OK, I've read most of the threads on setting up direct push email on the PPC 6700. Here's what I did (and I think it's what most other people have done):

1) I have Gmail
2) Setup a mail2web account / Exchange server for $1.95/month
3) I forward all Gmail to my mail2web account
4) I setup Activesync on PPC 6700 and Sync with the mail2web account
5) I setup the mail2web account to have my Gmail address on all outgoing mail that is sent from the PPC 6700

Here is the only problem that I am having. When I send outgoing mail from my PPC 6700 in pocket outlook, even though it has my Gmail address on it, it uses the mail2web outgoing mail server. This results in what I send out not being saved in my Gmail sent folder on Gmail.com.

With my previous BlackBerry email, all I had to do was go to MyTmobile.com and put in my Gmail email address and password. That was it and I had direct push email setup. I didn't have to setup an exchange server or do any forwarding from my Gmail account. More importantly, when I sent an email from my BlackBerry, it was saved in the Sent folder on my Gmail account.

I played around with the idea of just using the pocket outlook and setting it to check my Gmail every 1-minute. But that wouldn't be true push, and it's also very slow when the PPC 6700 is accessing a POP3 server. I've also had major problems with using the pocket Outlook and my Gmail account. My inbox messages would dissapear, and I would never see my sent messages. I also had problems with it filling up my internal memory, even while I had a 2gb memory card in. It did save the sent emails in my Gmail.com sent folder, but all those other problems drove me nuts!

What can I do about this?? I just need my outgoing sent emails to be saved in my Gmail.com sent folder (and I need direct push too).

Why not bypass gmail completely and use it only for the "address." Use outlook webaccess for web based access to your email.

Personally, I prefer a service that also allows RPC over HTTP.

U beat me to this question dude.... I was going to ask the same thing....
Only u said it much better
any help on this will be much appreciated....

If you have mail2web, the sent messages will appear in the Sent Items folder on your Exchange server.

get a hotmail account that goes out http, even gmail is nice through the phone or try emoze it is free.

The issue of disappearing/vanishing email o with gmail and the 6700 is covered in this forum. Simply do an search for "gmail vanishing" or "gmail disappearing" and you will find the solution.

Also, as another poster suggested, why even bother with worrying if your sent email gets synced to gmail, just use gmail for the "email address" and logon to mail2web to view all your email (including sent items), contacts, calendar, and tasks. All your email is forwarded there anyways and any email you send will have your gmail address on it.

OK guys thanks for the responses.

I think it's safe to say that using mail2web for Push email with Activesync is my best email setup on the PPC 6700. I also want to stay with my Gmail account, and do not want to switch to mail2web. I am just using mail2web for the exchange server so I can have push email.

So..... how do I get all of my sent items in my mail2web over to my Gmail sent folder???

I looked at the label option, but how would I do that? And having to Cc my Gmail address everytime is a major pain in the as.s.

Why can't the PPC 6700 push email be simple like the BlackBerry?