Messaging screen comes up every 5 minutes on WM 6.5

[Guest naynada]

Ok, i flashed my phone 2 times to try out different things. The build is: 21728.

The conclusion is that if you activate the retrieval of emails every x minutes the messaging screen comes up and you can't do anything about it. It's a WM issue.

Damn it. *Sigh*

Yeah, I've resorted to just checking email manually and using SendReceiveAll to check all accounts with one touch.

Anybody know of Pocket Outlook alternatives which don't use Pocket Outlook? :) (that is, not merely a frontend)

[Guest UncleBeer`]

Ok, i flashed my phone 2 times to try out different things. The build is: 21728.

The conclusion is that if you activate the retrieval of emails every x minutes the messaging screen comes up and you can't do anything about it. It's a WM issue.

Er, no: it's a WM6.5 issue. That (among numerous other bugs) is why I've gone back to 6.1.

[Guest lorin.bute]

Er, no: it's a WM6.5 issue. That (among numerous other bugs) is why I've gone back to 6.1.

Yes, i stand corrected. Its a WM 6.5 issue. I forgot to mention it.

[Guest zman919]

Messaging shows up because every 5 minutes (or however often you have pull email set to run), tmail.exe gets run. If tmail.exe is already running, life is fine and it stays well-behaved in the background. If tmail.exe is NOT running, it gets run and annoyingly pops up in the foreground (as any app does when it's run).

What's happening is tmail is getting killed off by WM6.5 memory management as you open other apps. Memory management under WM6.5 is very aggressive (I believe there are some pretty nasty resource issues that go beyond simple RAM availability).

tmail *should* play nice and stay in the background if it's being run as part of a scheduled check. Alas, it doesn't. Shame on MS for failing to follow its own spec on how apps should self-manage themselves under low memory conditions.

I wrote an app to force apps to remain resident. May be helpful if anyone is interested... http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-so...ce-under-wm6-x/

[Guest lorin.bute]

Messaging shows up because every 5 minutes (or however often you have pull email set to run), tmail.exe gets run. If tmail.exe is already running, life is fine and it stays well-behaved in the background. If tmail.exe is NOT running, it gets run and annoyingly pops up in the foreground (as any app does when it's run).

What's happening is tmail is getting killed off by WM6.5 memory management as you open other apps. Memory management under WM6.5 is very aggressive (I believe there are some pretty nasty resource issues that go beyond simple RAM availability).

tmail *should* play nice and stay in the background if it's being run as part of a scheduled check. Alas, it doesn't. Shame on MS for failing to follow its own spec on how apps should self-manage themselves under low memory conditions.

I wrote an app to force apps to remain resident. May be helpful if anyone is interested... http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-so...ce-under-wm6-x/

I read you're thread from time to time. I'm glad you finally finished the app (at least this version). I will give it a try. Thanks.

[Guest lorin.bute]

I tested it and tmail doesnt come up again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU my friend!!!!! You are amazing!

I'll keep reporting... maybe it needs further testing.