 that all is working fine on their end) and also cannot get Windows Live Messenger to work, states there's a connectivity problem. Funny thing is MMS, surfing net with IE, and Google Maps with GPRS work fine. Only Microsoft network products are not working. My phone is Palm Treo Pro with WM6.1 Professional. Vodaphone version but bought in China and have since added A4 Chinese text editor, which I think could be problem, but need to hard reset phone to check. Any ideas? Better yet, any solutions?
One tip for getting this working in my case (same certificate errors) was that I had to get the certificate off the internally facing OWA server, rather than the externally facing version. Although they're both the same server, the external one goes through an IAS box which seems to be presenting its own certificate rather than the one on the exchange server. Don't ask me - I don't run the system.
As soon as I add the Internal version of the cert, Exchange, OTA Sync and ActiveSync spring into life.

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