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IMAP over GPRS problems

I am trying to connect to my office server using IMAP over GPRS from my Universal.
It works fine when I am on my wireless network in the office, but then when away I switch all the connections over to using GPRS and it won't connect.
I have modified my firewall to allow incoming traffic on port 143 for IMAP, but am still getting nowhere, it just won't connect.
Something must be working right because I can synchronise my main mail account over the web via GPRS using Activesync on the Universal without any problems.
Any ideas?

its working fine here.
do you have a router? did you nat port 143 to the server?
can you use on the internal network imap?

It sounds like a firewall issue. Check what you have configured for outgoing ports on your firewall. You could be blocking the outbound data. I'm not sure whether IMAP uses the same port outbound as inbound, but it should be easy enough to check.

port 143 is for reading mail, you sent your mail through port 25 = smtp mail
most providers wil close inbound port 25, but (i have t-mobile) mail i sent is intercepted by their smtp server and send through their server. i have imap server and smtp server my mailservers ipadres but my outgoing mail is directed not through my server.
if you want to specific send your mail through yor mailserver you have to first make a vpn connection and then you can send through your own mailserver.

Port 25 isn't used by IMAP. Port 25 is used by the email server to send and receive email, and that is already configured and working I assume.
When applications connect via a tcp port, the server often responds on a different port. Therefore when you are opening ports on a firewall you often have to open the incoming AND outgoing ports (if they are different), in order to get an application to work correctly. That was what I was alluding to.

yep two ways
imap is sending over port 25 only reading mail on 143 (143 two ways open as you said)

graybo said:
It sounds like a firewall issue. Check what you have configured for outgoing ports on your firewall. You could be blocking the outbound data. I'm not sure whether IMAP uses the same port outbound as inbound, but it should be easy enough to check.
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That is what I was thinking. I have port 143 on the firewall open both ways and it isn't logging any other issues.
I'm wondering if there are any restrictions on the server side (Exchange 2003 on Win 2003 server).
It's not such a burning issue, but in the future I would like to get setup so that I can connect to three accounts on my mail server (two using IMAP) over a wireless connection when around the office and then when away use a VPN connection to be able to get in over GPRS or 3G - having to reconfigure the connection for each account when away is a pain.

The IMAP virtual server needs to be running, obviously, and if I remember rightly you may need to enable it for each user, or group of users.
Have you checked the settings in the Properties of the users you want to login as?

Try to run a network sniffer like Ethereal (www.ethereal.com) on your server while trying to connect from your Universal. Maybe you get some useful information on what's wrong there...
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Hi,
Thanks for the responses.
The IMAP service is running fine since I can connect to it without problems over the local network, I just can't connect coming in over the web.
Interestingly whilst the IMAP doesn't seem to want to play over the web, I can use activesync over GPRS to sync my outlook folders.
Now if only I could have 2-3 outlook style accounts on the Universal and use activesync to sync them, that would make life a lot easier.

We have twelve SPV 5000's at work and non of us tinkerers can get IMAP to work over GPRS or G3.....
It's taken us flippin ages to work out how to send over POP3 and GPRS although we could always receive fine.
Technical help from orange is less useful than my mum... and the help on the website is non-existent.
Good luck in your quest Brave Warrior. 8)

(request(?)) email program for port 443

hi
my provider (tmobile) blocks any port except 443 and 80 so i cant use email service. but i'd love a email program or a guide that connects over port 443. i didn't find any solution to this yet, but i think it's possible, because there are servics like palringo which also allow to connect via port 443. i WOULD set up a server if i could, but i have problems with my router. it doesn't fully support port forwarding, because other clients cant access ssl sites anymore then.
so i hope theres anyone out there who has a solution

Have your email forwarded to another address.

hi
i dont understand what you mean with fotwarding... you mean the port? or how to do?

Try Flexmail, on account settings You can configure incoming and outgoing ports
http://www.pocketinformant.com/products_info.php?p_id=mail

You can add the port number after the smtp server address, such as mail.mydomain.com:443. However I doubt that you have your own SMTP server (I could be wrong though ... ) so I don't think you'll be able to change the server's outbound SMTP address.
I myself have to use a service from NO-IP.COM to do port redirecting so I can use my Exchange 2003 server because my ISP (Bellsouth) blocks both incoming and outgoing port 25, which is one real PIA! (I'm not going to upgrade from residential to commercial service with Bellsouth, no way Jose!)
Without more info, can't help you.

Dr Puttingham said:
You can add the port number after the smtp server address, such as mail.mydomain.com:443. However I doubt that you have your own SMTP server (I could be wrong though ... ) so I don't think you'll be able to change the server's outbound SMTP address.
I myself have to use a service from NO-IP.COM to do port redirecting so I can use my Exchange 2003 server because my ISP (Bellsouth) blocks both incoming and outgoing port 25, which is one real PIA! (I'm not going to upgrade from residential to commercial service with Bellsouth, no way Jose!)
Without more info, can't help you.
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yep its right. i can´t set up a server here/don´t have one (atm maybe i´ll set up one) but i found a better solution. (well i think it is) i just made an account at www.emoze.com, it allows you to make a free push mail account, and it works over port 443, too. it doesn´t matter what port you set in email server settings, it just works! then i forwarded my mail accounts to a gmail account (because the mailserver im using is crappy at pop3/imap access) and now everything works beatifully
i get the mails after 3 secs after sending

recent:[email protected] Why use the recent tag in the prefix?

