Topic: Access Horde webmail from iPhone

[jim7jim]

Hello, I'm unable to access the Horde webmail on SME 8.1 server from iPhone 4s or 5c using the Safari browser. I also tried the Mercury browser. I found one post saying to use Firefox but can't find a Firefox app for iPhone.

Does anyone know a simple workaround for this? Is there a setting on the server or a certain web browser I might use? This is for a one time traveller who doesn't want to set up email and VPN on their personal phone. Would just like to get to email from the web.

Thanks for any help.

[stephdl]

no need of vpn, try another webmail as roundcube, sogo,  zarafa or set his email account to the iphone, or he can do tethering with  his Iphone or he can throw his Iphone to the bin (from my point of view the best solution).

[jim7jim]

Thanks for your response. Sorry, I didn't really understand most of that. You're suggesting I install another webmail application on the sme server? I understand some people don't like iPhones but are you saying there isn't a solution with Horde? That is surprising to me given the number of iPhones around and that Horde is the SME default.

As far as setting up the email account to the iPhone, if I understand what you mean, we don't allow direct outside access to the server other than webmail, so users must use VPN to connect and get email. 

Thanks again.

[stephdl]

-You can install another webmail on smeserver as roundcube, sogo, new horde5 (please test before) or zarafa.

-I worry that horde is too old for safari, maybe not

-You don't need to set  a vpn, simply allow in email panel the imaps service and set your router to forward ports to your sme (995,993,587,25)

E-mail settings
POP3 server access    Allow private and public (secure POP3S)
IMAP server access    Allow private and public (secure IMAPS)
Webmail access    Allow HTTPS (secure)

-please take some minutes/hours to read the documentation, seems that it could be a great help for you and a source of inspiration for many next projects with sme : http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation

[DanB35]

Webmail really is a suboptimal solution, particularly on a small screen like a smartphone.  Setting up a VPN connection takes about two minutes to configure, and about 30 seconds to connect when desired, and using the phone's mail app is going to be a much better user experience (and is, I expect, the "official" recommended solution to your issue).

Another solution is to use a different webmail app.  The folks at the Horde project have had one called mimp, designed for smartphones and such, but I'm not aware of a clean way to install it on SME.  Roundcube (http://wiki.contribs.org/RoundCube) is another such app, and a brief test with my iPhone indicates that I can log in and use it from there.

[warren]

The folks at the Horde project have had one called mimp, designed for smartphones and such

http://wiki.contribs.org/Mimp

[DanB35]

Looks like I should have checked before I typed.  OK, in that case, installing mimp is likely the easiest way to get horde webmail working on an iPhone.

[jim7jim]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I appreciate the help and I'll check out the documentation again. It has been a while since I've been through it.

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