What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

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Chris Kinsman — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:52:00 GMT

Cool! Now if Exchange ActiveSync didn't return a server error so frequently and fail to synchronize...

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Benjamin Mateos — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:52:00 GMT

Thanks! Really interesting info.

Keep up the good job!.

/R

Benji.

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

karan — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 02:04:00 GMT

This has been a feature I was waiting for since the MMIS days. The only drawback about this implementation is that the user gets cahrged for an SMS (unlike RIM's control messages). For a heavy mail user this can ammount to a hefty charge on their monthly bill (on top of the data charges to retrieve the actual email).

Always up to date

Windows Mobile Team Blog — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:50:00 GMT

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Adam — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 15:01:00 GMT

Okay, so does anyone know T-Mobile's SMTP front-end server to convert my messages to SMS?

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Lonnie — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 15:38:00 GMT

Timely info. Keeping blogging this great info. Thx!

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George — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:15:00 GMT

So, if someone intercepts the SMS they will be able to retrieve the target's e-mail. And since the notification uses SMTP - welcome to the new era of spam.
Thank you for the great new opportunities, M$!:)

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What?? — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:04:00 GMT

Can't even respond to that last comment. Re-read the article please!

T-Mobile via e-mail

Neil — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:27:00 GMT

The way to send SMS messages to your T-Mobile device via e-mail is number@voicestream.net, where number is 4255551212 (area code + seven digits).

What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date Feature and how does it work?

Gary Short — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:13:00 GMT

What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date Feature and how does it work?

Gary Short — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:16:00 GMT

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Nirav — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:39:00 GMT

Question

Is this strictly for inbox mail notification and syncing of email or can I sync files , databases etc via activesync using this?

Lets say I'm using the PocketRSS client and getting the latest RSS feed updates when I put my device in the crade. Could I possibly trigger a remote active sync connection when the exchange server notifies my device of a new inbox message and pull down file updates or rss feed updates?

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Steve Mattox — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:49:00 GMT

When Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date is set up, ActiveSync will kick off a sync when a new item arrives in your mailbox. The device can also sync remotely with your PC if configured correctly and you can VPN to your PC from the PPC. So it is likely that if this application syncs with your PPC through Desktop ActiveSync, that it could possibly sync remotely when a new mail arrived in your mailbox. If the application has any UI that needs to be manipulated, the sync will probably not work. Try it, let us know if it works

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Owen Stevens — Thu, 20 May 2004 16:30:00 GMT

We are pilot testing an Audiovox PPC-5050 with Exchnage 2003 published through ISA 2000. I can initiate ActiveSync from the device, and it works fine. However, I am receiving up-t0-date notification. I have gone through the step by step setup based on Microsoft deployment guide. What, I don't understand is how exchnage knows about my device, and how is it going to send SMS to my device as a wake up call for ActiveSync. Where should I eneter that information?

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Owen Stevens — Thu, 20 May 2004 16:31:00 GMT

...However, I am receiving up-t0-date notification...

I meant : I am NOT receiving up-to-date notifications

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Steve Mattox — Thu, 20 May 2004 18:54:00 GMT

Owen, here are a couple things to check for on the device. Are you running Windows Mobile 2003 on the device? If not, you need to be. If so, is there the option called "When new items arrive" on the schedule page? If yes, then select this option. You will then need to enter the device's SMTP address. If you do not see this Scheduling Option, then the device does not know that the service is available to it. This usually means that the first request that the device made which asks for what Options are available is getting blocked. It could be being blocked by the ISA server. Either use SSL from the device or configure the ISA server to allow the OPTIONS verb.

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Owen Stevens — Fri, 21 May 2004 13:40:00 GMT

Steve,

Is it something under ActiveSync->Mobile Schedule?

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Steve Mattox — Fri, 21 May 2004 16:00:00 GMT

Yes, ActiveSync->Tools->Options->Mobile Schedule.

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Owen Stevens — Fri, 21 May 2004 17:21:00 GMT

Steve,

Thanks a lot it is working now. It appeared to be that, we added the OPTIONS registery key but forgot to set it to 1. That was it.

Thanks again

Activesync

H. Yahi — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:52:00 GMT

Help,

How can i synchronise The Public folder op exchange 2003 with IPAQ Pocket PC.
I want the synchronisation to occur with the server not with local client outlook.
Kind regards

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Raj Kaimal — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:32:00 GMT

Steve,

I am testing theh up-to-date function on the Smartphone 2003. Everything works fine but it takes around 13 minutes (after it arrives in my outlook inbox) to get notified on the smartphone that I have new mail. The provider is AT&T. I don't think it is their problem because if I send an sms message to the smartphone using smtp (xxxxxxxxxx@mobile.att.net) I get it immediately on the smartphone.

Is the delay of 3 minutes that you metioned set somewhere on the smartphone? Thanks for your time.

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Steve Mattox — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:24:00 GMT

Raj, AT&T blocks all incoming mail as if it were spam if it does not have an address in the FROM field. Our notifications do not have a FROM address, therefore AT&T will drop our messages. Take a look at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;833745&Product=exch2003 for the details

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Dave — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:51:00 GMT

Steve,

How does Exchange ActiveSync handle attachments? Are they converted with the typical file filters that a desktop sync would have or are they passed straight through to the device? For example, if I have an MS Word document in an email, will it sync as is or will it get converted to a Pocket Word attachment (.pwd).

Thanks,
Dave

re: What is the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-date feature and how does it work?

Yan (Steve Mattox's friend) — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:14:00 GMT

Exchange ActiveSync does not convert attachments at all. The attachment that is found on the server is that which will be retrieved by the device; therefore a word document will be downloaded as is (not as *.pwd).

Controlling Always-Up-To-Date timing

Exchange Security — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:39:00 GMT

If you're not familiar with it, it basically sends periodic notifications of new mail to your Windows Mobile device; when the device receives the AUTD message, it wakes up and pulls new messages from your Exchange server.... There's a way to control the batching behavior, but it's not obvious: you have to create a new REG_DWORD named BatchingTimer under the Software\Microsoft\Exchange\OMA key (if OMA doesn't exist, create it first).