Update: Wrong Setting: Beware of Text Messaging and Direct Push email with Windows Mobile 5

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***Quick Update***

Thanks to all who posted comments and emailed me.  It turns out that the wrong setting was turned on with my phone.  I was using a pre-Windows Mobile 5 feature that used Text Messaging.  Sorry for the confusion and thanks to everyone for the correction!

I will post the full details of the correct settings and what was configured incorrectly in a new post tomorrow.

I have created a blog entry on the correct settings here: https://blogs.technet.com/tmintner/archive/2006/07/04/440182.aspx

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A little off topic here, but I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that if you are using Direct Push with Windows Mobile 5 you need to make sure you have unlimited Text messaging as part of your plan.  Apparently Direct Push works by sending a Text message to your phone to tell it to get the email message as new email arrives.

Verizon had the wrong plan set up for me and I got dinged with a $60 bill just for text messaging!  Thankfully they were great about it and credited my account and put me on the right data plan.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    From Tim’s web blog:
    Beware of Text Messaging and Direct Push email with Windows Mobile 5
  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Ok.  After the slack I took for my last my post: http://blogs.technet.com/tmintner/archive/2006/07/03/440029.aspx...
  • Anonymous
    July 04, 2006
    Not true tim, the SMS method was a part of the pre-WM5 "as emails arrive" mechanism, it sounds like your device was set up incorrectly or you're not using WM5. We have 25 handsets (WM5 smartphone and handheld) and there's no SMS usage (free or otherwise). Speak to MSIT!
  • Anonymous
    July 04, 2006
    Just a little more actually, sorry for the spam, but direct push under WM5 is quite simple, using an HTTP/HTTPs connection which persists for 25min or thereabouts, if no email arrives in that time then a new connection is made, if mail arrives before the 25min then the webserver simply responds and the device syncs, and then opens a new connection... no involvement of SMS.