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ruggerp11 · 08-19-2004, 08:44 AM

When I was at school and had direct access to my mail via the exchange server (I was living on campus) I had no problem syncing my pocket PC to my computer and getting my inbox to show up on my Dell PDA.

Now that I live off campus (I graduated (Woot)) and I have to connect via an IMAP connection I am having trouble with Outlook syncing with my PDA.

I can't see any of my messages on my PDA. Its like it still wants to sync with my personal folders.

I have removed my profile from outlook that had the previous settings on it and set up a new one with the only mail account being the school's IMAP one. Now when I sync it tells me that the status of my inbox is displayed on my PDA which it is not.

Any help would be appreciated. I am very familiar with Outlook but this is perplexing to me.

SIDE NOTE: is there any way to get my PDA to sync with gmail?

Thank you!
R

stonegrody · 08-19-2004, 09:29 AM

Here's a link to a site that walks you through email setup. The Pocket PC version of Outlook can be a bit finicky and it seems like it got worse in Pocket PC 2003. It may just be a setting or something. I find that removing everything, soft resetting and starting from scratch will fix a lot of problems.

I don't know about Gmail. I know that the Pocket PC version of IE has problems with a lot of web based mail so it may or may not work. If it's like Yahoo, you may have to forward your mail in order for it to work. Yahoo charges for that service, don't know if Google will.

ruggerp11 · 08-19-2004, 11:03 AM

that unfortunatly doesn't work. I can't connect via my PDA because I dont' have a card to connect. What I need is a way to do it via syncing on the dock. I'm confused.

itlain · 08-19-2004, 12:45 PM

The only way I could get my PPC to sync with Gmail was with a program called Pop Goes the Gmail. It checks gmail and you can use any pop3 client to check it. Works great and is updated a lot.

stonegrody · 08-19-2004, 12:51 PM

I see, so you're not connecting over a live internet connection but over Activesync?

08-19-2004, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
ruggerp11 Cautiously soaring Location: exploring my new home in SF	Question about syncing my Pocket PC to an IMAP server When I was at school and had direct access to my mail via the exchange server (I was living on campus) I had no problem syncing my pocket PC to my computer and getting my inbox to show up on my Dell PDA. Now that I live off campus (I graduated (Woot)) and I have to connect via an IMAP connection I am having trouble with Outlook syncing with my PDA. I can't see any of my messages on my PDA. Its like it still wants to sync with my personal folders. I have removed my profile from outlook that had the previous settings on it and set up a new one with the only mail account being the school's IMAP one. Now when I sync it tells me that the status of my inbox is displayed on my PDA which it is not. Any help would be appreciated. I am very familiar with Outlook but this is perplexing to me. SIDE NOTE: is there any way to get my PDA to sync with gmail? Thank you! R __________________ Patriotism means being loyal to your country all the time and to its government when it deserves it. --Mark Twain Do What makes you happy --Me BUT! "Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness" - Chuang-Tzu

08-19-2004, 11:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
ruggerp11 Cautiously soaring Location: exploring my new home in SF	that unfortunatly doesn't work. I can't connect via my PDA because I dont' have a card to connect. What I need is a way to do it via syncing on the dock. I'm confused. __________________ Patriotism means being loyal to your country all the time and to its government when it deserves it. --Mark Twain Do What makes you happy --Me BUT! "Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness" - Chuang-Tzu

08-19-2004, 12:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
itlain Upright Location: Fort Lewis, WA	The only way I could get my PPC to sync with Gmail was with a program called Pop Goes the Gmail. It checks gmail and you can use any pop3 client to check it. Works great and is updated a lot. __________________ Support the troops, if not the war.

08-19-2004, 09:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
stonegrody Brooding. Location: CA-USA	Here's a link to a site that walks you through email setup. The Pocket PC version of Outlook can be a bit finicky and it seems like it got worse in Pocket PC 2003. It may just be a setting or something. I find that removing everything, soft resetting and starting from scratch will fix a lot of problems. I don't know about Gmail. I know that the Pocket PC version of IE has problems with a lot of web based mail so it may or may not work. If it's like Yahoo, you may have to forward your mail in order for it to work. Yahoo charges for that service, don't know if Google will.

08-19-2004, 12:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
stonegrody Brooding. Location: CA-USA	I see, so you're not connecting over a live internet connection but over Activesync?