i have found that if i need to access my gmail account using POP3 client, i need to prepend my username with the recent tag
ie) recent:[email protected]
However, i am puzzled by what does the POP3 client communicate with the server when a recent: is used. POP3 standard does not have anything to do with the recent: prefix. Hence my doubts are:
1) Is it that gmail's POP3 server is customized to handle this type of login ?.i.e.) The gmail's POP3 server would allow multiple POP3 connection when a user logs in with recent:[email protected]
2) How is it that when recent: is prefixed, the client is able to download emails received during the last 30 days only? [It is a coool feature since i dont have to download all my old emails to my mobile]
3) Is this applicable for the IMAP account also?
4) Any other server that support this recent: prefix to the username?
Thankyou in advance for ur support.
-Sajo

Yahoo! IMAP over Wi-Fi Working with Stock Mail

Hello All! Forever I've wanted my mail combined in the stock app, but Yahoo! IMAP wouldn't work over wi-fi without using K9, etc. I tried again and have success thanks to mtwebster's git commit: http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_Email/commits/froyo
If you want your Yahoo! mail in the stock email (vanilla email client, not htc) app, add your IMAP account manually as usual and use the following incoming and outgoing servers:
Incoming server: imap.next.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing server: smtp.mobile.mail.yahoo.com
I've tested it and it works great for me! I now have a combined mailbox with my Exchange (work) mail and my yahoo mail and can access both via Wi-Fi or 3G!
Enjoy

i dont know about the "next" command in ur first string..but ive always used :
INCOMING : imap.mail.yahoo.com
OUTGOING : smtp.mobile.mail.yahoo.com
im sure ur way works..but theres an alternative if the first way doesnt work for anyone for some odd reason

SoCalSpecialist said:
i dont know about the "next" command in ur first string..but ive always used :
INCOMING : imap.mail.yahoo.com
OUTGOING : smtp.mobile.mail.yahoo.com
im sure ur way works..but theres an alternative if the first way doesnt work for anyone for some odd reason
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Hey SoCal. I saw your other post about ordering your Dinc. I think you'll love it! Welcome!
As for the servers, the ones you listed are the ones I had and they will NOT work via Wi-Fi (except if using K9 mail and I hate that ugly @ss icon and wanted one mail client and one inbox for all of my mail) but work fine over 3G. That's why I had to find the others. Give it a test and you won't even be able to add your account to the stock client while connected to a wireless access point. It will keep telling you "The username or password are not correct". When I'm at home or at work, I'm always connected to wireless, so not being able to get my mail is unacceptable.
Thanks for the reply, though!

awesome catch then eh? kudos on that!
and thanks for the welcome. being on an HDPI device is gonna be a bit of a learning curve as far as development goes..but im sure with a bit of the forum help ill be able to find my way just fine.

not working for me...
jermaine151 said:
Hello All! Forever I've wanted my mail combined in the stock app, but Yahoo! IMAP wouldn't work over wi-fi without using K9, etc. I tried again and have success thanks to mtwebster's git commit: http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_Email/commits/froyo
If you want your Yahoo! mail in the stock email app, add your IMAP account manually as usual and use the following incoming and outgoing servers:
Incoming server: imap.next.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing server: smtp.mobile.mail.yahoo.com
I've tested it and it works great for me! I now have a combined mailbox with my Exchange (work) mail and my yahoo mail and can access both via Wi-Fi or 3G!
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This is the regular plain-jane HTC mail app? I tried using these server names to set up my regular yahoo (not y-plus) account...left SSL and default ports unchanged. I had to switch to 3G-only even to get past the incoming server page in manual setup. I got the account set up, but with WiFi active I get the same old errormsg.
Is yours still working? I wonder what we did differently.

cantare said:
This is the regular plain-jane HTC mail app? I tried using these server names to set up my regular yahoo (not y-plus) account...left SSL and default ports unchanged. I had to switch to 3G-only even to get past the incoming server page in manual setup. I got the account set up, but with WiFi active I get the same old errormsg.
Is yours still working? I wonder what we did differently.
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No, that was on the vanilla email client when I was using Ruby. I tried with the htc client and got the same issue that you did. I might have to restore my ruby backup and see if it still works and what the ssl settings are.
EDIT: I just verified that this works on the vanilla email client, via wifi, with security set to none but won't work on the htc client.
Typed on my Incredible phone!

Email Alerts

Hi I have a question on email alerts. search did not yield any answers.
My N1 is connected via HSDPA to my Hotmail account (paid, if that matters).
I often get email alerts, from the bottom up if that makes sense. for example: the topmost email on the page is the latest, but sometimes the n1 is refreshing from the bottom too, and it alerts an unread email as "new email" there.
I just want to get alerts of new emails.
Anyone?

Change your email settings for Hotmail to Exchange ActiveSync, it works a million times better.

Thanks.
I do not have an exchange server. I use windows live on the web to read mail normally.
I'm using these settings:
Incoming:
Protocol - POP
Email address - my email
Username - my email
Password - my password
POP Server - pop3.live.com
Security type - SSL
Server port - 995
Outgoing:
SMTP server - smtp.live.com
Security type - TLS
Server port - 587

Windows live is now exchange compatible, hence my reply.

The hotmail exchange settings don't work for android
unless you got them working somehow?
This is what I've tried:
http://www.liveside.net/2010/08/30/exchange-activesync-now-available/
http://androidforums.com/incredible...have-hotmail-exchange-activesync-working.html
I don't have a real exchange server to setup touchdown with.
http://groups.google.com/group/nitrodesk/web/installing-the-latest-beta?pli=1

It works fine for Android with those settings, I've been using it for months on the stock email app.