1 Android:Configuring Hotmail Exchange
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3 :author: Aaron Ball
4 :email: nullspoon@iohq.net
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8 *EDIT:* I tested it for a day now and up to this point, email works great. I
9 got a contact to sync from my phone to my online address book as well. It did
10 however take almost a day for it to appear online. Also, a calendar entry made
11 on my phone synced in under a minute to the online calendar. The other way
12 around, a calendar entry made online synced to my phone in about two minutes.
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14 Yesterday (August 30) Microsoft released a new functionality for Windows Live
15 Hotmail that many have been waiting for for some time: Exchange capabilities.
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17 *If you want to skip all the background stuff, you may now head down the the
18 bolded section titled "Now let's get started...".*
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20 This year Microsoft has released a lot of new functionality for Hotmail that
21 has really changed its quality. With GMail being arguably the best web-based
22 email service, Hotmail has a lot of catching up to do. Thankfully, the first
23 thing Hotmail started with was allowing pop3 access for free. The next step to
24 compete with GMail was obviously free IMAP, which GMail released two years ago
25 I believe. Instead though, Microsoft gives us exchange for Hotmail. How cool is
26 that?!
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28 What's significant about exchange versus IMAP you ask? Well, exchange allows
29 for the synchronization of more than just mail, unlike IMAP. With exchange you
30 can sync your mail, your calendar, and your contacts. Not only does it
31 synchronize your mail though, it utilizes something called "push mail". This
32 means your phone doesn't check for updates ever five, ten,, or thirty minutes;
33 rather, the mail is "pushed" to your email client allowing for instantaneous
34 delivery. Cool, yeah?
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36 One thing before doing this though.
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38 .Obligatory Disclaimer
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40 Microsoft has not officially said that this works with Android. Many people
41 have reported that it mostly works though. According to Microsoft, "Hotmail
42 team will add Android to list of supported devices in the coming months after
43 testing is completed."
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47 [[now-lets-get-started]]
48 == Now, Let's Get Started
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50 First, launch your mail application called...you guessed it!..."Email" From
51 there, chances are your Accounts screen will come up. If this is the case, hit
52 the menu button on your phone and select "Add Account".
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55 image:files/A-hotmail01.jpg[height=400]
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57 From there, type in your email address and password. In my case, this was
58 "username@live.com", though "username@hotmail.com" should have no problem as
59 well. Now, select "Manual Setup".,title="From there, type in your email address
60 and password. In my case, this was "username@live.com", though
61 "username@hotmail.com" should have no problem as well. Now, select "Manual
62 Setup".
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65 At this point the application will ask you what kind of mail connection this
66 will be. You should see POP, IMAP, and Exchange. Select "Exchange".
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68 On the window you're taken to, most of the lines should be filled in for you.
69 We do have to make a few changes though.
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72 image:files/A-hotmail02.jpg[height=400]
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74 First off, your "DomainUsername" will be slightly incorrect. What you probably
75 see is "username".,title="First off, your "DomainUsername" will be slightly
76 incorrect. What you probably see is "username".
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80 And that's it!
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84 Category:Email
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