Definitive Thread - Exchange on Android

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It seems that number of people who need Exchange support (via work or school) is growing.

This thread will provide definitive information about status of Exchange on various builds and brief reviews of Exchange apps available on the market.

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Stuff to come:
Exchange on Eclair



2- Exchange on Tattoo
3- Exchange on Hero

Well, 'full' exchange works on tattoo and hero, that's for sure. Myn tried to port the Eclair mail app to donut but the were a lot of lib requirements that made the system slow.

Of course, by full here I mean mail, calendar, contacts. I don't really use tasks so I haven't tracked that between builds.

Email works fine with the "Work Email" app using MYN's Warm Donut Release 3. I haven't been able to test Calendar with anything. (haven't found a free app for that)

I tried the Work Email in Myn's build. Occasionally, I get "sync protocol error." I had to manually refresh the email time to time in order to receive the email.

I gave up using Work Email. Instead, I use Gmail to pull my work email via POP3. I found when I reply my work email in gmail app, it correctly uses my work email address to send instead of my gmail address (just like the desktop version).

I found this is a good compromise because I only need one email app running which saves battery. The only problem is that gmail pulls the work email every hour or so.

What, if any, is the difference between Push mail and exchange mail?

What service is delivering my Gmail to the phone almost instantaneously? My main email account was with Yahoo. But Yahoo Mail required a periodic refreshing(hourly or whatever). I paid Yahoo $10 to upgrade and then I forwarded my Yahoo Mail to my Gmail account.

I signed in with my Gmail account on Android. Now I get my emails almost instantly from both addresses.....I assume this is using the "Push mail" feature of Android and Gmail. What are the benefits of "exchange mail" and do you need to have your Email running from MS Outlook on a desktop to utilize "exchange mail"?

Originally Posted by slow88lx

What, if any, is the difference between Push mail and exchange mail?

What service is delivering my Gmail to the phone almost instantaneously? My main email account was with Yahoo. But Yahoo Mail required a periodic refreshing(hourly or whatever). I paid Yahoo $10 to upgrade and then I forwarded my Yahoo Mail to my Gmail account.

I signed in with my Gmail account on Android. Now I get my emails almost instantly from both addresses.....I assume this is using the "Push mail" feature of Android and Gmail. What are the benefits of "exchange mail" and do you need to have your Email running from MS Outlook on a desktop to utilize "exchange mail"?

Push mail is part of ActiveSync. Google licensed ActiveSync from Microsoft so that WinMo users could use the built-in ActiveSync on their phones to get their gmail and google calendar. With the work email app on android, you can choose to download mail items as they arrive which I assume is using the Microsoft 'push' functionality. I don't know how they work it with the gmail app.

I have been using Touchdown. It has worked great, very easy setup.

Syncs everything, mail, contacts, calender, tasks.

Mail, calendar, contacts work on mssmison's new eclair (non-sense) build.

Originally Posted by mrkite38

Mail, calendar, contacts work on mssmison's new eclair (non-sense) build.

Moxier Mail is also a great solution. MUCH better interface than Touchdown IMO

Originally Posted by mrkite38

Mail, calendar, contacts work on mssmison's new eclair (non-sense) build.

I tried taking the Corporate Calendar from that and running it in Warm-Donut but it won't install