David Esp Video Technical Blog

Set up email accounts on iPhone, to read (not consume) emails to me at various addresses.  Being no expert at this, I record my experiences for possible future reference.

• The phone should have WiFi disabled and be in range of a cell-data connection.
• Notes:
  • “Username” entries must include the domain  e.g. “xxx@yyy” not just “xxx”.
  • Depending on email service, email account client (e.g. phone) configs may offer IMAP or POP.
    • Choose IMAP if available for your email service.
    • IMAP copies emails to client (e.g. an iPhone) whereas POP moves them.
• 1&1 Email client account config info is at http://order.1and1.co.uk/links/email-hosting.html
• Virgin Email client account config info:
  • http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=37902&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1002&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=Cable
    • Incoming: imap4.virgin.net
    • Outgoing: smtp.virgin.net
    • In both cases, SSL can be enabled – allegedly – but for me there was no config option to enable it for smtp, and imap4 didn’t like it…
• HotMail default setup is POP3, but can get IMAP as follows:
• • Add Account > Microsoft Exchange
    • (sic)
    • Enter full email address in both Username and email fields
    • Leave Domain field blank
    • Enter Password
    • Enter Description
  • Click Next
    • Under Server, enter m.hotmail.com
  • (May wish to leave Contacts and Calendars disabled

Web-Research:

• http://www1.umn.edu/adcs/guides/email/imapvspop.html
  • IMAP = Internet Message Access Protocol
    • When you use IMAP you are accessing your inbox on the … central mail server. IMAP does not actually move messages onto your computer. You can think of an e-mail program using IMAP as a window to your messages on the server. Although the messages appear on your computer while you work with them, they remain on the central mail server.
  • POP = Post Office Protocol
    • POP does the opposite. Instead of just showing you what is in your inbox on the … mail server, it checks the server for new messages, downloads all the new messages in your inbox onto your computer, and then deletes them from the server. This means that every time you use POP to view your new messages, they are no longer on the central mail server.
• Virgin Email client account config info:
  • http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Email/Problems-with-virgin-net-email-on-iphone/td-p/26260
    • But it seems focussed on POP
  • http://208.74.204.158/t5/Email/virgin-net-IMAP-e-mail-on-O2-iPhone-3Gs/td-p/415663
    • Is about IMAP
  • http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=37902&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1002&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=Cable
    • This article is best.  Very simple.
• HotMail Email setup:
  • http://www.sirslur.com/2010/09/01/hotmail-has-imap-and-works-on-iphone/
  • http://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?solutionid=6ae4b9c2-1c01-4e9c-bdc5-12da8728f4c2
    • HotMail default setup is POP3
    • Nevertheless, can setup IMAP as follows:
      • Add Account > Microsoft Exchange
        • (sic)
        • Enter full email address in both Username and email fields
        • Leave Domain field blank
        • Enter Password
        • Enter Description
      • Click Next
        • Under Server, enter m.hotmail.com
      • (May wish to leave Contacts and Calendars disabled

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