Lion mail client - gmail on exchange

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Lion mail client - gmail on exchange

Has anyone been sucessfully able to set up their gmail accounts in Lion via the Exchange server method (like what's popular on iPhones) ?

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740

I tried, using the same settings that work on the iPhone (user: email address, password, server: m.google.com) but Lion doesn't seem to like this. Says something about an invalid exchange email address or something like that?

I'd prefer to have my gmail (cal/mail/contacts) set up through Lion via this Exchange method, if possible.

Any ideas or experiences from others on this query?

Cheers,

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Joe

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7), 2007

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 12:29 AM

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Graefe

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Jul 21, 2011 12:54 AM in response to JoeDWoods

No way, until Google includes desktops to their internal list of supported devices for Exchange service.

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JoeDWoods Author

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Jul 21, 2011 1:00 AM in response to Graefe

aha, that might explain it!

I didn't know that the Exchange servers could filter their services via device type...

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djimenez

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Jul 22, 2011 12:26 PM in response to Graefe

It's not that it filters by device. It's that iOS uses ActiveSync and Mac OS uses Exchange Web Services (EWS).

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NiqueXyZ

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Jul 26, 2011 8:56 AM in response to djimenez

I've had an iPhone and iPad for awhile now and they both work great -- I get callendar and contact and email sync with gmail...but OS X's mail client in snow leopard and lion will not do this? That *****. I don't get why they won't support ActiveSync on their desktop mail client but they will on their mobile devices...I just got a new macbook air -- for all intents and purposes, it's a mobile device! Damnit all.

I know everyone says "just use imap" -- but that's not a solution.

ActiveSync owns imap 100 times over.

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