1.6 - Configuring Email on Mobile Devices

Question 1

Email configurations

Answer 1

• Retrieving mail - POP3, IMAP
• Sending mail - SMTP
• Corporate email - Microsoft Exchange
• Integrated providers
• iCloud, Google, Exchange Online, Yahoo

Question 2

Retrieving mail messages

Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)

Answer 2

• Used for downloading mail to local mail client

* Downloads and (optionally) deletes from server

Question 3

Retrieving mail messages

Configuration information

Answer 3

• Name of POP3 server

* Username and password

Question 4

Retrieving mail messages

Network ports

Answer 4

• Defined by your mail provider
• POP3: tcp/110
• SSL (Secure Socket Layer) settings - POP3S: tcp/995

Question 5

Retrieving mail messages

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP4)

Answer 5

Access mail on a central server,
• Mail is usually stored on the server
• Supports folders and server-side searching

Question 6

Retrieving mail messages

Configuration information

Answer 6

• Name of IMAP server

* Username and password

Question 7

Network ports

Answer 7

• Defined by your mail provider
• IMAP: tcp/143
• SSL (Secure Socket Layer) settings - IMAPS: tcp/993

Question 8

Sending email

Answer 8

• SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• Send mail from a device to a mail server
• Or between mail servers
• You usually must send from a local or trusted device
• Authentication usually required
• May be different credentials than the incoming mail
• Port numbers
• SMTP (no authentication, relatively unused): tcp/25
• SMTP with authentication: tcp/587

Question 9

Microsoft Exchange

Answer 9

• Enterprise email
• Not a service for the home
• More than just email
• Contacts, Calendars, Reminders
• Integrates with mobile device database
• Integrated contacts, calendars, etc.
• Configuration options
• Email, server, domain, username, password
• Integrated message encryption with S/MIME
• Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
• Encrypt and digitally sign

Question 10

Commercial email providers

Answer 10

• Gmail
• Google email, splits inbox into tabs, IMAP4, POP3
• Exchange Online (hosted email)
• IMAP4 and POP3 support
• iCloud Mail - Apple Mail, IMAP4 support only
• Yahoo Mail - IMAP4 and POP3 support