Configuring Email on Mobile Devices

Question 1

Email Configuration

Answer 1

Retrieving Mail
-POP3 , IMAP

• Sending mail
  
  • SMTP
• Corporate email
  
  • Microsoft Exchange
• Integrated commercial providers
  
  • Google , yahoo , outlook.com , iCloud

Question 2

Retrieving Mail Message

Answer 2

• Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) = tcp / 110
  
  • Used for downloading mail to local mail client
  • Downloads & (optionally) deletes from server
• Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) = tcp / 143
  
  • Access mail on central server
  • Mail is generally stored on the other server
  • Support folders & server-side searching

-Network ports
Defined by your mail provider

Question 3

Sending Email

Answer 3

• SMTP
  
  • Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• Send mail from a device to a mail service
  
  • or between mail servers
  • Usually must send from local or trusted server

Authentication usually required
-May be different credentials than the incoming mail

Question 4

Microsoft Exchange

Answer 4

-Enterprise Email

• More than just email
  
  • Contacts , calendars , reminders
• Integrate with mobile devices database
• Configuration options
• Integrated message encrypting with S/MIME
  
  • Secure / Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions

Question 5

Commercial Email Providers

Answer 5

• Gmail
  
  • IMAP & POP3 Support
• Yahoo Mail
  
  • IMAP & POP3 support
• Outlook.com
  
  • Microsoft free personal email , IMAP & POP3
• iCloud Mail
  
  • Apple mail , IMAP support only