The Mail for Exchange client on the Nokia E75 is much improved over previous versions, providing support for email subfolders, the ability to sort messages by size, date, sender, priority, etc as well as searching for contacts when composing new messages.

Setting up the Exchange Account

From the Home screen select the option to Set up e-mail:

Or select the Email icon from the main menu. The Email setup wizard will launch:

Enter your email address. NOTE - at this point if I entered my email address the wizard failed with an error of 'unable to continue'. I therefore opted for a fictitious email address:

Normally the wizard should then prompt you to specify which type of email account you wish to configure:

Select the option to create a Corporate account:

Select the option to use Mail for Exchange:

Enter your Domain, Username and Password details. Your username and password will be the same details that you use to log into your Windows PC with. If you don't know what your Domain is your network administrator will be able to tell you.

Scroll down:

Enter the name of the Exchange Server. If your server requires an SSL connection, leave the option for 'Secure Login' enabled. Again if you don't know the correct settings to use your network administrator will be able to tell you - or alternatively just try it as there are only two possible options!

Select what information you wish to synchronise: Email only, or Email and PIM folders (Contacts, Calendar, Tasks)

Specify how the initial synchronisation of data should be handled - if the phone is currently blank then select the option to Replace

The setup is now complete. The Mail for Exchange application will now connect to the Exchange server and download the contents of your mailbox based on the settings you defined.

NOTE - at this point, if your Exchange server uses a self-issued SSL certificate rather than a root-trusted one, then the connection may fail if you have not first copied the corresponding root certificate onto the device. For information on configuring Exchange 2003 with a self-issued certificate read this article - http://blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/configuring-exchange-2003-activesync-usi...

Provided that all went according to plan, you should now see the contents of your Exchange Inbox in the Messaging application on the phone:

The first thing you notice is that the client has been re-worked quite extensively, being quite reminiscent (to my mind anyway) of the former Nokia Intellisync client for Symbian. A drop-down menu is available which allows you to toggle between frequently-used folders:

Or view the entire folder structure of your mailbox:

Editing the settings of the email profile once the initial setup has been completed allows for further configuration:

How far back into the past you wish to synchronise email can be defined:

The hours and days during which email should be 'pushed' to the phone:

The Calendar can be enabled or disabled and how far back you wish to synchronise can be defined:

Contact synchronisation can be enabled or disabled:

Task synchronisation can also be configured:

The integration of the Directory Search feature is much improved, allowing you to enter in a short name in the To field of a new email message and search for available matches in the Exchange Global Address List. Should you wish to access the directory to locate contact number details, that is possible too:

Within the email client, any message that is selected can have an action menu brought up by simply moving the navigation button to the right:

Messages can also be re-ordered according to different criteria:

Bootnote - if like me you have to specify a spurious email address in order to proceed through the wizard, once the setup has completed be sure to edit the email address to the correct one within the settings.