No 'Smart Forwarding' with ActiveSync on iPhone

I posted this in the iPhone Networking forum but that's probably not the correct place so here goes...
When will Apple implement the 'Smart Forwarding' feature of ActiveSync? This is a crucial component to ActiveSync, which allows the client to forward an email containing an attachment without first downloading the attachment.
Windows Mobile does this flawlessly and since I often get rather large attachments, this feature is key.
Thank you, in advance.

You should direct your post to Apple as the forums are user to user.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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No Smart Forwarding with ActiveSync

When will Apple implement the 'Smart Forwarding' feature of ActiveSync? This is a crucial component to ActiveSync, which allows the client to forward an email containing an attachment without first downloading the attachment.
Windows Mobile does this flawlessly and since I often get rather large attachments, this feature is key.

fincher,
No one on these forums knows whether Apple will decide to implement a feature or not. For Apple to be able to consider any feature request, it needs to be submitted here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Hope this helps,
Raleigh

Support for ActiveSync Smart Forward and Smart Reply still missing?

Hi,
am I right that current device OS (tested 10.3.1.1565) is still *not* supporting ActiveSync options "Smart Forward" and "Smart Reply"?
If so, is there an ETA when these options will be supported?
Thanks in advance,
Frankl

Hi, anyone being able to answer these questions? Thanks, Frank

Is it possible to sync aperture smart albums with an iphone?

What I have on my Air is a smart album with all photos taken with my iphone(s). I want to sync this back to my iphone, but when I sync through itunes only ~1/2 the photos do in fact sync. Not immediately obvious which are and which are not. Most annoying.
I am sure that I am not the first with this problem. Does anyone have a solution? Possibly the chap who advised me not to allow iphone library to grow into the 1000s! .
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razmee209 wrote:
No and it's consider illegal to do so.
Only in some places.

Force email download in HTML or text format on iPhone/iPad with ActiveSync (Exchange 2010 SP3)

Hi,
When an HTML email with attachment is received on iPhone/iPad (iOS 8.2),
it can be downloaded in three cases of
intermittents ways :
- The full message is downloaded in HTML format
- The message is download in text format and a
"Download full message" link is displayed
at the bottom of the message
- The message is displayed in text format,
but continues to download the rest of the message.
When the download is complete, the message is displayed
in HTML format.
This behavior is intermittent. The Apple's support
says it is a particular configuration on Exchange server
that causes this behavior.
I want to know if there is a way to fix
this problem and force download email
either in text or HTML format ?
This problem occurs on iPhones/iPad
(iOS8.2) with ActiveSync account (Exchange 2010
SP3). It occurs also with Outlook.com account.
On the Exchange 2010 SP3 server, The MaxEmailBodyTruncationSize
and MaxEmailHTMLBodyTruncationSize settings are
unlimited in ActiveSync policies.
Thank you for your help.

Hi,
We can configure Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Policy Properties to force device download HTML or text format email.
Use the EMC to view or configure Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Policy by the following steps:
In the console tree, navigate to Organization Configuration >
Client Access.
In the result pane, click the Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Policies tab, and then select the policy you want to view or configure.
In the action pane, click Properties.
Under the Sync Settings tab, check or uncheck the box
Allow HTML-formatted e-mail. Select this check box to enable e-mail messages that are formatted in HTML to be synchronized to the mobile phone. If this check box isn't selected, all e-mail messages will be converted to plain text before synchronization.
And use this command to configure whether allow text messaging on the mobile phone. The Exchange Enterprise Client Access License is required to change the values of this setting.
Set-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy -Identity PolicyName –AllowTextMessaging $True
For more information, please refer to this document.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123484(v=exchg.141).aspx
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Public Contacts on iPhone with ActiveSync problem.

