Guest ukmailserver Posted January 6, 2003 Report Posted January 6, 2003 Two questions for you. 1. Does anyone know if a VPN client is being developed for the SPV ? 2. Is it possible to configure the email client to connect to an Exchange Server via GPRS? or are we looking at more software again. Cheers Barry www.muddytyres.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/smartphone/sp.htm
Guest pupton Posted January 6, 2003 Report Posted January 6, 2003 Dunno about the VPN side but I connect via Imap4 to my Exchange 2000 server on an hourly basis. The SPV works a treat via IMAP4 as it marks the messages as read and I can read, reply & delete any message... Hope that helps. Paul :D
Guest HelloDave Posted January 6, 2003 Report Posted January 6, 2003 Really stupid question here but what settings do you use to connect to Exchange via IMAP4? I know my settings in Outlook but that uses a different protocol I think. Does IMAP need to be set up on the server side or is it there by default because my admin aren't that helpful and certainly won't set anything up for me! My Exchange server is 5.5 (SP4) so I don't know how different that is to 2000. I can't access my emails via the web as Exchange web access helpfully tells me that I need to upgrade my browser to Internet Explorer. Grrrr - cue lots of swearing at M$... :evil:
Guest pupton Posted January 6, 2003 Report Posted January 6, 2003 Exchange 5.5 has Imap4 installed by default but it may have been disabled by your admin team. A quick test. Pop down to a command prompt and type telnet EXCHANGESERVERNAME 25 if you get a prompt that says something like exchange version blah blah then the server is Imap4 enabled... The next stage is to allow inbound traffic on tcp port 143 through your firewall to your exchange server. Once port 143 is opened up, point your spv at the public face of your office internet connection and hey presto things should work. In a real world though, its never that easy as your admin team may have disabled the imap4 protocol on a user by user basis so you may still run into problems. Another issue is security as your admin team may not allow imap4 into your LAN due to possible security issues as the user id & password are sent in clear text so a hacker could sniff this information and use it to gain access to your systems... Good luck :?
Guest Roamer Posted January 6, 2003 Report Posted January 6, 2003 Of course typing "telnet EXCHANGESERVERNAME 25" will only tell you if its running smtp :wink: and you obviously meant to say 143 :-)
Guest HelloDave Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 Thanks, I can now access my Exchange server via IMAP! It won't let me send messages but I shouldn't be too picky... Can you use an SMTP server to send messages and an IMAP one to recieve them, because then I can use my other POP account to send mail. Roll on multiple e-mail accounts, just a pity I won't be able to afford to send any messages with Orange's stupid GPRS charges :D Hmm, maybe Orang£ would be better?
Guest pupton Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 This is an easy fix. On your SPV, open up the mail client settings and use smtp.orange.net for all outbound email... bobs your uncle! :D
Guest HelloDave Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 In the words of Mr Burns - Exxxxcelllent :D Now I can actually use an e-mail address that people send stuff to! Cheers
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