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