Re: Mobile Phone

Sam wrote: 
rsluff writes:

Sam wrote:

rsluff writes:

Sam wrote:

rsluff writes:

Hi,

Should it be possible to retrive my e-mail to my nokia 6600 from my companies exchage 2003 server using the IMAP4 protocol?




Yes, it should be possible. Whether it is actually possible depends on many things: namely whether IMAP support is enabled in Exchange; whether there are any intermediate firewalls between your company's Exchange server, and your phone, that can get in the way; and possible bugs in your Exchange server's or your phone's IMAP implementation.


Thanks for the reply - I should have been more specific. IMAP is enabled. Smoothwall exists between the Nokia 6600 and the server. Windows based devices work no problem. I cannot seem to authenticate and retrieve messages.

The BOfH seems to think that SP2 for Exchange 2003 will fix...



If your BOFH is really a BOFH, then what he should've already done by now is telnet to port 143 and see whether IMAP is really enabled, or not, and what authentication methods are available via IMAP.


Again, appreciate the reply. Are you intimating that IMAP isn't really enabled and those devices that claim to be using the service are really, secretly using another protocol?


No, I'm “intimating” that it's rather unlikely that “Windows-based devices” actually use IMAP, and not the bastardized MAPI protocol. Furthermore, if someone thinks a randomly-chosen service pack is going to fix a problem that he doesn't really understand, and if he doesn't really know what the problem really is, any more besides the general “it doesn't work” description, then the chances of this randomly-chosen service pack actually fixing the real problem are rather slim.

But, if your BOFH can actually tell you what the problem is, at a reasonable detail level (example: “there's a bug in AUTH CRAM-MD5, and SP2 will fix it”), if he actually knows the IMAP commands for logging in, and can show you the actual error message or malfunction that prevents you from logging in correctly, and if he has knowledge that SP2 actually fixes this broken, then your chances are pretty good.


I'm now educated in a lot more than IMAP - thanks for taking the time to write this - I *am* grateful.

Regards
rsl
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