Hello everyone,
First of all I'm going to explain a little about the situation we currently have.
So, the managers in this company told us they wanted a "Public Contacts" list within Outlook, which could be synchronized with the company iPhones via ActiveSync.
What we did was make a new AD user account, which is in linked to an Exchange user mailbox. We gave our employees full "Manage" rights on this mailbox and added the "Public Contacts" list in their Outlook.
The problem then was, that they could edit the contacts.
So we started to test with certain rights within Outlook. We deleted the employees from the "Full Manage permissions" list within the exchange mailbox and gave them view rights on the Public Contact-list within Outlook. (Commentator rights)
When we did this, they could view the contacts, but they could not edit the contacts. This was exactly what we wanted, so we started to test with the synchronisation with ActiveSync (iPhone)
We added the exchange mailbox in the iPhone and we could see all the contacts.
However, the only problem that we have now is that our employees can edit the contacts on their iPhones, while they CAN'T edit the contacts within Outlook. (on PC)
I hope someone could help us find a solution for this permissions problem.
They can't edit the contacts on the computer, but they can on the iPhone. :(
If something is not clear, please let me know.
Thanks in advance! :)

Hello Eric,
First of all, thanks for the reply.
We've done the following:
- Create a new AD Account called "Public Contacts"
- We created a new mailbox on the Exchange Server called: Public.Contacts"at""company""dot""com"
- We connected the Public Contacts account to this new mailbox.
- We gave our test account called "Helpdesk" NO
rights on the mailbox on the exchange server (so no Send As and no Full Manage rights).
- Then we went in the Public Contacts mailbox (within Outlook) and went to contacts. Here we gave the account "Helpdesk" Commentator rights. (View Everything, but nothing else)
- We went into the account "Helpdesk" and went to contacts. I could not edit any contacts on my computer (Which is a good thing).
- So I've got it running on my PC now, but on the iPhone I won't even see the contacts. I've added the Exchange mailbox to the iPhone and used the Helpdesk account to login to it.
Before we could edit both the contacts on the PC and on the iPhone. Now I can see the contacts on the PC, but I cannot edit them... but on the iPhone they won't even show.
I will definitely try out your suggestion though.
Thanks!!!

Smart-Forward and Smart-Reply

Love the iPhone but we have noticed in our business that it simply doesn't support all the ActiveSync protocols. The most notable one is Smart-Forward and Smart-Reply.
The net result of this is (1) we risk losing formatting when forwarding emails (particularly "embedded" or attached emails, which get mixed in to the main email body on forward); (2) large attachments need to be forwarded in full locally on the handset rather than on the server side (as with BlackBerrys and other devices), resulting in huge data bills when roaming, long sending times and also difficulty when in spotty reception areas; and (3) header information is not maintained as with Outlook.
We have been submitting feedback to Apple from the outset, with no resolution in sight or acknowledgement that this is even a problem. It also does not appear to be fixed in the forthcoming iOS 4.1.
Does anyone know of a workaround to get Smart-Forward or Smart-Reply working on a iOS device? Everyone in our company has been forced back to their BlackBerrys for the time being as IT have said the iPhones are too unreliable for business email and that Apple are doing nothing to rectify the issue. It's a shame as we like the devices for everything save for their rubbish business email support.
Thanks

