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PUSH MAIL ISSUES

All need some help. I'm trying to utilize the Push Mail technology. I have set up to sync with an exchange server correctly, however within our company we use certificates to authenticate. So I expported my certificate and imported it into my 8125. When I go to look at my certs in my 8125 I see that it imported successfully. Now when I try to sync it asks for the password and it comes back with an error code of 0x85030028 (cannot obtain a valid cert). Now if I use my PIE and go to the OWA which utilizes the cert as well it sees it and authenticates just fine. For some reason activesync isn't seeing it. Any ideas how to fix?
Geno

From what I know, you can't use certificates with Push email. You have to setup a new virtual site on the server running OWA called it Exchange-PPC or something and have it set for Intergrated Authentication, then you would configure your device to hit the new site like http://www.site.com/exchange/username or something like that.
There's a little more than just setting up the site, some registry changes, check Microsofts site for the error number, you'll find a KB document explaining how to setup the Virtual Site for syncing with your device.

Microsoft Exchange OWA certificates

Ever since buying the Wizard, I seem to be having trouble to get to our corporate OWA-pages. In general, logging in works perfectly, reading the first mail also without hassle, but replying, reading other mail or whatever results in constant login-screens.
On Windows Mobile 2003, there was a solution from Microsoft to circumvent this, but for WM2005 I have yet to see a solution.
Anyone?

You might try here or here to import personal certificates.

Do you need OWA or can you live with OMA instead? It's not elegant but it's functional.
Steven

Hello,
Why don't use the activesync synchronisation with exchange server ? (if it is a 2003 server of course !)

if it's an https site and using a private CA cert then download the root certificate from a desktop PC and run the .cer file on the handheld to import it. Really simple to do.

twaddle said:
if it's an https site and using a private CA cert then download the root certificate from a desktop PC and run the .cer file on the handheld to import it. Really simple to do.
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Like jcleek mentioned; I followed instructions to import the certificate from my PC onto my Wizard. Still, after logging on to OWA, I get the same loop again. 1 mail can be read; every next action requests for my password again. :?

Android devices in coroporate environments

Hi,
I´m a recent user of an Android device with now the last Official Donut ROM.
As a mobile device it is performing very nice and I like the interface (and the whole concept) a lot. However for utilization in a corporate environment it is almost useless at least in my case. Let me explain:
In a common standard company an employee when it sits at his desk he/she:
- Starts is desktop/laptop PC
- Starts his mail client that in the vast majority of cases will be Microsoft Office Outllook client that either connects to a Microsoft Exchange mail Server or to any other kind of mail server (merak, etc.)
- Then he will access to his mails, to his contacts, to his calendar and to his tasks that all of them are stored locally in Outlook files. (Well, if the server is an Exchange server they can be stored only in the server itself). In the case of Exchange normally the connection forces to use and to install a certificate in the client.
- The he will open documents from the Microsoft Office Suite i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point.
- Eventually the employee will move from his desk and i.e. attends a meeting where he can access a corporate WIFI network that in the vast majority of sites will have a proxy.
With a mobile device I would need:
- Sync locally with the desktop the contacts, calendar and tasks
- Surf the WEB using the corporate WIFI network
- Configure an Exchange account that forces to install a certificate
- Read (and eventually modify Word or Excel documents)
With my current Android device this is what it happens:
- I can sync using HTC Sync only the contacts (as calendar is only supported if your account is Exchange)
- I cannot surf the WEB as ther is no support for WiFI proxy.
- I cannot configure an Exchange account as ther is no way of importing/installing a certificate
- In order to modify Office documents I need to pay for an app.
I would appreciate if somebody:
- Has encountered same problems as me
- Has any clue about the eventual fix of this issues
I apologize for the long post. Many thanks in advance

Joaquin Marcide said:
Hi,
I´m a recent user of an Android device with now the last Official Donut ROM.
As a mobile device it is performing very nice and I like the interface (and the whole concept) a lot. However for utilization in a corporate environment it is almost useless at least in my case. Let me explain:
In a common standard company an employee when it sits at his desk he/she:
- Starts is desktop/laptop PC
- Starts his mail client that in the vast majority of cases will be Microsoft Office Outllook client that either connects to a Microsoft Exchange mail Server or to any other kind of mail server (merak, etc.)
- Then he will access to his mails, to his contacts, to his calendar and to his tasks that all of them are stored locally in Outlook files. (Well, if the server is an Exchange server they can be stored only in the server itself). In the case of Exchange normally the connection forces to use and to install a certificate in the client.
- The he will open documents from the Microsoft Office Suite i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point.
- Eventually the employee will move from his desk and i.e. attends a meeting where he can access a corporate WIFI network that in the vast majority of sites will have a proxy.
With a mobile device I would need:
- Sync locally with the desktop the contacts, calendar and tasks
- Surf the WEB using the corporate WIFI network
- Configure an Exchange account that forces to install a certificate
- Read (and eventually modify Word or Excel documents)
With my current Android device this is what it happens:
- I can sync using HTC Sync only the contacts (as calendar is only supported if your account is Exchange)
- I cannot surf the WEB as ther is no support for WiFI proxy.
- I cannot configure an Exchange account as ther is no way of importing/installing a certificate
- In order to modify Office documents I need to pay for an app.
I would appreciate if somebody:
- Has encountered same problems as me
- Has any clue about the eventual fix of this issues
I apologize for the long post. Many thanks in advance
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This is in the wrong section. Should be in general.
This is a development thread.

Joaquin Marcide said:
- I cannot surf the WEB as ther is no support for WiFI proxy.
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There is no such thing as "wifi proxy". You can however configure HTTP proxy on your phone via ADB.
- I cannot configure an Exchange account as ther is no way of importing/installing a certificate
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Connect to Exchange server with certificate via IMAP with TLS.
- In order to modify Office documents I need to pay for an app.
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Pay for the Office document editing application.

