are aplus.net email services compatible with portable devices?

Answer by: George Kaloyanov, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support.

Aplus.Net email services are compatible with portable devices such as mobile phones, Pocket PC’s and PDA’s. In other words, you can use your portable device to send and receive messages through your Aplus.Net email account. The supported Operation Systems for these devices include Symbian OS, Palm OS, and Windows CE. Furthermore, Aplus.Net supports both POP3 and IMAP access to the mail servers. With a connected portable device and Aplus.Net’s email services, you can use your email account anytime you don’t have access to a desktop or laptop computer.

I. Generic Email Settings:

You can setup your Aplus.Net Email Account on any connected portable device that has an email client application.

You have to apply the following settings:

POP3 Settings:

Incoming Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
Email Username: The entire email address. Example: info@yourdomain.com
Email Password: The password associated with your Email Box

IMAP Settings:

Incoming Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
Email Username: The entire email address. Example: info@yourdomain.com
Email Password: The password associated with your Email Box
You should enable SSL Secure Connection on port 993

Outgoing SMTP Settings:

Outgoing Email Server (SMTP): smtp.yourdomain.com

Important: Please have in mind that in order to use the Aplus.Net SMTP server (smtp.yourdomain.com), you have to enable it first using the Control Panel. Here is how:

How do I enable/disable SMTP service?

The “Outgoing Email Server requires authentication” option should be enabled. The Username and Password are the same as the login details for the Incoming Mail Server.
SMTP Port and Connection settings - you have two options:

Outgoing (SMTP) mail port: 465. You have to use SSL secured connection for the Outgoing mail server.
Outgoing (SMTP) mail port: 587. You have to use TLS secured connection for the Outgoing mail server.

Important: Some Portable Email Clients may not have the capabilities to modify mail port numbers or to enable SSL Secure Connection. Please contact your Portable Device vendor to request possible software upgrades or patches.

II. Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows CE:

Microsoft Windows Mobile is a compact operating system for portable devices such as Pocket PCs, SmartPhones and Portable Media Centers. Windows Mobile is powered by the Windows CE OS.

Pocket PC is a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) that runs on specific version of the Windows CE OS. Pocket PCs are manufactured by HP, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, View Sonic, etc.
A Smartphone is any electronic handheld device that integrates the functionality of Mobile Phone and Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). Smartphones do not have touchscreens and usually have lower display resolution.

Windows Mobile Versions:

Windows Mobile 2002, powered by Windows CE 3.0 – This is the first version under the Windows Mobile banner. Designed for Pocket PC 2002 devices.
Windows Mobile 2003, powered by Windows CE 4.20 – Released on June 23, 2003 in 3 editions:

Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC.
Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition – Designed for Pocket PCs which include phone functionalities (Qtek, XDA, MDA, VPA, etc)
Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphones.

Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, powered by Windows CE 4.21 – Released on March 24, 2004. It was first offered on Dell Axim x30
Windows Mobile 5.0, powered by Windows CE 5.0 – Released on May 9, 2005. It uses the .NET Compact Framework 1.0.

III. Symbian OS

Symbian is an operating system designed for different Mobile Phones which include PDA functionalities. Symbian is currently owned by Ericsson, Panasonic, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens AG and Sony Ericsson. Symbian’s major advantage is that it was built for handheld devices with limited resources that can run for months or years. It keeps memory and battery usage low.

Sony Ericsson is using the Symbian UIQ user interface, with the Sony Ericsson P800/P900/P910 models. Other companies using the UIQ interface are BenQ and Motorola. Symbian OS is also available with the Series 60 user interface (Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, Sendo, and Siemens) and the Series 80 user interface (Nokia Communicators 9210, 9300, 9500).

IV. Palm OS

Palm is an operating system developed by Palm Inc. and designed for Personal Digital Assistants. A Palm Device is a PDA that runs on the Palm OS. Currently Palm Inc. offers handhelds, smartphones and mobilemanagers. As of August 2005, all Palm Devices use Palm OS Garnet (5.x)