Suggestions for a good Notes app/ sync /w Android

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I recently stumbled upon Tasks.org which allows me to sync the tasks on my eM Client smoothly to Tasks.org on my Android. As i’m in the process of removing Google/ MS/ every single US tech company as completely from my life as pragmatically possible (still on Android etc) i naturally have started to look for a Notes app that would give me the same service as Tasks.org provides for tasks (whilst waiting for eM Client to eventually fill this void).
My email provider only has email & basic CalDav calendar which are fine and i don’t mind paying even a recurring subscription for something that is functional (made in Europe is a definite plus).

So, any suggestions for a notes app?

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I recently stumbled upon Tasks.org which allows me to sync the tasks on my eM Client smoothly to Tasks.org on my Android.

eM Client doesn’t currently support External Third party Notes or Tasks via eg: Plugins to sync.

So if you are wanting Notes and Tasks to sync with eM Client for desktop and droid mobile, then your account in eM Client “has to normally be integrated with the tasks and notes”.

So as you are removing Google & Microsoft accounts, then you could maybe move to another mail server who does have Notes and Tasks integrated such as eg: “Imageway” as per the following eM Client page.

Quote Extract from the above page.

" Easily connect to your Imageway account using eM Client. eM Client will smoothly synchronize your Imageway emails, calendars, tasks, contacts and notes."

eM Client also has an updated mobile app coming soon which will also support Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, & Notes.

Lastly if you just want a good “separate notes app” then eg: Evernote is a good mobile app.

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I decided to try the earlier tweak on this forum re: syncing notes with a Microsoft account (which i still have as 365 Basic account) by setting up the MS account as an Exchange account. Trying to set up the connection, i get an error “The server was found, but authentication failed. Check the email address and password.” Which both are correct, but after a number tries no luck.

I also have a work O365 account and i decided to try the same, but got exactly the same result. So is there actually a working solution to have functional syncing Notes in eM Client at the moment?

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I decided to try the earlier tweak on this forum re: syncing notes with a Microsoft account (which i still have as 365 Basic account) by setting up the MS account as an Exchange account. Trying to set up the connection, i get an error “The server was found, but authentication failed.

If it’s a Microsoft 365 Basic (Personal account) you carn’t setup as Exchange as Microsoft no longer allow personal accounts to be setup as exchange. You only have access in eM Client to Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks and setup via the “Automatic account wizard” at the top.

To then access Notes, you go to One Note online via a browser and you can also use the One Note app on your mobile devices.

I also have a work O365 account and i decided to try the same, but got exactly the same result.

Normally a MS Office 365 account will automatically setup ok via OAuth using the “Automatic account wizard”. It includes, Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks & Notes as per the following eM Client page.

https://www.emclient.com/em-with-microsoft-office-365

“eM Client with Microsoft 365”

Extract - “eM Client integrates email, calendars, tasks, contacts and notes in a clean and simple desktop app”

You can also “as well” access Notes via One Note online via a browser and you can also use the One Note app on your mobile devices

Trying to set up the connection, i get an error “The server was found, but authentication failed.

That normally only happens if either your MS account is either not active, or you have the wrong password, or possibly could be if you have an outdated or older version of eM Client and might need updating depending on what you are using. Or you might have an OS problem.

So if you can login ok via Outlook.com with your Microsoft personal or Office 365 email address and password but setting up using the Automatic account wizard or manual Outlook setup fails, then update “what version of eM Client you are using” and also “what OS and version” you have.

One other reason where you can get authentication failed setting up a MS Office 365 or Exchange Domain account.

if you type in your usual email address in the wizard and it won’t accept it for a Microsoft 365 or Exchange Domain account, it could be that you eg: might need to use a “.onmicrosft address” to start in the wizard instead of your actual email address as @Simon9 posted in the eM Client forum thread further down.

A onmicrosoft.com account is a domain name that Microsoft creates for a company or school that signs up for an Office 365 for Business subscription.

https://forum.emclient.com/t/emclient-wont-activate-my-exchange-account/92150/20

(Quote Extract posts from Simon9)

“emClient requires .onmicrosoft address to start”

“It forms the login name for the Microsoft account, for 365 and for exchange server, but it is not my e-mail address”.