You are not alone. - The missing of SmartReply/SmartForward is the biggest disadvantage of iOS for business users.
All mobile devices with ActiveSync use the SmartReply protocol, so the mail never really leaves Exchange and mails are replied/forwarded in seconds. The devices only send their answer texts to the server and the server compiles the reply. Apple left out this protocol and uses the standard SendMail protocol. This means: to forward an attachment you have to download it to the iPhone/iPad and upload it again. Since mobile devices are used mobile it becomes nearly impossible to forward a bigger attachment. Worst, the iPhone only allows 9 MB to download. So forwarding a file bigger than 9 MB is just not possible.
We as a record company need to forward big attachments (MP3s, TIFs…) from our mobile devices all the time and none of the other mobile OS’s is as easy to use as the iPhone OS. We have tried Android, WebOS, etc. But when it is getting hectic and you have to rely on the hard- & software to do its job the iPhone is the only accepted device (except BB and WM that have no entertainment factor which is important too because this let the employee stay connected to the team even in the free time.
The reply behavior of the iPhone Mail.app is unfortunately similar to most of the IMAP mailers:
The source code of a HTML mail is modified when replying and codes which Outlook has put there for reason are deleted or transformed so that the original mail comes back with a different layout.
You can test it by yourself, if you have Outlook (2007/2010). Send yourself a HTML e-mail with two lines and reply it once from iPhone and once from Outlook, OWA or any ActiveSync device except iPhone OS. Then compare the source codes. You'll see the difference. The most obvious effect is the double line space in Outlook now. You sure know that the HTML code for "new line" is "br". But when you hit Enter in Outlook it generates a special Office paragraph "o:p" instead of a standard line break "br".
As long as all users communicate with Outlook it doesn't matter, because "o:p" are shown as "new line". But as soon as the conversation leaves Outlook/OWA/ActiveSync (e.g. iPhone) and comes back "o:p" has become "p" which means that all lines are now double spaced.
SmartReply would solve all this. Forwarding a 50 MB is done in no time and all Office codes are being kept.
Our workaround so far: We have set up our own Exchange server and installed the Exchange add-on “OWA for PDA” (http://www.leederbyshire.com/OWA-PDA.asp). We redesigned it to be iPhone friendly, use HTML and some other things. We now have a fast and reliable webmailer for the iPhone’s Safari which also allows access to (really) everything that is supported by the Ex210 Outlook Web Access. 99% of all features like flagging of emails are possible with the add-on.
We are currently working on an offline Web App based on jQTouch, so that the webmailer becomes similar to the (well designed) Mail.app in iOS and stores as many information as possible for offline access.
We are currently looking for partners to return some of the cost of developing all this. So if you or anyone is interested in a cooperation please contact me.
Sebastian

Is there a way to sync outlook calendars with Imac, Ipad, Iphone calendars. I am not running exchange server.

Is there a way to sync outlook calendars with Imac, Ipad, Iphone calendars? I am not running exchange server.

hello,
BlackBerry devices do not support ActiveSync.
you have several ways, from best to less good :
1)
if your company has set up Outlook Web Access, you can use the BIS connection of your device to connect to the Exchange server (email + Address book) through the url of the Outlook Web Access. The OWA needs to be accessible from outside the company.
2)
if your company has setup an external link to the exchange server (can be accessible from outside the company), you can configure your BIS directly to the Exchange server (email only if I recall correctly)
3)
if your company allows it, on your PC you can setup your email account to automatically forward all incoming emails to a third party email (like GMail or Hotmail), and then configure BIS to connect to that email provider. You will get push email. You can then setup a reply-to: field.
4)
use a Windows Mobile phone that has the ActiveSync feature.
The search box on top-right of this page is your true friend, and the public Knowledge Base too:

