Hmmm, > The option to choose IMAP or POP does not present until you go to enter the > Outgoing server details.
This is not working for me: * Go to settings, mail/contacts/calendars * Select the new Internode account * Next page has an IMAP heading and an ³Account:² box showing the correct email address * Select the account takes me to the account information page which is headed IMAP ACCOUNT INFORMATION there are no buttons anywhere to change IMAP/POP * Scroll down to OUTGOING MAIL SERVER which correctly shows SMTP: mail.intenode.on.net (same as my working POP accounts on computers) - again there are no buttons anywhere to change IMAP/POP * Select the SMTP account shows mail.intenode.on.net as PRIMARY SERVER and as ON - again there are no buttons anywhere to change IMAP/POP * Select the mail.intenode.on.net PRIMARY SERVER shows all the server details name/user name/password/use SSL/Authentication/Server Port - again there are no buttons anywhere to change IMAP/POP That seems to be as far as I can go in outgoing server settings. I see Ronni has provided further info so I will peruse that now. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/10/15 11:35, petercr...@westnet.com.au at petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: > G'day Neil and Michael, I was momentarily puzzled when establishing the IMAP > accounts on my IOS devices. The option to choose IMAP or POP does not present > until you go to enter the Outgoing server details. if you scroll to the top of > that screen, at the top are the push buttons for IMAP OR POP. The account set > up process on iOS seems to ask for Incoming server details first, whereupon > entering that a "Verify" operation occurs. Following that - and for some > reason my iphone had defaulted to self nomiating a Bigpond outgoing server (I > am Westnet) and perhaps as a result of the FAIL it provided me the choice at > that point to select IMAP. I had not been aware of this prior to the other day > when I was making the changes across my devices per the thread below. > > So to answer Michael's question below, yes you have the choice in the setup > phase in iOS to select IMAP or POP and also Westnet do accommodate this > account type. > > Having now made the change to IMAP and used in that way for a couple of days, > I am kicking myself for not knowing why I tolerated for so long deleting stuff > in 3 places as the POP configuration requires. > > Pete. > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> wamug@wamug.org.au >> >> To: >> "WAMUG" <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Cc: >> >> Sent: >> Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:50:53 +0800 >> Subject: >> Re: How to convert a POP email account to IMAP >> >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> It's not that mail in iOS can't handle POP accounts - I do have a number of >> POP accounts on my iPhone, though they would all have been set-up under >> earlier iOS versions. >> >> The problem was setting up a new email account with an internode email >> address. As soon as I input the mail server and password (before I've >> finished setting up the account) it goes to "verifying" and then comes back >> set as IMAP - I can then finish setting up (setting description, etc) and >> have the option of saving or cancelling. Cancelling looses every thing and >> you have to start all over again - save and the account is all set-up. >> >> Nowhere does there seem to be an option to choose between POP and IMAP. >> >> My iPhone4 came with iOS 4 and is limited to iOS 7. I am currently running >> the terminal update for my phone which is iOS 7.1.2 >> >> As I say, the POP accounts would have been set-up pre iOS 7 - so I don't >> know if the problem is with the upgraded iOS or just something different >> about the internode email set-up. >> >> However, the same email address is accessed by POP accounts on at least 3 >> computers - all running SL ;o) - so I now think the internode email is not >> the problem. >> >> It seems more likely that it is down to changes in iOS and Apple deciding >> that it knows better than we do how we want things set-up :o(( >> >> Of course, I'd be happy to be proved wrong if anyone could point me to the >> hidden IMAP/POP switch anywhere in the settings ;o) >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Neil
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