Get an HTC branded ROM instead of the regular Google one, all the features you require are implemented on those...

Amon_RA said:
Get an HTC branded ROM instead of the regular Google one, all the features you require are implemented on those...
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I second this, Drop donut and goto a Hero rom. This has all the features provided by HTC that you are seeking.

moved to general discussion

Many thanks for your promt answers.
Ridelin: Apologies for not posting in the right place.
Super Jamie: Proxy: I agree but probably you will agree with me that configuring via ADB is not the easiest way for a non Linux Expert/Developper.
Exchange: In my company the IMAP access is disabled.
Office: For sure, but I would prefer to save for a dinner.
Amon_RA: Can you recommend me one of them (donut version, spanish linguage) ?

Joaquin Marcide said:
Amon_RA: Can you recommend me one of them (donut version, spanish linguage) ?
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You'll not find a donut HTC branded sapphire yet... you'll need to wait a while for those.
For cupcake roms I recommend you to NOT use those ported HERO Roms. They will run slow on sapphire devices and are actually just ported to show off with the sense interface (which is not yet released for the sapphire). They are definitely not suited to be used in a corporative environment.
I advice you to look for a stable HTC sapphire rom which has the HTC framework (so full exchange support).

Thanks Amon_RA.
Where can I find those ROMS? Looking in XDA and on Internet all ROMs seem to be either Google or Hero ports. I did not manage to find "HTC branded Sapphire" . By the way my device is a Vodafone Magic Spain with:
Mode number HTC Magic
Base Band version: 62.505.20.17H2.222.19.261
Kernel version: 2.6.29-TheOfficial [email protected] 2
Emomther Mod by [email protected]
Fastboot info:
SAPHIRE PVT 32B
HBOOT 1.33.2005 (SAPP10000)
Radio 2.22.19.61

Roadsync will sync with exchange servers.
http://www.dataviz.com/products/roadsync/android/index.html
Documents to Go will give you access to word, excel docs.
http://www.dataviz.com/products/documentstogo/android/

If you install the cyanogen rom to your phone it gives you an app called work email. This lets you connect to the microsoft exchange server to get your email
As for word documents and the like check out an application called quickoffice:
http://www.quickoffice.com/quickoffice_android/
I can't find it on the android market so you must have to get it direct from their site.
edit: Also I think wifi proxy works with the rom. I think the wifi at my uni is via proxy. Before I installed the rom I could not connect, afterwards I could. Let me know how it goes for you.

[Solved] Having problems handling Microsoft Exchange Email on my HD2

Hello
I've had my HD2 for almost a month now (replacing my iPhone 3G) and prefer it over my 3G in every way, except Microsoft Exchange email support.
I'm trying to connect to my Uni account. It syncs OK the first time/few times after a hard-reset but afterwards I keep getting the invalid security certificate error below
I've searched everywhere and tried different ROMs but no solution. I didn't have to provide any digital certificate for the iPhone or Outlook on my laptop..
I use the same settings on my iPhone (SSL enabled etc)
Anyone else have this problem?
Thank you

the problem isnt the hd2...... it is your lack of having the right cert your iphone downloaded it winmo requires u to install winmo handles exchane perfectly if you set it up right

So if I remove the iPhone from my synced devices list in OWA will it work?

what you need to do is get the cert your webmail is using. By going to the site you should be able to click the lock icon by the address in internet explorer and view the cert. Export it (copy to file) as a .cer file and put it on your device. then click it in file explorer on your phone and it will install. Once you get it installed it will work perfectly.

Ignore me - as above

Thanks for the replay. I came a cross a solution like that yestarday but it didn't work.
Anyways i've tried again now and heres what I did: deleted the exchange account on the phone completely, exported a certificate from OWA on firefox but it came out as a .crt which the phone can't read, so I converted it to a .cer and opened it on the phone, it gave me a sucess message.
Now I added the email account again and like before, it synced perfectly. However I soft-reset and can't sync anymore..

I use gmail over activesync. You could set up a gmail account and see if that works. If it does your exchange isn't setup properly...
I want to add that I never had any issues setting up an exchange mailbox on activesync. Some haertbeat issues yes, but never the setup itself.

I highly doubt it since a uni would probably use 'the usual' routes for ssl certs, but you might have to export & add the intermediate certificates.
As an example, here is mine, using FF so you're looking at a consistent screen.
If you click on the line ending in (2048), it is a different cert than the one ending in "- L1B" So export all 3 certificates (or however many lines you see) and import them over.
For the record, my exchange works perfectly fine as well.

mazzarin said:
I highly doubt it since a uni would probably use 'the usual' routes for ssl certs, but you might have to export & add the intermediate certificates.
As an example, here is mine, using FF so you're looking at a consistent screen.
If you click on the line ending in (2048), it is a different cert than the one ending in "- L1B" So export all 3 certificates (or however many lines you see) and import them over.
For the record, my exchange works perfectly fine as well.
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THANK YOU
I've exported all three and worked.

Poutlook email and client side certificate

Hi,
I've an email account which I can access only with a client side cert. With a desktop application like Thunderbird, it is no problem. I just import the .p12 file, go to account settings->security and selecting the imported certs. Works perfectly.
BUT..
on Windows Mobile, I've imported this .p12 file just by clicking on it, and I can see it in settings->system->certificates, but I don't know how to tell poutlook to use this cert.
Is there a way to tell this to poutlook at all? Or if not, is there another email client that can handle client side cert?
thx.

Hmm.. where should I write this to get an answer?

Here is the solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5750590&postcount=5