Hotmail

[hornblower]

After reading about the limitations of hotmail, been using hotmail for about 4 years and have several hundred contacts, I've decided to change...can anyone recommend email options which are best suited for my Treo 650.

Thanks!

[benjie]

Glimmer mail. Ben

[Stillrockin]

Glimmer mail. Ben

Or to be just a little more specific. . . . .

GlimmerMail

GlimmerMail is the only Native Palm mail client that provides a direct wireless connection to your Hotmail and MSN email accounts. GlimmerMail allows you to access your Hotmail and MSN messages when you really need them! No longer will you need to use the slow and crippled mobile Hotmail/MSN website. With GlimmerMail, just press the Get button and all of your new messages are downloaded right to your Palm.

You can do more than just read your messages! GlimmerMail enables you to synchronize your Palm with your Hotmail/MSN account. If you delete or mark a message read on the website, the next time you use GlimmerMail, the changes can be synchronized to your Palm. In addition, GlimmerMail has full support for folder management. When you add/delete/rename a folder on your Palm, the change is reflected in your account. When you move a message on your Palm, it will be moved on the server as well.

If you don't want to check your messages through the Hotmail/MSN websites anymore, GlimmerMail is the perfect solution for you. Don't worry about costly subscription fees that other mail programs may require. Once you purchase GlimmerMail, it's yours! You can use GlimmerMail to easily move and delete messages, change the read status, setup message filters, write new messages and more all from your Palm.
Features:

• Features new to GlimmerMail 1.05 are marked with an asterick
• *Configure GlimmerMail as your default mail client
• *Support for an unlimited amount of Hotmail/MSN accounts (Add/Remove/Rename accounts locally)
• *Add/Rename/Delete folders locally AND on the server
• *Move messages from one folder to another locally AND on the server
• *Read messages while you are downloading them. The download process no longer blocks you from using GlimmerMail
• *Increased messages-per-folder limit from 100 to 500
• *Color selection for each email account: Now you can set the look and feel for each account
• *Simplified User Interface: New icons allow you to do what you want a lot easier
• *Smart Icons: In message view, if you can't perform the operation you won't see an icon or menu item there
• *Deleting messages on the server is now queued until the next time you get messages
• *Quicker Downloads: Some users (Carrier Dependent) may benefit from improved speed when getting new messages
• *Support for messages in ISO-8859-1 format
• *You can Reply to messages that have not had their message bodies downloaded
• *In message view you can go to the previous/next message
• *Additional Shortcut Keys: If your Palm device has a keyboard, take advantage of it by using the new quick keys
• *Send Text in HTML or Text format
• *View the reply/forward text as you write the new message
• *When in Trial Mode, you can see how many days you have left on the trial
• *Increase Stability: Most of GlimmerMail was re-written to take advantage of better memory handling
• *Improved error handling: Over 60 error screens were added to assist in identifying GM issues
• Fifteen day free trial
• No subscription costs required
• Download and View Text and HTML messages directly from your Hotmail or MSN account
• Access your Hotmail/MSN folders
• Delete messages locally and/or on the server
• Customize message download options
• Minimize Bandwidth usage by only downloading headers. Later you can select specific messages and download their message bodies
• Message download filters (get new messages, get messages smaller than x kilobytes, and more)
• Setup message read status priority so that each time you check for new messages, the read status will be synchronized with priority on the server or the Palm
• Full 5-way navigation support
• Send new messages directly through your Hotmail/MSN account
• Reply to and Forward existing messages
• Direct access to your Palm contact list when sending messages
• Message icons that show each messages status (Is the message downloaded or only the message header? Is there an attachment?)
• Select from two different sized fonts to view messages and message headers
• Keyboard shortcut keys
• Context-sensitive online help

Screenshots:

[Stillrockin]

And if your looking to leave hotmail entirely, and wondering about what most people use to manage mail from their Treo, you might want to read this article in the knowledgebase
It covers the 3 most popular options

[hornblower]

Thanks for the replies!

[hornblower]

Which email provider woud be best? I'm an Agendus user and have the latest mail app but have not used it yest. This is my first Treo, two days old, been a palm user for several years but never used my PDA for email. Don't know much about different email providers, I have some friends that use AOL, Yahoo and Netscape. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Stillrockin]

Well, I can only speak personally. And personnally, I think AOL is terrible, though in all fairness I haven't used it in like 5 years . . . I have heard good things about Yahoo's paid service. Don't really know anything about netscape's service. Several here seem to like gmail. I have an account with them and like it OK. . .

I lease a couple of virtual servers and have access to my own mail domains so I am not all that familiar with mainstream email apps. Come on AOL users! Come to AOL's Rescue! Tell me its great now . . .

[benjie]

I use two IMAP providers running with ChatterEmail. Push email is important in my situation, the company I work for relies upon it very heavily. There are a few out there - I use Fastmail and ChatterEmail thru Everyone.net.

Gmail is not standard with anything. I no longer use it. I use Yahoo for pop and it works good.

As for my Treo based mail application, I have licenses for both SnapperMail and ChatterEmail and use ChatterEmail exclusively.

Ben

[Target]

Does anyone know how to view attachments in Glimmer Mail?

Thanks,

Target