how do i use my aplus.net email account on a palm os based portable device?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, 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.

The example below refers to a Palm OS based portable device with VersaMail email client software.

Note: It is required that your portable device has a configured Internet connection.

1. Start by launching VersaMail on your handheld device.
2. Then, open the Menu option.
3. From the Accounts menu, select Account Setup.
4. Tap New and specify the following settings:
1. Account name: choose a name for your account, for example Aplus.Net.
2. Mail Service: select Other.
3. Protocol: choose POP3 (instructions for the IMAP protocol follow below).
5. Tap Next and specify the following settings:
1. User name: type your full email address.
2. Password: type the password for your email account.
6. Tap Next and specify the following settings:
1. Email Address: type your full email address.
2. Incoming server address: type mail.yourdomain.com (Please replace “yourdomain.com” with your actual hosted domain name).
3. Outgoing server address: type smtp.yourdomain.com (Please replace “yourdomain.com” with your actual hosted domain name).
7. Tap Next.
8. Tap Next again to set additional mail options.
9. At the Incoming Mail Options specify the following settings:
1. Get unread mail ONLY: for use with the IMAP protocol only. Check this box, if you want to download only unread mail to your portable device. With the POP3 protocol all mail messages are downloaded from the server regardless of whether this box is checked.
2. Delete messages on the server when they are deleted in VersaMail: check this box, if you do not want to keep your messages on the server when deleted in VersaMail.
3. Leave mail on server: for use with the POP3 protocol. Check this box, if you want to leave a copy of the downloaded messages on the server.
4. Port number: type 110.
5. Use secure connection (SSL): leave this unchecked (when using the POP3 protocol).
6. Maximum message size: you can limit the maximum size (in KB) of an incoming mail message. The default is 5 KB. The maximum message size that you can retrieve is 60 KB for the body text and approximately 5 megabytes (MB) of total data for any attachments.
10. Tap Next to set the Outgoing Mail Settings:
1. Display name: type the name you want to appear on your outgoing messages.
2. Reply To Address: Enter the email address that you want recipients to see and reply to on your email messages, only if this is different from the email address from which you are sending the message.
3. Bcc a copy of outgoing messages: check this box, if you want to send a blind copy of any email message you send to another email address. The blind copy email address is not seen by the other recipients of the message.
11. Tap Next twice to set the Advanced Outgoing Options:
1. Port number: type 587.
2. My server requires authentication: check this box.
3. Username and Password should remain as previously set in step 5.
12. Tap Done to complete your email account setup.

Important: Aplus.Net mail servers support also the IMAP protocol. In order to use IMAP on your email account you have to change the following settings:

• 4. c. Protocol: choose IMAP.
• 9. d. Incoming port number: type 993.
• 9. e. Use secure connection (SSL): check this box.

All other settings remain the same.

Related Links:

• Are Aplus.Net Email Services compatible with Portable Devices?
• How can I use my Aplus.Net email account with a Symbian based portable device?
• How can I use my Aplus.Net email account with a Windows Mobile based portable device?