Jason Pearce

Today Google released an IMAP interface to Gmail. Once you enable IMAP via Settings in your Gmail account, you then need to configure your client to access Gmail via the new IMAP interface.

Since I’ve never been able to figure out how to get the Gmail for mobile application to run on my Windows Pocket PC (because I can’t find a J2ME Java client), adding IMAP now gives me the ability to ditch their Gmail for mobile browser interface and instead use the built-in Messaging client on my phone, which is also known as Outlook Mobile.

And since Google’s Help Center on the “Supported IMAP Client List” didn’t include instructions on how to set up a Windows Mobile Pocket PC, I thought I’d create a brief tutorial. All steps are made within the Messaging client (Start > Messaging).

Step 1: Menu > Tools > New Account

Step 2: Enter your full Gmail email address

Step 3: Wait or skip the Auto Configuration

Step 4: Enter name, username (sans @gmail.com), password

Step 5: Select IMAP4 and name the account

Step 6: Incoming is imap.gmail.com, Outgoing is smtp.gmail.com

Step 7: In Options, set Connection frequency

Step 8: Require SSL and Authentication are necessary

Step 9: Headers Only make things quick

Step 10: Menu > Switch Accounts & Menu > Send/Receive to test

JB and I attended the NiUG conference in Bethesda, Maryland earlier this week. NiUG is a users group for iMIS, the CMS and CRM tool Lambda Chi Alpha recently adopted.

Conference Photo Pool

more photos from conference

The conference was great. JB had the chance to meet other iMIS developers and learn some of their tricks, while I learned about Crystal Reports and upcoming .NET solutions. Being my second NiUG conference, there were many familiar faces.

Today, our staff began using the Live version of iMIS, Lambda Chi Alpha’s new CRM.

Aside from a few bugs and missed procedures, our staff and iMIS got along just fine. Three of our team members spent most of the day processing membership status changes while JB and I tackled the biggest bugs.

I just want to publicly thank the team members involved with this project:

• Joe Klimek, CFO, deal closer, and backup techie / project manager
• JB (Joshua Bennett), SQL guru and lead developer
• Doug Morris from CSI, our reseller, vendor, and support
• LCA Staff, for being patient and supportive as we switch from a 10-year-old CRM to a new way of managing our members and information

Thank you all. We still have a lot more to accomplish, but the beginning is finally here.