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7 Using Channels and Inbox

This chapter explains how to:

•use Channels

•set up a dial-up connection and Inbox to send and receive messages

•use Inbox

•send and receive CompuServe e-mail

•set up an Ethernet connection

•use Windows CE Inbox Transfer

Using Channels

A channel (or mobile channel) is a Web site or other Web- formatted content that is available for offline viewing on your P/PC. Channels allows Internet, intranet, or other Web- formatted content to be automatically downloaded to your P/PC from your desktop computer via synchronization. For more information on synchronizing channels, see ActiveSync Help on the desktop computer and see the Synchronizing data section in chapter 6.

Content can be updated on a regular basis, such as updates from a news channel, or on a one-time basis, such as movie listings from an entertainment channel.

Channels and automatic updates to them are managed on the desktop computer by Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher. Use Internet Explorer on your desktop computer to view channels offline.

Requirement for mobile channels support

•Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher

Internet Explorer 5.0 is included on the Desktop Software for Microsoft Windows CE compact disk. Internet Explorer 5.0