I am trialing the replacement of MS outlook with Mozilla Thunderbird (which seems to be less prone to virus attacks) but seeking an alternative program to Active Sync / MS Outlook that will permit sync between my 02 XDA 2 Mini and my Mozilla Thunderbird address book.
Also any other calendar programs that will allow me to replace the outlook calendar function and permit sync between my laptop and PDA?.
Any suggestions
I found a project on sourceforge for just that, the problem is I don't think it was much more than a proof of concept on the developers part and last time i checked no progress had been made.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tb-sync/
argon said:
I found a project on sourceforge for just that, the problem is I don't think it was much more than a proof of concept on the developers part and last time i checked no progress had been made.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tb-sync/
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haha.. I had the same problem with my T-mobile SDA (The Hurricane/ or Tornado, whichever it is called ).
I checked the sourceforge link and guess what, the project is still in development phase, i.e. nothing.
Instead after searching around I found this FinchSync which worked like a charm for me:
http://www.finchsync.com/
FinchSync has a version for PocketPC and another for SmartPhone (the one I used). and best of all, it's FREE.
Cheers!
All,
I've let the first release of Imap Pusher Service out of the bag. It's still pretty rough, but if you configure it right, it works well enough that you may get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
The program runs in the background and subscribes to IMAP IDLE notifications. When the notifications arrive it can do a send/receive on the PocketOutlook account you specify, effectively enabling push email for your Gmail account (or other imap server that supports the IDLE command).
Again, there are some known issues with the current version (I will hopefully address these soon), but I would like to know what you think. Here's the link.
http://www.codeplex.com/ImapPusherService
Update: version 0.2.0 is released
Changes: more descriptive error messages, ability to turn on trace log to help me diagnose problems.
If you are having issues you would like to resolve, capture the trace log and send it to me.
Update: version 0.2.1 is released
Changes: found bug which was causing client to not be able to reconnect in some cirumstances, should be resolved.
Update: version 0.2.2 is released
Changes: fixed problem where IDLE command was not getting refreshed when IMAP server was being to chatty.
Update: version 0.2.3 is released
Changes: fixed problem where if IMAP server says that it has a server error this was ignored.
Update: version 0.5.0 is released
Changes: program will atttempt to connect data connection if not connected.
some resource leaks have been fixed, will hopefully prevent the hanging.
Update: version 0.6.0 is released
Changes: program allows you to save your settings, and will not prompt you next time you start it. To get the prompt again, currently you need to delete the settings file. Note that storing your settings stores your encrypted password on your device, and since this is an open source program, anyone can lookup how I do the encryption, so only use this option if you are comfortable, and change your email password if you lose your device!
Great
Great idea but... I can't manage to get it work.
I previously had a Gmail POP3 account which i setup to get mails manually.
Then I ran IMAPPusherservice, filled up parameters, OK... and then still waiting for emails...
What am I doing wrong ?
Thanks
Greg
gregouille said:
Great idea but... I can't manage to get it work.
I previously had a Gmail POP3 account which i setup to get mails manually.
Then I ran IMAPPusherservice, filled up parameters, OK... and then still waiting for emails...
What am I doing wrong ?
Thanks
Greg
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Maybe (hopefully) a simple solution, did you enable imap in your account settings in gmail?
It works great with my GMX account, well done!
But it uses 30% CPU if there is no data connection active, nor does Pocket Outlook play a sound when it receives the email...
works great!
Works great even with google apps gmail. Thanks
I'd like to mention once again the full service of Mail2Web. I'm very happy with it.
For those who don't know: they're offering Free Exchange-Accounts there.
This means you can sync your contacts, todo's, calendar and your e-mail with it. The Microsoft DirectPush is screaming fast!
But another solution i'm taking a deeper look into, is Z-Push. It's an opensource implementation of the ActiveSync protocoll. Which basically means you'd be able to have the same functionality as with an Exchange-Server.
It runs out of the box with a php-enabled webspace (need the right to set aliases via .htaccess). Had to figure it out myself, but the guys in the fora are kind. Another advantage of this solution (beside it is OpenSource and you can extend it yourself) is the possibility to plug it onto various groupware solution.
BTW: Push-GMail is the most popular example in the forum there.
Sry for my english..
Greetz
i have problems with .net framework.
which one do i need?
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i have problems with .net framework.
which one do i need?
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I use .net framework 3.5
yeah, this release is quite a rough cut. its not very graceful if you enter your password incorrectly (double chck this if its not getting new mail). Or if you don't have the data connection runing already. for now it would be best to tell your data conection to sty on. I'm on a kaiser and I can easily use kaiser tweaks to do this. ad it was the default mode for my ppc6700 with sprint.
the reason why i'm bothering with this rather mail2web is that with mail2web you are entrusting your mail with yet another party, when google now supports everything you need for push obo.
anyway, if you configure this guy appropriately, even this early release should work for you. but if you are having trouble I hope to have a release out soon that wil identify your problems with ease. it just neds to contend with all the work I get paid to do ;-)
At the moment it requires .NET CF 3.5. This isn't strictly necessary from a functionality standpoint at the moment though, so I may try and downgrade it, if thats a problem.
client seems to disconnect, and not reconnect, after a while (mine was connected for a good 36 hours, this last time). I will have to track this down when I release a version with more tracing information (hopefully tonight).
this would be a great application to have once it starts working properly.
right now i use this other app whcih is a sms switch. you forward gmail to your sms address. when your phone gets the incoming sms for new mail, it automatically opens up poutlock and send/receives and gets you the new mail. this works great because you dont need to always be connected. it only connects when you get new mail. only problem is it uses SMS so if you dont have a unlimited text plan it's gonna really hurt you.
if you can develop this program it would be a great alternative. it would be even better if you dont always have to be connected as to save battery power.
