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CHAPTER 8
Working with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®
Getting email messages
The steps you take for manually getting messages in a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
are the same as for all other accounts, with one exception: You select Sync instead of Get or Get &
Send.
However, what takes place during message retrieval for this type of account is different from other
accounts. Here are the important differences:
These differences apply to an account that uses Microsoft Exchange AutoSync whether
you manually retrieve messages or
Message retrieval
When you get messages manually or through Auto Sync, Microsoft Exchange
ActiveSync not only retrieves email messages directly from the server for the time interval set on
your device (default is seven days)—it also retrieves
all Calendar events
directly from the server
for the preceding seven days. The interval for Calendar event retrieval is always seven days,
regardless of the interval you set on your device.
Wireless synchronization
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync supports wireless synchronization
with the server only. In order to retrieve email messages and Calendar events, you must select
Sync in VersaMail to make a wireless connection to the server. If you synchronize your device with
your computer, info from other applications—Contacts, Memos, and so on—is synchronized, but
email messages and Calendar events are not.
Message removal
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync removes any email messages from your
device that fall outside of the time interval set on the device, as well as any Calendar events that
are more than seven days old. For example, if the time interval is set at seven days, any email
messages or Calendar events that are eight days old are removed from your device. This info is
not removed from the Exchange server.
Tip
for how many days’
worth of email to retrieve
so that recent messages
are not removed from
your device. Note that the
interval for Calendar
event retrieval is always
seven days.
Tip
When you set
preferences for getting
messages for a Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync
account, the
option does not
appear.
NOTE