iPhone The Missing Manul- P6

iPhone The Missing Manul- P6:Apple’s iPhone is a breakthrough in design, miniaturization, and elegantsoftware. This stunning, sleek, black-and-chrome touchscreen machinecomes with cellphone, iPod, Internet, and organizer features—justabout everything you need except a printed manual. Fortunately,David Pogue arrives just in time with iPhone: The Missing Manual: a witty,authoritative, full-color guide to unlocking the iPhone’s potential.
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iPhone The Missing Manul- P6These account types require more setting up than the freeWeb accounts.Nowyou’llhavetoentersuchjuicydetailsastheHostNameforIncomingandOutgoingMailservers.(There’sevenmoregeekygoodnessontheAdvancedscreen:SSL,Authentication,IMAPPathPrefix,andsoon.)Ifyoudon’tknowthisstuffoffhand,you’llhavetoaskyourInternetprovider,corporatetech-supportperson,ornext-doorteenagertohelpyou.Especiallyinthefirstversion,theiPhone’smail-setupprocesscaninvolvequiteabitoftimeandtroubleshooting. The iPhone can’t check corporate exchange mail unless the system administrator  can be persuaded to turn on the server’s iMaP feature. That’s probably going to be  a hard sell at most security-conscious corporations. There is hope, however. visto (visto.com) plans to unveil a software package by the  end of 2007 that, once installed by the system administrator, will allow the iPhone  to connect to exchange mail servers without sacrificing security. Start buttering up  your company’s geeks now.Whenyou’refinished,tapSave.The “Two-Mailbox Problem”It’sawesomethattheiPhonecancheckthemailfromaPOPmailaccount,whichisthesortprovidedbymostInternetproviders.Thismeans,however,thatnowyou’vegottwo machinescheckingthesameaccount—yourmaincomputerandyouriPhone.Now you’ve got the“two-mailbox problem.”What if your computer down-loadssomeofthemail,andyouriPhonedownloadstherest?Willyourmailstash be awkwardly split between two machines? How will you rememberwheretofindaparticularmessage?Fortunately,theproblemishalfwaysolvedbyafactorysettingdeepwithintheiPhonethatsays,ineffect:“TheiPhonemaydownloadmail,butwillleaveacopybehindforyourdesktopcomputertodownloadlater.” if you must know, this setting is at SettingsÆMailÆaccount nameÆadvancedÆ “Delete from server”ÆNever. email 139 Unfortunately,thatdoesn’tstoptheoppositeproblem.Itdoesn’tpreventthe computer fromdownloadingmessagesbeforeyouriPhone cangettothem. Whenyou’reoutandabout,therefore,youmaymissimportantmessages. Mostpeoplewouldrathernotturnoffthecomputereverytimetheyleave thedesk.Fortunately,there’samoreautomaticsolution:turnonthe“Leave messages on server” option in your Mac or PC email program. Its location dependsonwhichemailprogramyouuse.Forexample: • Entourage. ChooseToolsÆAccounts.Double-clicktheaccountname; clickOptions.Turnon“Leaveacopyofeachmessageontheserver.” also turn on “Delete messages from the server after they are deleted from this  computer,” so that your iPhone won’t wind up re-downloading messages you’ve  already disposed of on your computer. • Mail. ChooseMailÆPreferenceslÆAccountslÆaccountnamelÆ Advanced.Turnoff“Removecopyfromserverafterretrievingamessage.”140 Chapter 8 • Outlook. ChooseToolsÆE-mailAccountsÆE-mail.Click“Viewor ChangeE-MailAccounts”ÆNextÆyouraccountnameÆChangeÆMore SettingsÆAdvanced.Turnoff“Leaveacopyofmessagesontheserver.” • Outlook Express. ChooseToolsÆAccountsÆyouraccount nameÆPropertiesÆAdvanced.Turnoff“Leaveacopyofmessageson theserver.”Withthisarrangement,bothmachinesdownloadthesamemail;messagesaren’tdeleteduntilyoudeletethemfromthebiggercomputer. Here’s another tip that may help : Turn on “always Cc Myself” (in SettingsÆMail). it  ensures that when you send a message from your iPhone, it fires off a copy to your  own email address—so that when you return to your desk, you’ll have copies of all  the messages you wrote from the road. (Yeah, they’ll be in your inbox and not your  Sent Mail, but at least it’s something.)Andexplorethepossibilityofgetting(orforwardingyourmailto)anIMAPaccount like Yahoo Mail, which avoids this whole mess. Then whateverchangesyoumakeononemachinearemagicallyreflectedontheother.Reading MailIngeneral,youriPhonechecksfornewmessagesautomaticallyevery15,30,or60minutes,dependingonyourpreferences(pagexx),aswellaseachtimeyouopentheMailprogram.Therearetwonotableexceptions: • Manual checking. Youcanturnoffautomaticcheckingaltogether.If, inSettingsÆMailÆAuto-Check,youchooseManual,thenyouriPhone won’tcheckfornewmessagesexceptwhenyoutaptheCheckbutton (ƒ)withintheMailprogram. • Real-time delivery. IfyouhaveafreeYahooMailaccount,yougetadeli- ciousperk:real-time emaildelivery.That’salsocalled“push”ema ...