The reason why I have released this is that it works pretty darn well now. With a glitch or two. IMAP IDLE, like ActiveSynch Direct Push require an open data connection though, because of the way that they work. The key is that they don't have to be broadcasting all the time, though. This works pretty well battery wise for most modern phones.
Any other form of notification would have to come through the data interaction your phone makes with the cell towers (like SMS), so you would probably have to pay for it (like SMS).
I've noticed that the new iPhone SDK has some allowance for notification routing, but I would assume this relies on keeping a data connection open.
version .2 is released, check first post for details.
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At the moment it requires .NET CF 3.5. This isn't strictly necessary from a functionality standpoint at the moment though, so I may try and downgrade it, if thats a problem.
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I've been looking for something like this for quite some time now. I'll give the current version a try. Being that most devices come with .NET CF, it would be nice if it wasn't dependent on 3.5.
version .21 is released, should be more stable, see first post or project page for details.
version 0.22 is released, check first post for details.
i have subscribed and keepin my eye out on each release. version .21 worked on and off. it didnt retrieve mail as fast as it should and sometimes it didnt retrieve at all. will try new version soon. thanks for developing it.
do you need to have your inbox running on the ppc for this to work or will it automatically open the inbox? just wondering if i should keep the inbox open in the background at all times as well. i tried it with the box open and close and it didnt work that time so it may be a glitch since it works sometimes when the box was open. but when i tried again with it open and close it didnt work so hard to tell.
I'm now test the lastest version.. I would really like the following features:
- save settings in .ini file
- auto start service if windows mobile starts
- Auto dial if no internet connection is present
This is great, it's working really well. I second the above post about saving the settings and auto-starting, but I'm guessing that's something you're planning on adding anyway?
I used to have Outlook check my Gmail account over IMAP every ten minutes and drop the data connection after two minutes of inactivity. I'm not sure what kind of effect leaving the data connection permanently on will have on my battery, but I'm certainly willing to give it a go for a day or two to see. Emails sent to myself as a test are coming through in well under thirty seconds from sending, and that's over a slow GPRS connection.
The area I live in doesn't have the best reception though, being virtually out in the sticks and all. I've not left the house since installing this, but what can I expect if I temporarily have no signal and the data connection drops? Will I start getting "Cannot connect" type error messages?
Thanks for your hard work, I'll be keeping a close eye on this one.
anyone else using Outlook and getting the following error?
Outlook Error
Last updated 7 hours ago
We're having a problem syncing your information. Try again later.
Last tried about a minute ago.
Error code: 8500201F
i've tried restarting the phone, i have tried deleting and redoing the account - i have talked to my IT team at work - no idea what is going wrong. it was working fine then this.
I think this is related to the mailbox oversize.
Try to free some space by archiving or deleting some items.
Man7
Re: Outlook Error
Please follow this process:
1. Enter your Windowslive ID in the User name box
2. Enter your password
3. In the Server box, type (m.hotmail.com) and sign in, done!
Let me know if this work for you, bye.
Is the date and time on your phone correct?
I had this issue, but also realised it had screwed over my Outlook 2010 install on my laptop. I resolved it by deleting the email received immediately after the last successful sync by using OWA. What may be relevant is this email is auto-forwarded and permanently deleted by an Outlook 2010 inbox rule. Hope that helps someone.
Mailbox size
I had this problem, sorted emails by size and archived/deleted the massive ones. Problem solved.
I started developing Android Apps in my freetime. I have a desktop computer at home, which is my main development machine. I also have a laptop with the whole SDK and IDE set up. So far I just always zipped my project folder and put it on dropbox when I switched computers.
I guess there are easier ways how to do this (SVN, git etc.).
So what are you guys using to sync your code between different computers?
PS: I am the only person working on these project, so I'm not searching something to share the code with other people.
I personally use git since it's great for versioning and pretty fast.
However, in your case it might be ideal to simply set up a network drive which you can access with both computers. This way you'll have a single working directory accessible from anywhere.
(Since you're already using Dropbox, put the workspace into a Dropbox directory. This way, any changes made to the code will automatically sync up).
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(Since you're already using Dropbox, put the workspace into a Dropbox directory. This way, any changes made to the code will automatically sync up).
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Yeah, I already thought of that but this may cause problems. I already have a lot of school documents (Word, Excel etc.) in my dropbox and I sometimes get errors when trying to save those documents directly into Dropbox. But I will try this and maybe it works ok. Otherwise I'll look into git, that sounds great.
I've been attempting to sync the repo all today and yesterday- yesterday it synced, but I didn't realize it had because it syncs to /.repo so I tried to resync it. Since then, I've run into a slew of issues, but finally moved my desktop to fix them, so I'm hardwired in.
Right now, it just finished
Code:
Fetching projects: 54% (203/375) Fetching project android_frameworks_base
remote: Counting objects: 778903, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (211663/211663), done.
Now, its on "Receiving objects:" but it just keeps flickering between seemingly random percentages and downlaod amounts/speeds. Is this normal? Its been here for almost 20 minutes now.
EDIT: I should add that according to Ubuntu's network monitor, it IS downloading data. I guess its normal? This is my first-ever build/repo stuff so please excuse me if I sound like an idiot.
EDIT 2: It appears to be going well, and that is normal behavior.