Hi Lynn and All, I believe iOS 5 will allow more full-featured support for IMAP among other things, if I remember the feature list correctly. Until then, Ester's suggestions are quite valid. Best, Zack. On Aug 16, 2011, at 2:24 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:
> Hello Esther > > > The question Gordon asked was more for when we're out and about and he is > checking his IMAP account using the iPad or iPhone. But yes; it's probably > more trouble than it's worth. > > We're actively looking into the acquisition of some sort of GSM modem if they > exist, so that we can connect to the GSM with our MacBooks directly. > > Lynne > > On 16 Aug 2011, at 22:05, Esther wrote: > > Hi Gordon, > > If you're talking about changing the status of a message you've read back to > "unread" on the iPad, I don't think there's any way of doing that in the mail > app on the iPad, since the iOS devices are not meant to provide a primary > interface for managing your IMAP settings through the mail client. It might > be possible to do this through the MobileMe web site, but you would have to > use a third party browser app, like Atomic Web Browser, and have it identify > itself as Safari Desktop, since Safari on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad > restricts any logins to MobileMe to setups for mail, contacts, and "Find my > iPhone". > > Then, you'd have to enter for the URL: > me.com/mail > > and log in > > The web interface is not convenient to navigate. Frankly, if I wanted to > mark mail messages, I would do it from Apple Mail on my Mac. Even allowing > for the time to find, switch to my MacBook, and start up Mail, it's much > faster and simpler to manage and mark messages from there. > > HTH. Cheers, > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
