I currently read email via imap from a government computer system. They are about to send a memo that Android devices are no longer allowed to connect with imap to these servers and will have to use a browser based email portal. Apparently Windows and Apple devices are OK, though.
My question to the general masses is this. Is it possible somewhere on my phone to set how the imap client presents itself and inject that this is, for example, an iPhone? Or would that have to be at the application level? I am currently using K9 mail and it works great.
I am running the Dark Knight ICS rom (version 3 - android 4.0.4) on a Samsung Captivate, btw.
Thanks and I hate the thought of using a browser to read emails!
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Hi,
The problem is following:
The policy in our company is to allow to use ActiveSync client only on devies like
iPhone
BlackBerry
When i opened request to get access to my mails using my phone. i configured on my Nexus One everything and i got access to my mails. The system administrator very fast found out that i access to my mails using Android device and closed to me activesync on exchange server.
Is there a way to simulate device and OS of iPhone or blackberry that sysadmin will not know that anyway i use Android device to read my mails...? Workarounds?
I use this activesync client:
Exchange for Android 2.x
NitroDesk, Inc.
Hi!
A strange thing I really can't explain.
Our corporate firewall blocks gmail imap/smtp ports ( 993, 587, ... ) to force users to use the webmail only.
Infact, outlook, thunderbirds, telnet, and so on cannot contact pop.gmail.com:993 and smtp.gmail.com:587.
BUT via the same corporate wifi:
blackberry using stock bb client -> can read/send email
android using stock gmail client -> can read/send email
ipad2 using stock apple client -> can read but cannot send email
I'm one of the lucky android users but I wonder how can the gmail client connect to mother google if ports are blocked?!
Thanks,
Luca.
It may be a security restriction applied to the PC rather than firewall.
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It could be but it isn't.
There is no security to the pc, there is only a firewall.
Ten minutes ago I did a test on my android.
I configured my gmail account on the plain email app using pop.gmail.com:993 and smtp.gmail.com:587 and it works via mobile data.
Then I switched off mobile data and corporate wifi on.
plain email app: can't send/receive (cannot contact server) as expected
gmail app : can send/receive.
L.
The native Gmail app uses Google API over HTTP and thus is firewall proof.
iCloud uses a combination of HTTP and other ports hence you can partially read some messages.
Any other 3rd party client will use the regular ports for those protocols and won't work behind a restrictive firewall.
Our tabs built-in email app is perfect for me. Only problem i have is that I cant get my corporate mail to work. Gmail and Ymail works fine. Our office uses MS Exchange but we can only access through OWA (even my PC Outlook is configured to go through OWA).
I've been using Seven Mail for quite some time now but recently its not updating my emails well.
Any help would be appreciated.
Btw. Tried Touchdown, K9, Kaiten, Moxier, Maildroid but did not like them.
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I use the native email apk for corporate exchange email and it works fine. I prefer it over touchdown.
In my case, I entered the email address and password for my account, selected exchange, then I had to change the user name to my corporate domain\userid. I also changed the server name to owa.company.com. I had to select accept all SSL certificates.
Our exchange service requires some security controls on the device so you have to set a screen lock pin or password.
Same experience for me as for grogzero.
Technically speaking, as long as you can access OWA and your company is not using Exchange 2010, the email client will work. Specifically, the client uses ActiveSync (technology used by Microsoft) and this protocol works over OWA. This emans that as long as OWA works, your tab default client should work as well.
In Exchange 2010, mobile access must be enabled on top of OWA to allow ActiveSync to work. Otherwise, you should email your support and ask them about it.
Can you give us more specifics on the specific situation you have to deal with?
C.
Same issue
I am having the same issue.
My company uses exchange 2007 with SSL and has some security features requirements also. (pin requirement for example) The settings I have set up fine on my iPad but I really want to use the SGT instead of the iPad.
I am currently using TD and it has worked but I love the split screen on the native email app.
Any suggestions?
the solution to that issue is upgrade to 2.3.3, actually this works for me.
call your internet provider and ask for pop3 port. For ex mine is 26 instead of default 25
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I have a Motorola Atrix 2 on ICS, but I'm posting here because I'm assuming this affects most Motorola phones, if not others.
I had been successfully syncing my phone to our Exchange server using the built in Mail client on the phone for many months, until our IT department started enforcing the use of Touchdown for e-mail sync. Now the built in Mail client doesn't connect, and I'd really like to use it.
Logging into my web Exchange account, I can see that both "devices" connect using separate User Agent strings:
The native client shows: User Agent: motorola-MB865/1.0
The Touchdown client shows: User Agent: TouchDown(MSRPC)/8.1.00009/ENCRYPTDEVICE,ENCRYPTSD,CANENCRYPT
Anyone have any suggestions on how to change the native User Agent string built into the app? I'd like to test if I can fool my Exchange server into thinking I'm using Touchdown.
And YES, my phone is rooted.
Thanks!
I am trying to set up the best handling of email-on PC and remotely on Android devices.
I am a long time user of Comcast for my email address, so I am hesitant about giving that address up. I primarily access my email from a PC and like to download and back it up (using Carbonite). I also like to set up folders to store and sort my email.
However, I would also like to be able to access my email from the Android devices, deleting, replying, sorting as I do on my PC and have the work done on one device sync with the other 2.
I recently purchased the Samsung Galaxy S3 and just got the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014.
So, my question is: What is the best means of doing this, from the standpoint of best PC email client and best Android app? Is this possible with Comcast or would I be better off just transferring over to using my Gmail account?
Am I being to overly simple by suggesting that IMAP is exactly what you are looking for?
Maybe I'm missing something too, but Gmail (and most other web based e-mail services) allow you to retrieve e-mail from your preferred e-mail account and also let you use that account as your "sent from" e-mail address. As noted in the previous response, you should be able to accomplish this via IMAP. Just sign up for a web based e-mail service and follow the instructions for retrieving e-mail from other servers,
sParkSnare said:
Maybe I'm missing something too, but Gmail (and most other web based e-mail services) allow you to retrieve e-mail from your preferred e-mail account and also let you use that account as your "sent from" e-mail address. As noted in the previous response, you should be able to accomplish this via IMAP. Just sign up for a web based e-mail service and follow the instructions for retrieving e-mail from other servers,
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This is true. I have 3 different accounts mapped through Gmail. I can respond to each account as if it were coming from its native email.
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