FlexMail 2007 Rev 2 Public Beta for PPC and Smartphones

Admin · 03-08-07, 08:35 AM

A few days ago we released a public beta of FlexMail 2007 on our forums. This release has had many months of very focused determined work on really making the best email client on any platform. We've had a lot of misses in the past on this but this time I think we got there. Part of the reason is we took some of our biggest critics and brought them in to our internal testing team. These guys hammered the software like a piece of steel being made into a sword. We got some very talented people on the Smartphone side as well that have allowed us to really polish the Smartphone side of the software very well. Typically when we have done a public beta of FlexMail in the past we would have 500 messages within 2 days with bugs. I'l be honest. This time, our biggest issues seem to be some smartphones are not vibrarying/alerting on new mail (we think its a registry issue so easy fix), and a few other smartphone related minor UI issues. Its a very impressive release. Some of the things that FlexMail 2007 Rev 2 brings to all users:

Of course we've got the really intuitive Folder/Message UI
And we've always had HTML email for all Windows Mobile 2003/5/6 users
We've added full IMAP IDLE support for immediate notification of new mail even while sleeping
An Auto-Reply Rules action for FlexMail's rules
Easily send pictures on Windows Mobile 5
CRAM-MD5 Connections/Login for IMAP
Awesome new email notifications that really show you each new incoming email which you can read, delete, mark as read, flag - all from any application
New message reading interface
Much faster IMAP downloads of email
Complete menu reorganization to really make using FlexMail much easier
Account Templates like GMail
Single Key shortcuts to delete, reply and much more
And while normally we wouldn't be proud of this - a few hundred bug fixes and dramatically improved performance.

FlexMail 2007 Rev 2 is now up to the standard that Pocket Informant is known for throughout the Windows Mobile community. This is a public beta - while no known crashes exist, no known reliability issues exist - we really want your help in testing this software for final release. We've gotten a lot of positive feedback in the last two days; probably more than we've ever had before. So I'd like to make sure that we get all the cracks filled if any still exist. I say that with some trepidation because we all know software has cracks that sometimes only are found when we get enough people working on it. Go here for more info

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JNGold · 03-08-07, 09:30 AM

I read that beta thread and I am very wary about re-installing it to my Treo 750. When using FM on my KJAM, it was very unstable. When I went to uninstall, I was no longer able to launch the default Mail/SMS app on the KJAM. There was a post by someone who was still experiencing this problem with the latest beta.

Anyone considering installing this app should absolutely think 2x about doing it. , especially if you still want the core function apps to work properly. That includes for us Treo owners, the threaded SMS messaging.

psionandy · 03-08-07, 09:34 AM

Good advice from JN, which applies to all software.

Make sure you have a full set of trusted backups, and can afford the time to use them, before you install anything

gasusan2006 · 03-08-07, 10:12 AM

I installed it on my Dell Axim x51v (made sure I had backup first :) )

So far, it looks ok...has some nice additions to it (I have Flexmail 2007)....mostly cosmetic..... that I noticed first... but I am still playing with it....

Susan

Kulnet · 03-08-07, 10:28 AM

Thanks for the heads up.