ActiveSync Email Sync Options
Several Email Sync Options can be set on the Windows Mobile device. The following settings are supported for use with NotifyLink:
• Download the past: - Establish a synchronization range for email
• Download size limit: - Limit the size of the email
• Include file attachments – Enable to automatically download attachments
1. Open ActiveSync.
2. Select Menu > Options.
3. Select E-mail, then tap Settings.
4. At Download the past:, enter the mail synchronization range. Choose from:
• 1 or 3 days
• 1 or 2 weeks
• 1 month
• All (this will synchronize 180 days)
5. At Download size limit:, select how much of the email you want to download. Choose:
• 0.5 KB, 1 KB, or 5 KB
• Entire message
• Headers only (only headers without the email body will download)
If you limit the size of an email, you can still manually download the rest of the message when viewing the email.
6. At Include file attachments, check the box to automatically download attachments with the email. You can also enter a size limit for downloaded attachments (Only if smaller than:). If the box is unchecked, you must manually download attachments from an open message in the E-mail application.
More Email and PIM Settings
This chart summarizes the settings that control how email and PIM (calendar events, contacts, and tasks) are synchronized to the device. Some settings are configurable on the Windows Mobile device. Others are configurable through the NotifyLink Client Web. Instructions for accessing the Client Web
Below is a list of the settings and where they can be configured.
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Configuration Settings |
Description |
Configurable via: |
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Filters |
Filters messages sent from the server |
NotifyLink Client Web: |
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Folder Mirroring |
On the web, Folder Mirroring is automatically enabled. Select email folders to be synchronized to the device. Users may choose Sent, Drafts, or custom folders. (Trash/Deleted Items is the exception. It cannot be synchronized to the device.) You must also select the folders on the device for folder mirroring to function properly. |
NotifyLink Client Web:
Device: |
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Notification ON/OFF |
Enables/Disables NotifyLink message notification. Restarts/Suspends retrieval of Email from the server. |
NotifyLink Client Web: |
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E-mail Sync |
Number of days a message is available on the device. Use as a cleanup setting to manage message quantity. Cleanup will take effect within 24 hours of the scheduled delete. Choose 1 or 3 days, 1 or 2 weeks, 1 month or All. (If All is chosen, range will default to 180 days.) |
Device |
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Calendar Sync |
Set the calendar synchronization range - how far back and ahead to sync your calendar events on the device. Look-back is set from the device. Default is 2 weeks. Choose from 2 weeks, 1, 3, 6 months or All. (If All is chosen, Look-back is set to 104 weeks.) Look-ahead is set from the client web. Default is 26 weeks. Choose from 1 to 104 weeks. |
Device:
NotifyLink Client Web: |
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Choose Address Books |
If the groupware server supports multiple address books, you can choose which one will synchronize to the device. Windows Mobile devices can only synchronize one address book. Contacts from the chosen address book will synchronize to the device’s “All Contacts.” |
NotifyLink Client Web: |
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Task Sync |
Set task synchronization look-ahead range. Choose from 1 to 104 weeks. Default is 26 weeks. |
NotifyLink Client Web: |
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Filter Meeting Response Emails |
If enabled, this option filters out meeting response emails sent directly from the Windows Mobile device to the meeting organizer. The organizer may still receive an email from the attendee’s PIM server, however, in addition to the calendar update they receive. |
NotifyLink Client
Web: |