The new iPhone #2 now contains "ActiveSync" like connectivity for MS Exchange \ Zimbra and supports e-Mail, Calendar and Contact sync direct with the server, Tasks are not supported as the iPhone has no Task Management capability.

To set it up you'll need to go through Settings and scroll down to Mail, Contacts, Calendars

Select Microsoft Exchange (even if it's a Zimbra Account)

Enter your full email address

You'll then be asked for a username in the format domain\user

It is important that you enter this information as described below to avoid any errors.

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Exchange Mailbox accounts
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1. the domain name in all cases is shared

2. you must enter the slash, please note the slash on the first keyboard is the wrong way around ( / ) and WONT work.

to get at the correct slash ( \ ) you need to press the key marked +#= in the bottom left corner of the keyboard display

3. the user portion required is the 8 digit numeric ID of your mailbox account, you can get this information from our control panel My Docs\Downloads\Info page.

If entered correctly it should look something like this shared\00000001

Enter your password and when prompted enter the server name which is exchange.simplyms.com

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Zimbra Mailbox accounts
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1. the domain name is the right hand portion of your email address after the @ sign e.g. mydomain.co.uk

2. enter the slash as per the instructions given above

3. enter the user portion which in this case is the left hand portion of your email address before the @ sign e.g. me

Therefore if your email address is me@mydomain.co.uk you would enter mydomain.co.uk\me

Again enter your password and when prompted enter the server name which is zimbracs.simplyms.com

If successful in both cases when you open your mailbox mail will start to synchronise from the server whenever you are connected to the internet either via GPRS or WiFi.

PUSH mail is enabled by default so if you want to turn it off, change the frequency etc whilst abroad / on holiday you need to go to Settings, Fetch New Data and make the necessary changes there.