1. General instructions
1.1. A note about push email
At the present time push email is not supported on the Oxford Nexus. It is a feature that we are currently looking to roll out at a future point. At the moment emails will not come through to the phone immediately but rather your phone will check automatically for email at specific intervals.
1.2. Supported handsets
At the time of writing, Mail for Exchange was confirmed to work with the following models of Nokia Handsets:
- Expression Series: 3250
- Active Series: 5320 Xpress Music/5500 Sport/5700 Xpress Music/5800 Xpress Music
- Classic Business Series: 6110/6120/6121/6124/6210 Classic/6210 Navigator/6220/6290
- E Series: E50/E51/E60/E61/E61i/E62/E63/E65/E66/E70/E71/E90
- N Series: N73/N75/N76/N77/N78/N79/N80/N81/N81 8GB/N82/N85/N91/N91 8GB/N92/N93/N93i/N95/N95 8GB/N96
2. Installing the client
Mail for Exchange is an add-in for the existing messaging program that comes built in to the S60 handset that already handles email, text and picture messaging etc. You can find more information about it and download the client from the Nokia website.
- Regardless of where you purchased the phone, please ensure that you select the region option for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Asia). Then select your phone handset from the drop down box.
- Click on the top download, the one marked
Mail for Exchange(not the one markedMail for Exchange Company Directory). It will open up a popup window (so if you have a pop-up blocker installed on your system, you may have to inform it that it is an allowed popup window). Scroll down to the bottom of the page in the popup and click onContinue. - Fill in your details ensuring that your phone handset is correct. You must tick
to confirm that you accept the EULA (End user license agreement). Then click on
Send. It will open a new page and then click on theClick Here for Downloadbutton. This will then prompt you for where you want to download the file to. - You then need to install the program on your phone. If you are not sure how to
do this, please see our guide on how to install programs onto a Nokia S60
handset. It will install two programs on your handset, Mail
for Exchange and Comp. Dir (Company Directory).
It should install these into your
Applications/Installationsfolder however it may create a new folder calledMfeinstead.
3. Configuring the Mail for Exchange program
- When you start the Mail for Exchange program the first
time, it will prompt you with the message:
You have no Mail for Exchange profile. Create Profile?. SelectYes.
Figure 1. Message on first startup - Enter the following information then press
OK:Email address: Your Oxford email address.Domain: Type intobedeleted. (Connection to Oxford Nexus does not require you to enter domain information but Mail for Exchange demands that you enter one at this stage).Username: Your Oxford username (also known as the Oxford Single Sign-On username (i.eabcd1234)Password: Your Oxford account password
Figure 2. Email account settings screen (1/2)1
Figure 3. Email account settings screen (2/2) - You will be asked for your
Default Access Point: the standard way that your phone connects to the internet. In the screen shot,Orange GPRS Wapis selected which is the standard for phones on the Orange network. Setting this to a wireless hotspot is not recommended as the phone will then only be able to pick up emails when in range of that hotspot.
Figure 4. Setting default access point - A message,
Retrieving Exchange server namewill appear.This will fail and you will be prompted to enter in the server details manually.
Figure 5. Retrieving Exchange server name
Figure 6. Error message - It will put you into the
Mail Connection options page. On this page you will need to enter in the following information:Exchange server:nexus.ox.ac.ukSecure connection:YesAccess point: Your standard way of connecting to the internetSync, while roaming: If you want your phone to work as normal with picking up email when in another country you need this set toYes. Please be aware that this connection uses a sizable amount of a data and therefore it is highly recommended that you speak to your network operator prior to your trip to ensure that both the connection will work and any additional charges that you may incur.Use default port:Yes
Figure 7. Mail Connection options page (1/2)
Figure 8. Mail Connection options page (2/2) - Using your scroll button, press
rightonce to change the menu toCredentials: - On this page, you do not need to change the username and password as you have
already set them, however you must delete the
tobedeletedthat you entered in theDomainfield.You do this by selecting
Figure 9. Credentials screen (1/2)Domain, then pressing the<delete>key on your phone until the text has disappeared, then pressing<OK>. It should then appear as in this secondCredentialsscreen-shot.