Review of the iPhone 3G: Finding Bliss with my new iPhone 3G

☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻
10/10 happy faces
I bought the new iPhone 3G a couple of weeks ago (the first Apple product I have owned), and I have to tell you--I LOVE IT! It is sheer "bliss". The phone is sleek and easy to hold. More importantly, it is super easy to use. Everything is activated by touch or a quick flick of your finger. And it's FUN! I've never had a "fun phone" before this.
I would recommend this phone to anyone, especially to those who have problems using the regular phone-style keypad to text. It is also the perfect phone to give to someone who may be "technically challenged" because once you comprehend how it works, it is easy to use.
Here are some of the things I like about the iPhone 3G:
Usefulness & User Friendly
In the past, my other cell phones have been used for the calendar, once in a blue moon for the game on it, but mostly as a phone--that's it. With my iPhone, I can:
-download my email contact list in Outlook (or others) so that I have all my contacts on my phone
-call friends just by touching their name in my contact list
-activate the speaker by one touch during any call
-access the internet and enlarge parts of any website or turn the iPhone horizontally for easier reading
-send out a Twitter post in seconds
-plan my schedule in the calendar (I actually use this more now)
-use Google Maps to help me navigate and GPS to see exactly where I am and what's around me (makes ordering pizza a breeze)
-download numerous applications, music, videos etc from iTunes, plus from my computer (did that all on day 1)
-take great pictures; it's a camera too--I can view them separately or as a slideshow
-download photos from my laptop or PC to my phone
-get a TV guide app that will show me what's on TV--great for when I'm traveling (only US for now but they promise Canadian compatibility is on the way)
-get a movie app that shows me what movies are on, where and when (even in Canada!)
-gives me a direct link to YouTube so I can watch clips (get the 6G or higher data package!)
-check the weather forecast for the week--anywhere (great for when traveling!)
-check our stocks (not a pretty picture right now!)
-set world clocks (great for traveling!)
-play numerous games that I can download from iTunes (many simulate the Wii experience)
-use as an iPod, complete with headphones and speaker so I can take calls while listening to music (much like having a bluetooth)
-send and receive email (easy to read and to type)
-easily send text messages*
-type notes and email them to myself so I can save on my PC**
*Texting
I could text on my last phone, but I hated using the tiny numerical keypad. I'm not a teenager that can rapidly fire off a whole paragraph in mere seconds. It took me forever to type a text message. So I rarely used that function.
With my new iPhone, texting is a breeze--and fun. It is made easy by the use of a simulated keyboard that pops up. Since I'm a writer, using a keyboard is second nature to me. The letters on the iPhone keyboard are quite large and easy to tap. When you tap a letter and hold for a second, the letter pops up enlarged, making it easier to read for those of us who have vision issues. I don't even need my reading glasses for this.
All text conversations are stored so you can flick back over a conversation that may have taken place over weeks. You can read both sides of the conversation in colored balloons. Or you can erase the conversation and start fresh.
**Notes
The notes application opens to a legal pad (yellow pad with lines). All you have to do is tap on a line to drop the cursor, then use the keyboard to type. With all typing on this phone, you can touch and hold and a magnifying bubble comes up, helping you to see the text more easily. This way you can move the cursor if you need to correct something. With the iPhone's smart technology, it'll offer you suggestions for words that you accept by tapping the space bar.
Finding Bliss
Two nights ago, I discovered just how much this note app will help me. I write novels--suspense mainly. Because my imagination is so active and is always "on", I am often blasted with an idea for a novel at the least convenient time. Sometimes while I'm driving, sometimes while I'm watching TV. In these cases, I scramble around for paper, write down my thoughts, then end up losing or misplacing the paper if I haven't entered the info on my computer.
Two nights ago this happened. I was watching TV and a commercial came on. It was for Bliss chocolates. First, it made me want chocolate (lol). But the more I looked at the word "Bliss" in its pretty scrolling font, the more I started to picture a young girl--named Bliss.
Then...BAM!
I was blasted with a story that made me sit up in my chair and reach for my iPhone. I couldn't let this idea or Bliss escape. I had to capture her story right away. So I made some notes. When I was done I had a very brief plot outline. I was extremely happy to see that I could email it to myself, which I did. Then I went on my PC, opened the email and copied the text into a new folder with the title of this new YA novel--Finding Bliss.
The following day I told my husband about my new novel idea and about Bliss and my iPhone note feature. While we sat in the mall, another piece of her story showed itself to me. So out came my iPhone, type-type-type send.
As my husband and I talked, he gave me a terrific idea. *I am going to write Finding Bliss on my iPhone!* A complete novel, using the notes feature. The iPhone will also be featured in my novel; someone will be using it. Marc suggested I contact Apple and let them know what I'm doing and how I'm using the new iPhone 3G. I think that's a great idea. They might get a kick out of the fact that a bestselling Canadian author is using her iPhone to write a novel.
I have already started Chapter 1 of Finding Bliss. My plan is to write it on the iPhone, then edit it on my PC.
As for Bliss chocolates, I bought a bag to celebrate. They're heavenly.
And my new novel? It will be a project of love.
Finding Bliss will be an emotional, heartwarming story of a teenager who must fight to survive a world of abuse, lies and loss. As she struggles to find herself, Bliss will discover exactly where she belongs and she'll learn that she is worthy of love after all.
~Cheryl Kaye Tardif,
bestselling author of Whale Song

