Manually configuring Windows Mobile 6


Windows Mobile 6 includes a pre-installed ActiveSync client, with which you can synchronize your emails, contacts, appointments and tasks between your mobile phone and the Groupware Server.

Note: This guide refers to a non-modified version of Windows Mobile 6 Professional. The icons and names on your mobile phone may be different from this guide. In this case, refer to your mobile phone documentation or ask your cell phone provider.

To configure your Windows Mobile 6 mobile phone:

  1. In the main menu, select the ActiveSync software in the Programs folder. The ActiveSync client starts.

  2. Select set up your device to sync with it.

  3. If the page Enter Email Address is displayed, enter the email address you use for your email account on the Groupware Server. Disable the Attempt to detect Exchange Server Settings automatically option. Select Next. Note: It is possible that these pages will not be displayed on your mobile phone. In this case, go to the next step.

  4. On the Edit server settings page enter your server name: OX_DOMAINNAME.If your server uses encryption, activate Server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection. Select Next.

  5. Enter your access information (user name and password) for the Groupware Server. Please note that the user name and the password are case-sensitive. If your user name contains the @ character, enter the characters preceding the @ in the User name field, and the characters following the @ in the Domain field. Example: For the user name mike@ox.io, enter mike for the user name and ox.io for the domain. If your user name doesn't contain the @ character, enter the user name in the User name field, and the defaultcontext name in the Domain field. Enable the Save password control field. Select Next.

  6. Select which data should be synchronized. Select Finish.

Result: Your mobile phone is configured to use the Groupware Server. Your first synchronization starts immediately automatically. Depending on the amount of data and the network connection, the first synchronization can take a long time.

For practical uses, note the following.