Just for the record to the list: Since we were not able to use the Gmail app due to this restriction, we checked all other options again and there really really does not seem to exist a good/viable Android app that can connect to an ActiveSync server. Bluemail is buggy, Nine was abandoned ... and its successor is expensive and stores data in the vendor's cloud.
So we finally gave up on ActiveSync for Android clients. Instead, we now use * Thunderbird (the new K9-mail) for e-mail via IMAP * DAVx5 for synchronizing calendar and contacts into the native Android Calendar/Contacts apps To me it just looks like ActiveSync is a dead end, unfortunately. Kai-Uwe Rommel From: Kai-Uwe Rommel - ARS Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 9:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Marketing Mail] AW: [SOGo] recommendation for Android client app for ActiveSync? BTW, I just encountered one restriction of the Gmail app: You can't add an ActiveSync ("Exchange") based account to the Gmail app, if its e-mail address is that of your Google account used on the smartphone. It only works if it is a different e-mail address than your Google account. Just for the record. Kai-Uwe Rommel From: Kai-Uwe Rommel - ARS Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2024 11:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Marketing Mail] AW: [SOGo] recommendation for Android client app for ActiveSync? Thanks, yes, indeed. I had in memory that Gmail had abandoned ActiveSync. So that is not really the case. They only stopped support for ActiveSync on their Gmail servers years ago. Kai-Uwe Rommel From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of "Raoul Schroeder" Sent: Friday, November 22, 2024 7:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Marketing Mail] AW: [SOGo] recommendation for Android client app for ActiveSync? Hi, I just use the Gmail App that is pre-installed. It can use ActiveSync if you use "Exchange" as the server type. /Raoul Von: [email protected] <[email protected]> Im Auftrag von Kai-Uwe Rommel - ARS Gesendet: Freitag, 22. November 2024 18:15 An: [email protected] Betreff: [SOGo] recommendation for Android client app for ActiveSync? Hi, does anyone have a recommendation for an Android Mail/Calendar app that works via ActiveSync against a SOGo server? I would like to avoid the effort of having to configure IMAP/SMTP/CalDAV/CardDAV all separately. ActiveSync is so convenient in comparison ... I already used Nine and BlueMail so far. Nine is not free but cheap (IMO) but a pain to move to a new device with the license key. BlueMail is OK but I recently encountered a problem with calendar with it and there is no support reachable there (I would even pay, but ...). Kai-Uwe Rommel ARS Computer und Consulting GmbH, www.ars.de\r\nGarmischer Str. 7 \u00B7 80339 M\u00FCnchen \u00B7 Deutschland\r\nGesch\u00E4ftsf\u00FChrer: Michael Arbesmeier \u00B7 Stefan Sch\u00E4ffer\r\nHandelsregister: K\u00F6ln \u00B7 HRB 114 994 \u00B7 USt-ID: DE 155 068 909\r\nDatenschutzerkl\u00E4rung | Part of TIMETOACT GROUP \r\n