Wow, what a great review. But that's expected from a writer. I had an HTC Touch but it had to be rebooted after 20 to 30 minutes of play. It got kinda boring. I cant put this iphone down.
You forgot to add you can do full sentences without abbreviating when texting or emailing. It's that easy!

Calendar issue with the new iphone 6 plus

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M glad I'm not the only one experiencing this! Because when i spoke to apple techs it sounded like mine was an isolated case as they have not heard any complaints about this! I'll post something on this thread once apple techs have figured it out and get back to me! They initially put my icloud account on troubleshooting mode so they can look into it, however, it wasn't an icloud issue....so, they have yet to firgure it out! I have already sent them screenshots of what my calendar was doing to my phone.

Transport layer security for ActiveSync on iPhone

Is the data (email, calendar, contacts) encrypted during transport when using ActiveSync on iPhone?
Thanks
Saqib

All data sent via AT&T's cellular data or internet network is encrypted, which is the same with all GSM networks.
And copied from this link.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/integration/
iPhone 3GS protects your data through encryption of information in transmission, at rest on the device, and when backed up to iTunes. iPhone also provides secure methods to prevent unauthorized use of the device through passcode policies and restrictions. In the event of a lost or stolen iPhone, you can even clear all data and settings by issuing a remote wipe command from Exchange.
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Can't fast forward in QuickTime for iPhone 3.0?

Does anyone know how to get the slider bar that allows you to fast forward a Quicktime on iPhone 3.0? On the previous version, any quicktime apps had the volume slider on the bottom, and the play timer up top, which you could slide to forward to or go back to a time on the track. On 3.0, i only see the volume slider, and a 30 second rewind, and a 'next track' button. what if you want to fast forward?

I suspect it's the way they were recorded. I've seen that behaviour before with music and video files I have downloaded. I'm not sure of the actual reason or any possible solution.

Smart Playlist with certain criteria not syncing

So this is an issue that has haunted me for months now. I thought it may be a problem with my iPhone 4 in particular, but now I have an iPhone 5s with the same issue.
So I have a couple of smart playlists on my iTunes. One of them in particular is for Recently Added Singles. When I add new music to my iTunes, if it is a single or a new individual track, I want these tracks to populate my smart playlist. When the album that the single appears on is finally released and I get it, I don't want these albums, including the tracks that were singles, to populate the recently added singles smart playlist as I instead add the entire album to a different playlist all together. The only way I could figure a way around these full albums populating my singles playlist was to add a disc number of '1' to all tracks in a full album, just leaving singles without a disc number and add a rule to my smart playlist that would only populate tracks with a disc number of less than 1. The playlist appears fine in iTunes, but the playlist is empty on my phone.
When I sync the playlist and you watch it adding tracks on the phone, you can see the tracks being added, but as soon as the sync is finished, the playlist is empty. Experimenting a little further, I changed the rule to populate the smart playlist with tracks with a disc number that is '1' only. iTunes populates and appears correctly, but when I sync the playlist, my phone it appears to ignore the rule completely and just abides by the other rules I have on the smart playlist, which are 'date added in the last 12 weeks' and 'media kind is music,' which includes, as you'd expect, all music added in the last 12 weeks, and not the intended, all music added in the last 12 weeks with a disc number of 1.
So does the iPhone ignore the disc number of tracks? I know that if disc numbers are used, the iPhone doesn't actually display or specifiy where one disc ends and the next begins, like it does on the new iTunes, but is this meta data not actually used by the iphone all together? Or does it handle it differently to iTunes?
It's not a major issue of course, it just bugs me because I sort my music quite particularly. The way I've been getting around it is by creating a smart playlist based on this smart playlist, naming one with 'iTunes,' and the one to sync to my phone with 'iPhone.'
I thought this just should be pointed out and reported so maybe it can be fixed in a update or something. It's quite a particular fault so maybe it hasn't come up before?
Anyways, all and help and advice welcome.

