A Softalk Share Server store may be synchronized with the following devices:
| Windows Mobile | Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes, Email | Desktop | ActiveSync |
| Windows Mobile | Email | Over-the-air | IMAP |
| Blackberry | Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes | Desktop | Blackberry Sync procedure
or CompanionLink |
| Blackberry | Email | Over-the-air | IMAP |
| iPhone | Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes | Desktop | CompanionLink |
| iPhone | Email | Over-the-air | IMAP |
| Palm | Calendar, Contacts, Tasks | Desktop | CompanionLink |
| Google | Calendar | Desktop | CompanionLink |
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Desktop synchronization
Desktop synchronization for Blackberrys, iPhones and Palm mobile devices is possible through an additional product called CompanionLink. This product
lets you synchronize either personal or public folders with the native Blackberry or Palm calendar, contacts, notes and task applications.
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Over-the-air Synchronization
Softalk Share Server can provide "over-the-air" access to the email in your Outlook mail folders from your BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iPhone or other mobile device. It does this using the IMAP protocol. This means that whenever a message arrives in Outlook, it will be immediately available for synchronization to your mobile device. In the case of a BlackBerry device, you must enter the details of the Softalk Share Server account into your Business Internet Service (BIS).
Configuring IMAP for a PocketPC
1. Open the Messaging program and select Tools | New Account... from the menu.
2. From the your e-mail provider drop down, select Other (POP3/IMAP) and press Next.
3. Enter your email address into the field on the next page and press Next.
4. In the next page, the Pocket PC will try to auto configure the account. Skip this step by pressing Next.
5. Enter your name and the Softalk Share Server username and password of the user whose email you wish to access into the fields on the next page. Tick the Save password tick box and press Next
6. In the next page, select IMAP4 from the Account type dropdown and optionally give this account a name.
7. In the final page enter, into both the Incoming mail and Outgoing mail fields, the IP address or name of the computer which runs Softalk Share Server. Press Finish to complete the account creation
Configuring IMAP access from your BIS for your BlackBerry
1. From your BlackBerry home screen, select the Blackberry Set-up icon, then choose Personal Email Set-up. (On older devices, look for the Personal Email Set-up icon.)
2. Select Personal Email Set-up and accept the Terms and Conditions.
3. On the Email Account Set-up page, enter your email address into the username field and leave the password field blank. Select Next.
4. You'll see a screen that says 'We are unable to set up your email account.' Select 'I will provide the settings to add this email account,' then press Next.
5. Select 'Internet Service Provider Email (POP/IMAP),' then press Next.
6. Select 'I will provide the settings to add this email account,' then press Next.
7. You'll see 'The BlackBerry Internet Service could not configure [your email] account.' Select 'Provide The Settings' to add email account.
8. Enter the Softalk Share Server username and password of the user whose email you want to access, then press Next.
9. Enter the external static IP address of the computer router, then press Next. The router will need to be configured to port forward incoming traffic on port 143 through to the computer running Softalk Share Server.
10. Select OK. Select Save.
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