G-Mail Exchange Service Reliability? - Page 2

headgeek · #11 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 11:19 AM

I set up the Gmail exchange on my TP2, it messed up my contacts (did not surprise me) and the mail was poky. Definitely NOT the Push experience I was looking for. It has pushed me back to FlexMail.

FlexMail is not finger friendly, not integrated into TF3d (no matter, I've ditched that). But it used IMAP IDLE with Gmail VERY WELL. No delay on getting mail from Gmail or any other IMAP server that supports IDLE.

**p-slim** · #12 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 11:43 AM

I am going to have to take back my statement. up until i posted it had been working fine, but this morning my gmail has been acting funny. im not getting my notification right away and it won't sync every message in my inbox, even though i have selected download all. gmail will probably get it fixed soon, it is only in beta. I think they underestimated how many people would jumped on this train.

froader · #13 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 11:46 AM

is gmail now pushing contacts and calendar? I thought that it was only mail and possibly calendar. can someone confirm please.

FYI: I had spent tons of time to figure out how to have push email and eventually went with a hosted exchange service. Its $9/mo. however the piece of mind that all is on the ser ver feels good and all the time I have saved trying other methods that didn't quite do this. The service has also been VERY reliable. I have a link in my sig if you want to try it out.

I still am curious as to how gmail exchange works. Can you also buse Outlook to connect to gmail exchange server?

**p-slim** · #14 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by froader

is gmail now pushing contacts and calendar? I thought that it was only mail and possibly calendar. can someone confirm please.

FYI: I had spent tons of time to figure out how to have push email and eventually went with a hosted exchange service. Its $9/mo. however the piece of mind that all is on the ser ver feels good and all the time I have saved trying other methods that didn't quite do this. The service has also been VERY reliable. I have a link in my sig if you want to try it out.

I still am curious as to how gmail exchange works. Can you also buse Outlook to connect to gmail exchange server?

Yes starting last week gmail added email to the exchange server. so now its contacts, calendar, and email. Google has stated that it is only beta though for now. Correct it was extremely reliable with only contacts and calendar but the email portion has thrown it off a bit, sometimes it works flawlessly and sometimes you'll be waiting for an email even though its been in your inbox for about 15 minutes. I think they didn't expect this many beta users so the traffic is a little held up. Outlook at home should sync with exchange but i have been unsuccessful at making this happen. I will try again when i get home after work. you should always check out the ppcgeeks front page, they have had that announcement up for a week now.

miketab · #15 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mightymike

@ 12:13 am - I received a private message on ppcgeeks

It is currently 12:42 am - I have no received the email notification yet stating that i have a new pm

I tried it for a about two hours last week, it was horrible and went back to my $6.99 a month 1and1 exchange which is accurate 99% of the time and push also my sent mail (which gmail did not). I have placed it on my other line to see if it get better (so far the same thing). I have a gmail address but will wait til or if ever they actual get their act to together on this service.

mobilevader · #16 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by froader

is gmail now pushing contacts and calendar? I thought that it was only mail and possibly calendar. can someone confirm please.

FYI: I had spent tons of time to figure out how to have push email and eventually went with a hosted exchange service. Its $9/mo. however the piece of mind that all is on the ser ver feels good and all the time I have saved trying other methods that didn't quite do this. The service has also been VERY reliable. I have a link in my sig if you want to try it out.

I still am curious as to how gmail exchange works. Can you also buse Outlook to connect to gmail exchange server?

I agree with sherweb. It is great... I've used that for over a year now, without issue.

http://www.sherweb.com is a direct link... then click on "hosted exchange."

Sherweb's exchange account also comes with 100 mb of SharePoint space... I've found sharepoint to be nice but not so useful for only one person (too many other ways to store and retrieve files/folders, etc). Sharepoint would be nice for a group though...

If it ever becomes stable, I may switch over to google's offering sometime. Email is important to me... google is not "there" yet... IMO

My guess is they will build their own "exchange email" service in the future and stop using Microsoft's solution. That only makes sense... maybe not the near future...

**p-slim** · #17 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mobilevader

I agree with sherweb. It is great... I've used that for over a year now, without issue.

http://www.sherweb.com is a direct link... then click on "hosted exchange."

Sherweb's exchange account also comes with 100 mb of SharePoint space... I've found sharepoint to be nice but not so useful for only one person (too many other ways to store and retrieve files/folders, etc). Sharepoint would be nice for a group though...

If it ever becomes stable, I may switch over to google's offering sometime. Email is important to me... google is not "there" yet... IMO

My guess is they will build their own "exchange email" service in the future and stop using Microsoft's solution. That only makes sense... maybe not the near future...

its not just in your opinion google isn't there yet with this service. People aren't getting their emails instantly and that is what exchange server is all about. Google will fix this for sure, this is definitely not the way they intended it to work, as i stated earlier i believe its just more traffic then they expected.

On a side note, mighty mike i want to say you cursed me. I noticed i was the 1st person to respond and i wrote it was working perfectly, now i have been having the same problems as the rest with horendous delays

Google please get this resolved

froader · #18 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 01:23 PM

It's nice to hear some feedback on the gmail. Plenty of people have these smartphones who have to plug in to sync, or have to setup a POP account everytime they hard reset. Its just a pain + chasing items between the computer and PPC.
If the Gmail deal pans out and also work in Outlook(Exchange) it will be really nice for the mainstream to have similar features to business users on Exchange.
I can say that I have used 1and1 for exchange, but switched due to the limited 1GB storage space, they weren't upgrading to Exchange 2007 at the time, and annoyances with their service and company. I have been using Sherweb now for at least 2yrs, with 3GB storage, etc. and have been very pleased.

osva · #19 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 01:40 PM

I've had no problems at all..
Only with calendar, appointments will create duplicates sometimes.
Email arrive on time.. maybe 30-1 minute late.

froader · #20 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 01:49 PM

Google does have an add-in for Outlook to sync to its server. I don't know if this will work similar to Exchange. I created a new profile for Outlook to test this out, however found out that Google doesn't support 64-bit XP, so that was the end of it.
Here is the link if anyone is interested in testing it out. I reccomend creating a new Outlook profile w/out an e-mail account to test.
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gappssync
Edit: This service is a paid service. So I really do not see how this can even compare to MS Exchange. The other negative aspect is all the hoops to jump through just to avoid a 100% functional MS product???