Re: OMA Errors / Microsoft ActiveSync

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From: David G. (DavidG_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/26/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:45:03 -0800

I'm still having difficulty even after installing a certificate from
InstantSSL, The user trying to accomplish this has a login that differs from
his email alias could this be the cause?

"Andrew Hodgson" wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:57:07 -0800, "David G."
> <DavidG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Small Business Server 2003 Standard
> >Exchange SP1 has been installed.
> >
> >I have read about every article there is on fixing this problem. One thing
> >that might be the cause that I'm not sure about. I don't have a third party
> >external certificate. I'm using the self generated one. Could this be causing
> >my problems?
>
> If you are trying to get your device to sync with Exchange remotely
> then I had done a howto based on my own experiences on this at:
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=group:microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs+author:Andrew+author:Hodgson&start=10&hl=en&lr=&selm=jqk8u05iti9d8bgv9tef3sft0gphm9issd%404ax.com&rnum=11
>
> Further to this the Sharepoint workaround I had to do was probably a
> result of installing Sharepoint SP1. Exchange SP1 may have also
> broken something, but not sure. If you deploy ActiveSync via the
> network you will get the program which shoves the settings down to
> your mobile PDA. This includes making the self-signed certificate
> trusted. After a few months of use we have found the issue of the
> batteries going on the PDA, causing the memory to be lost! In this
> case we loose the certificate in the trust list, causing the
> connection to fail, and I have to put it back, or run the patch on the
> system (easier method as it doesn't mean fiddling round, and I can get
> it onto laptops which aren't on the domain).
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
> --
> Andrew Hodgson in Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
> My Email: use <andrew at hodgsonfamily dot org>.
>

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