Configuring Palm Internet Applications

Cheap Option 1: Use the Palm 'stock' Mail application with ProxiMail/TopGun Postman

ProxiMail (or TopGun Postman) is really just an application that makes your Palm send the e-mails you compose on your Palm using the 'built-in' Mail application out to the web (more specifically, a POP account).

The Mail application that cam with your Palm is the one that lets you sync your desktop Inbox and Outbox with the Palm.

ProxiMail is freeware and does an okay job, I suppose. I only used it once quickly before using MultiMail Pro. All you do compose your e-mails as normal using the Palm 'Mail' application and then go to the ProxiMail applications and use it to send/receive. This app is designed to send and receive Email messages to a POP mail account on the Internet. The big hassle with this is that e-mail messages from the last time you checked your mail and that you have not deleted from the server are downloaded.

Can't find this on PlamGear at the moment. :-( Will keep you updated...

Cheap Option 2: Use the Eudora Internet Suite

Eudora 4.1 syncs fine with the Palm provided conduit (just make sure you've enabled MAPI under Tools/Options).

Users have reported that when using Eudora 4.3.2 on the desktop with the Palm conduit they didn't see anything of much interest to switch to the Eudora Internet Suitewith the existing Mail application meeting their needs.

However, if you wish to send e-mail directly from your Palm, try the Eudoras Internet Suite - you can't beat the price: FREE.

Note that a few users have reported various problems in Usenet recently that they related to the EIS product. See how you go. Don't say I didn't give you all the information you needed to make an informed decision. :-)

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MultiMail Pro. See how much e-mail stuff fits on your Palm's little screen? Palm purchased Actualsoft (the programmers) so you'll probably see this as a 'feature' of some kind in the future. Maybe.

Umm...and to make an underscore (one of these: _ ) when addressing an e-mail, the Graffiti shortcut is: Tap and then draw a horizontal line left to right and back to the left will
yield and underscore. Tap and then draw a horizontal line left to right will yield a dash (-). This appears third screen in your graffiti hints (command-G).

MultiMail Pro is a briliant direct e-mail client for your Palm: you can send and receive e-mail eaasily from the application. There are many, many features of Multimail Pro, but the best are (a) you have the option to just download message headers first and then check off the message bodies you may want to download - excellent for making sure bloated junk does not block up your download time, and (b) a wide variety of 'plug-ins' that let you view all sorts of e-mail attachments on your Palm. It supports NNTP, POP3, IMAP4, and SMTP. And supports MS Exchange, Novell GroupWise, and Lotus Domino, (c) allows for multiple (up to 8) accounts.

MultiMail Pro comes with a 'Wizard' feature that lets you set up you account quickly and easily.

You can also get the MultiMail Conduit that lets you send and receive email during synchronization from MultiMail Pro (as opposed to the Palm 'Mail' application). Supports attachments (MAPI clients) as well as direct synchronization with your IMAP4 mail server. The Windows Conduit has been updated to support email attachment conversions. Have your desktop attachments converted to Palm viewable attachments. Now you can view most any file attachment type you might receive! Excel, MSWord, PowerPoint, even Adobe Acrobat (PDF). Check out the plugins here.

With MultiMail Professional 3.1 you can now download messages up to 2MB in size. Install Palm applications of virtually any size via email. No other Palm email client or web browser currently offers this freedom.

If you set Outlook Express as your default e-mail client, MultiMail will sync with it. Go to Acutalsoft's website to find out what settings you need for your server.

You can also get your e-mail on my Palm and then from your PC computer by selecting the option "Leave mail on server" in the MultiMail Preferences menu.

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Download the AvantGo 'installer' (AGCEClientSetup.exe) to your desktop (or whatever folder you whack these things in). Double-click on AGCEClientSetup.exe and it will do its stuff. Once it tells you it has finished, the AvantGo application is installed on your desktop (including the AvantoGo conduits). You must then synchronise to get the AvantGo Palm applications onto to your Palm and then synchronise again to download your content. Manage your content at AvantGo.

Off-Line Web Browsing Using AvantGo

This is totally cool if you want to catch up on your favorite web sites while communiting or travelling. The premise of Avantgo is that it lets you manage and read web pages that have been retrieved by your desktop PC and Internet connection. It does this when you HotSync. You select a list of URLs or specially pre-fornmatted sites on the Avantgo Web site - this occurs during the installation process. You can store up to 2 Meg of web pages on your Palm this way.

On-Line Web Browsing Using AvantGo

Avantgo pages are not restricted to the width of the Palm screen (like MandWeb) so you can scroll through an entire Web page (left/right, up/down). Just select from the AvantGo menu and enter the website you wish to browse live whilst you have a live connection.

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