In another thread it was suggested to edit the Smart Playlist in iTunes for podcasts and uncheck Live Updating. This worked for me and my podcasts were again on my iPhone.

Smart Playlists with Implied Criteria

Discovered a cool feature in iTunes last night. The basic idea is that when you rate a track [1-5 stars], a "ghost" rating appears for the whole album that contains that track. You can then create a smart playlist which queries for that "implied criteria." So you can, for example, create a smart playlist that includes all music you have not yet heard AND that does not include any tracks that belong to any album that has another track that received a low rating.
Wrote a little blog post about this:
http://birdhouse.org/blog/2014/02/03/how-to-create-itunes-smart-playlists-with-i mplied-criteria/

So I went through technical support because I had this exactly some problem. Smart playlist shows up in iTunes on my iMAC, as well as via Apple TV (both via iCloud and Home Sharing options.) It also fully populates those smart playlists.
For my pre-existing Smart Playlists (that only have criteria for the GROUPING field) show up, have songs, but are quite a few songs short. I then created a brand new play list with brand new tracks... and its empty on iPhone 4S and iPAD2. Apple TV and IMAC are fine.
So technical support provided me with this response: For smart playlists to work on iOS devices, the songs must be downloaded to the device.
My feedback was this: So this is chicken and the egg. You create the playlist to easily locate and download those songs to your device, but you cant because they have to be on your device before they will show in the playlist.
I suppose the only work around is to create the smart playlist w/ your filters. THEN create a regular playlist and copy everything in the SMART Playlist into the regular playlist.
I have not used Apple products for very long... approaching 2 years. I moved everything to Apple. Computers, laptops, portable devices, etc... I have been VERY impressed. HOWEVER, this makes the point of Smart Playlists completely manual when it comes to your iOS device.
I will for sure be launching a compliant to www.apple.com/feedback.

Smart Playlists with Date Criteria

It seems any smart playlist with a date criteria (ie: Date Added) will not show up on any device that access the iTunes Match Service. I have several smart playlists with a date criteria and they show up blank on my iphone and ipad. Yet, if I delete the date criteria, the playlist populates on the device. I tried creating a smart playlist with just the date criteria and then in a new smart playlist referencing the date criteria smart playlist and the new playlist will not upload to icloud because an icloud smart playlist can not reference another smart playlist

So I went through technical support because I had this exactly some problem. Smart playlist shows up in iTunes on my iMAC, as well as via Apple TV (both via iCloud and Home Sharing options.) It also fully populates those smart playlists.
For my pre-existing Smart Playlists (that only have criteria for the GROUPING field) show up, have songs, but are quite a few songs short. I then created a brand new play list with brand new tracks... and its empty on iPhone 4S and iPAD2. Apple TV and IMAC are fine.
So technical support provided me with this response: For smart playlists to work on iOS devices, the songs must be downloaded to the device.
My feedback was this: So this is chicken and the egg. You create the playlist to easily locate and download those songs to your device, but you cant because they have to be on your device before they will show in the playlist.
I suppose the only work around is to create the smart playlist w/ your filters. THEN create a regular playlist and copy everything in the SMART Playlist into the regular playlist.
I have not used Apple products for very long... approaching 2 years. I moved everything to Apple. Computers, laptops, portable devices, etc... I have been VERY impressed. HOWEVER, this makes the point of Smart Playlists completely manual when it comes to your iOS device.
I will for sure be launching a compliant to www.apple.com/feedback.

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