Direct Push: Setting up a Mail2Web account

I have been using Mail2web for over a month now and I’t works great. For those of you, who want to have free Direct Push on the PDA/Smartphone, consider Mail2Web. In this article I’ll actually enumerate the different steps needed to get you up and running in no time.




Requirements:
Before going any further, make sure your device has Microsoft Security Feature Pack (MSFP). If your device is running AKU2.0 or higher, then you’re set. Of course, you must have Windows Mobile 5.0

The next step requires setting up an account on http://live.mail2web.com/. Select the Signup link and fill in your details. Be careful, the username and display name you will type on this screen will be part of your email account. When you’re done setting up your account, you will get the settings required to configure your pda.

Configure Activesync on your device.
On your device, open Activesync and on the menu select Configure Server. In the Server Address text box, type: Mobile.exchange.mail2web.com. Check This server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection. Click Next. Under User Name, type the username: username@mail2web.com and your password. The Domain name is ad2. Click Next.

The next screen gives you a list of options to synchronize. Four items are listed there: Contacts, Calendar, Email and Tasks. Select the items you need and click Finish. Automatically Activesync will start synchronizing with Mail2web server.

Schedule
You might want to set a schedule for Activesync to connect to the server. Click Menu > Schedule. Set the option to Send outgoing items immediately. Depending on your needs you can set your device to sync during peak times As items arrive, manually, ever 15 minutes or every hour. My peak time is set to sync As items arrive and my Off-peak times is set to sync every 1 hour.
The Peak times is also configurable. In the schedule window, click Menu and select Peak Times. On this screen you can set the Peak days, and the Peak Time. My Peak days are Monday through Friday from 08:00AM to 07:00PM.

You now have Direct Push on your device. Enjoy.