MS Exchange is a product that let's companies or small businesses share resources like calendars, email, contacts and so on. Many email clients support Exchange, such as the mail app on the iPhone. Google also maintains an Exchange server, so you can use an Exchange account to get to Gmail. For example, I was using an Exchange account to handle my Gmail, my Google Calendar and my Google Contacts. I was also using a Google account to handle my email (IMAP), calendar and notes. I've since, based on recommendations from this list, stopped using Exchange for anything but synchronizing my Google Contacts. I use my Google account to get to my email via IMAP and my Google Calendar (although I'm not sure what protocol it uses for that).
On 17/07/12 16:12, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote: > *Can you explain what is meant by “an exchange account”? Several people > have mentioned this, and I don’t know what it means and how it is used. * > > * * > > *Thanks. Keith * > > * * > > *From: * viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Sieghard Weitzel > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:33 AM > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* RE: IMAP and POP3 questiion > > > > Hi Reggie, > > > > It is probably best that if you have setup a mail account as POP3 on > your iPhone to delete it first. > > > > Then, to set up your gmail account as IMAP all you have to do on your > iPhone is to go into the mail app, tap on “create account” and when it > asks you what type of account you want to create choose “gmail” from the > list. It will ask you for your full name, your email address, your > password and you can also type in a description, by default it already > says “My gmail account”. The iPhone knows all the rest and if you do > this your gmail accout will be set up as an IMAP account. > > > > As for the computer, I can’t give you any tips since I don’t know what > you are using, e.g. PC or Mac, an email client like Outlook or Windows > Mail or do you use the gmail web interface. It’s important, though, that > you don’t use POP3 at all on any device because it’s a pretty old > protocol and all it can do is download the mail from the server to > whichever device/computer/email client you use. The only thing you can > do is to tell it to “Leave mail on the server” in which case it > downloads a copy, but also leaves the mail on the server so you could > log into gmail and manage it there. > > > > One thing to keep in mind is that there are very detailed instructions > on how to set up gmail with POP3, IMAP, the iPhone etc. on the website. > Log into gmail and go to “Help”. There are 2 links: > > > > * Gmail on your mobile device > * Accessing Gmail on 3rd party clients/devices (IMAP, POP) > > * * > > *The above should work as direct links, you can press enter on them and > see if they take you to the correct article. I am curious what you > didn’t like about using gmail as an exchange account. Personally I think > Exchange is the way to go, IMAP orks well, but what issues exactly did > you have? * > > * * > > * * > > *Good luck, * > > *Sieghard * > > * * > > * * > > *From: * viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Regina Alvarado > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:28 AM > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* IMAP and POP3 questiion > > > > Desperate to have emails deleted from phone and gmail and computer at > the same time. When I changed my email address I was given instruction > which put me into an exchange. I hated it and figured out how to change > to POP3. How do I change to IMAP if it will delete email from the > server from iPhone? Need details. Thanks a bunch! > > Reggie > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
