Topic: Configure email on cell phone

[CharlieBrady]

We are currently running in "server only" mode and I changed it from being our gateway to server-only mode about two weeks ago.

Quite obviously you changed more than just that. You must have reconfigured your network as well. If I change my server from servergateway to serveronly I get a nice LAN with no internet connection.

Why did you change from servergateway?

[genisys]

Ok, thank you.

[genisys]

I changed it from server-gateway to server only because I added a SonicWALL NSA as our gateway.

[CharlieBrady]

I changed it from server-gateway to server only because I added a SonicWALL NSA as our gateway.

But why did you do that? What is SonicWall doing that SME does not or cannot do?

[genisys]

Another thing I wanted to post, in case others come across this problem is to make sure that if your users are using Outlook that it is NOT set to "delete emails from the server". Otherwise, the phone won't have access to them...  That was a headache with one of the phones. Other than that, all phones are working. Thanks again to all.

[janet]

genisys

As you now state you are leaving incoming mail on the sme server, you should look at changing mail client settings to IMAP rather than POP.
That way whatever email you send or receive, folder changes etc at any email client including workstations, phones, remote workstations and even webmail (accessed via web browser from home or anywher), will all show the same. You can set the email clients to retain local copies of messages if that is important.

IMAP allows better overall management of email across a number of end user devices. Whatever you do on one, is reflected to all others, even adding new folders and moving messages to archive folders. eg you can send on a workstation and see all your sent messages on the phone and so on.

[CharlieBrady]

As you now state you are leaving incoming mail on the sme server, you should look at changing mail client settings to IMAP rather than POP.
That way whatever email you send or receive, folder changes etc at any email client including workstations, phones, remote workstations and even webmail (accessed via web browser from home or anywher), will all show the same. You can set the email clients to retain local copies of messages if that is important.

IMAP allows better overall management of email across a number of end user devices. Whatever you do on one, is reflected to all others, even adding new folders and moving messages to archive folders. eg you can send on a workstation and see all your sent messages on the phone and so on.

This is standard advice, and IMO should be added to the documentation if it is not there already. POP is an already ancient legacy protocol, and should be rarely if ever used these days.

[chris burnat]

This is standard advice, and IMO should be added to the documentation if it is not there already. POP is an already ancient legacy protocol, and should be rarely if ever used these days.

Bug opened for consideration by DocTeam:
http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6941