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#1
Hey everyone,

The last remaining issue I'm having is connecting to exchange. All of my other problems have been solved, and for me, the n900 is an (otherwise) perfect device.

So, the purpose of this post is twofold:

1. If any Nokia reps are reading this, is there still an ongoing effort to fix outstanding exchange connectivity issues?

2. If not, is there any way to get access to the activesync source (even under NDA if necessary)?

I'd be willing to solve the issues and assign all copyrights for the fix to Nokia.

To everyone else, if Nokia is unwilling/unable to sort out the remaining issues and cannot release the code, is anyone else interested in working on a full exchange sync reimplementation with me? It would be a huge project but I know a lot of n900 users are dropping like flies because of this issue, and we need all we can get!
 

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This:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...&highlight=mfe

is the 'official' Mail For Exchange discussion thread. Vitaly Repin is from Nokia and working on ActiveSync (Mfe).

And the source isn't availible.
 

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Ya, I'm on that thread too, but there's too much traffic and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

I'm specifically asking if 1) bug fixing is still ongoing and 2) if not, would anyone like to join me in reimplementing.

I didn't really get any response in the other thread.

*edit* I want to make clear that I fully understand that Nokia might not be able to implement things like lying to the exchange server about device capabilities (due to contracts with MS)... a cleanroom implementation may be required. I hope this isn't the case though.

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I didn't get an answer too. He's probably buzy. Imho there's a lot to fix. I would love to see it open-sourced too.
 
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#5
I fill a similar role at my company and I'm sure he's swamped as well.

I presume they're still working on it... but I'd like to know either way, because if there's no possibility of it (ever) working for me, I need to start working on a solution.
 
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An open source solution would have benifits well beyond the n900.

If you are willing please go for it.
 
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There's already people way ahead of you.

http://www.openchange.org/
 

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Thanks mooninite! That looks very interesting...
 
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The main issue for me has been that I can not even sync with my server due to non-provisioning. Unclear if Nokia N900 will ever have provisioning. I am holding a $600 brick
 
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#10
there is also zarafa

they have source, so maybe you can get some clues there too
 
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