Upgrade to 2.1 broke exchange  - cannot get mail?

Have version 1 phone with 2.1 software. exchange stopped working - cannot get mail.
i went as far as deleting and reentering the account information and still get the same errors. this is a huge problem. Please help

Hi,
I had been getting a the dreaded "Cannot Get Mail - The connection to the
server failed" error on my first generation iPhone (firmware version 2.1) when syncing e-mail with an Exchange server. After many troubleshooting steps I found the problem was the size of the inbox (9K messages). After archiving older messages into folders the iPhone could again sync.
I hope the helps others.
BMc

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