Mail for Exchange (MfE)

[ddalex]

Can anybody more intimate with N900, can you please confirm it supports Mail for Exchange ?

This seems a must have for a high-end phone, and the lack of it would be a deal breaker for me.

[Ovek]

According to the spec sheets available it has exchange support, what they don't tell you is weather its full exchange support or limited to webdav only for example.

Time will tell I suppose... :)

[zerojay]

Mail for Exchange is confirmed supported. You can even see the icon for configuring it in the Control Panel if you look at the unofficial preview from a week ago.

[thommy]

it definitely has it but it won't connect via google. it throws an "either exchange server requires secure connection or account is disabled" error. anyone else get this?

[toratoko]

Yup, already has been reported in bugzilla...now it's just the waiting game for some of us.

it definitely has it but it won't connect via google. it throws an "either exchange server requires secure connection or account is disabled" error. anyone else get this?

[hypnotik]

it definitely has it but it won't connect via google. it throws an "either exchange server requires secure connection or account is disabled" error. anyone else get this?


Yeah, I got this message too.

[Andre Klapper]

Yup, already has been reported in bugzilla...now it's just the waiting game for some of us.

For the sake of transparency, posting the URL is always welcome so people can vote for the bug report.

[toratoko]

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5335
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5404

Both bugs applied to me, so if they do for you also then just vote for both.

[hypnotik]

Yeah, I got this message too.

Actually I get this when connecting to a bonafide Microsoft Exchange 2007 server. So who knows.

[abbra]

Exchange 2007 support is coming in an update. I routinely use MfE in N900 against Exchange 2003 for long time already.

[rewt]

2007 doesn't work at all, currently?

[iKneaDough]

2007 doesn't work at all, currently?

Actually I tried it last night using RDA, and I was pleasently surprised that it worked very well, without much hassle!

BTW my office uses SSL for the connection to the server (I don't know if that makes it any better, or worse).

Oh and silly me, forgot to check which version of the firmware, the device was running:confused:


On a side note, could any of the Mail for Exchange code be ported to Evolution, or is it closed source? I'm wondering, because I was able to connect to Exchange '03 with Evolution, but since my office switched to Exchange '07 I can't configure Evolution to connect to it, no matter what plugin I used, nor any configuration settings that I tried. So I'm hopeful that since MfE works so nicely even with Exchange '07, that it's code can be re-used.

[iKneaDough]

I was able to log into the same device.

The firmware version is: 2.2009.44-6

So assuming that the firmware version didn't change since 1.5 days ago, that firmware worked flawlessly for me with Exchange '07.

[hypnotik]

I'm using my Certificate Authority for SSL cert for the exchange server, could that be an issue? If so how do I import root certificate into N900?

[hypnotik]

Well I managed to install my root certificate. Still doesn't work, getting the same error: "Either Exchange server requires secure connection or account is disabled" useless error.

[SubCore]

Well I managed to install my root certificate. Still doesn't work, getting the same error: "Either Exchange server requires secure connection or account is disabled" useless error.

does your server "Allow non-provisionable devices (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31351&page=5)"? If not, that may be the reason.

[hypnotik]

does your server "Allow non-provisionable devices (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31351&page=5)"? If not, that may be the reason.

Yes, that setting is already enabled... I guess it's a bug.

[sjgadsby]

Please see "Mail for Exchange (MfE). Blame me here, pls" (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=35136) for answers and updated information on issues surrounding Mail for Exchange.