Figure 10. Credentials screen (2/2) - Using your scroll button, press
rightonce to change the menu to[Sync. Schedule].Mail for Exchange works on the basis of peak and off-peak schedules. The standard usage would bePeakfor the working day, andOff-peakfor other times, but this can be changed as you wish. The important point in this section is that 'Always on' will not work until push email is implemented.Peak synch schedule: We recommend setting the to15 minutes.Peak days: Used for setting certain days as workdays.In case of conflict: Set this asserver wins. In short, there is always a chance that a synchronization may go wrong and the data may be different on your phone to what it actually on Nexus. Mail for Exchange monitors this, and if it detects a discrepancy then it will ignore the data on the phone and restore it back to the information that is on Nexus to avoid any potential loss of data from the server.
Figure 11. Sync schedule setting (1/2)
Figure 12. Sync schedule setting (2/2) - Again using your scroll button, press
rightand this will move you across toCalendar.Synchronize Calendar: If you want your Calendar to be the same on your phone as it is on Nexus, then selectYes.Sync calendar back: How far you want your Calendar to go back on your phone. The default is two weeks, so if you had an item in either your phone or Nexus calendar that was three weeks old, it would not be moved over.Initial sync: You can choose to either keep the items on the phone or delete them and start afresh with Nexus. For most users, you will want to keep the items on the phone.
Figure 13. Calendar setting screen - Again using your scroll button, press
rightand this will move you across toTasksSynchronise tasks: Select Yes if you want to synchronize your tasks with your handsetSync completed tasks: If tasks are completed, you can select here if you want them to be synchronized between the handsets (i.e if you selectno, only outstanding tasks will be sync'ed)Initial sync: As withCalender, you can choose to either keep or delete the items on the phone when you do the first sync.
Figure 14. Tasks configuration screen - Again using your scroll button, press
rightand this will move you across toContacts.- You can use this to sync your contacts between your phone and Nexus (this
a different service to the
Global address book). If you want to have these sync'ed then pressYes. Initial sync: If you do choose to sync your contacts, you'll almost certainly want to keep your contacts on your phone so selectKeep items on phone, otherwise during the initial sync it will delete the contacts of your phone.
Figure 15. Contacts settings screen - You can use this to sync your contacts between your phone and Nexus (this
a different service to the
- For the final time, using your scroll button press
rightand this will move you ontoEmail.Synchronise email:YesEmail address: Your Oxford email address (should already be in there)Show new mail pop up: If you want to be notified when you have new mail on your home screen, selectYes.Use Signature/Signature: You can select to use a signature for email messages here and whether to enable it or not.When sending mail: SelectSendat next sync only. For the same reasons as instant delivery, this will not work until push email is enabled.Sync messages back: The time length that you want your emails to stay on the phone. The default is three days, but you can increase this, or even have it set to permanently leave the messages on the phone.
Figure 16. Email settings screen (1/3)
Figure 17. Email settings screen (2/3)
Figure 18. Email settings screen (3/3) - The setting up is now complete. Press
Optionsthen selectSave.
Figure 19. Saving configuration details - This will return you to the Mail for Exchange home screen.
It will attempt to connect for the first time and do the initial sync. This may
take some time and you can follow what it is doing by watching the
Current Statussection.
Figure 20. Home screen (current status: synchronizing e-mail) - Once complete it will go back to idle. This completes the setup process. Please
note that the Mail for Exchange does not have to be running
for mail to be delivered etc and can now be closed down.
Figure 21. Home screen (current status: idle)
4. Using the features of the Oxford Nexus on your handset
- Email:
- You now will have an new account called
Mail for Exchange, where your email from Nexus is stored. If you want to send a new email, then go to[Create Message]as usual, selectEmail, and then pickMail for Exchange. Once you've sent the email this will send automatically at the next sync window, but if you want to send it straight away, then select[Options]thenSynchronize Email. Similarly if you want to check your email straight away, you can use the same option. - Calendar:
- Your events will appear automatically in your calendar without any further input. Similarly, when you create an event, it will show up on your Nexus calendar after the next sync.
- Tasks/Contacts:
- These work in the same way as
Calendarwith changes on either your phone or nexus reflecting after the next sync.
5. Using the Global address book
In the directory where it installed your Mail for Exchange
program there will be another program called Comp. Dir (short
for Company Directory). Select the program to open it. It will offer
you a box to put in a search string, where you can search by name. It will come up
any matches, and you can view the person's email address and department and even send
them an email directly from it.

