Comments on: UVM email in Outlook Mobile http://www.uvm.edu/~gcd/2007/03/uvm-email-in-outlook-mobile/ Adventures in System Administration Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Geoff http://www.uvm.edu/~gcd/2007/03/uvm-email-in-outlook-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Geoff Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:05:27 +0000 http://www.uvm.edu/~gcd/?p=6#comment-49 <strong>Problems sending multiple messages with UVM outgoing mail server</strong>. <a href="http://www.uvm.edu/directory/?Page=query_results.php&name=Mickey+Mossey" rel="nofollow">Mickey Mossey</a> and I have identified an issue with Outlook Mobile's handling of encryption with outgoing mail server. It appears to correctly connect and send the first message. Subsequent send operation fail to use the secure connect, though, and fail. Two work-arounds exist: <ol><li>Use the Verizon-provided outgoing mail server instead of the UVM server. This server doesn't use encryption, and this avoid the problem altogether.</li> <li>Use the <em>OK</em> button to force Outlook Mobile to quit, then restart it and you can send another message. Because I rarely send outgoing mail from my phone, this is what I do.</li> <li>Ok, to there are really three options. You could also just send a text (SMS) message, instead of using email. The mail will come from a differen email address; either [phone_num]@vtext.com, or you can sign-up for a vtext name to associate with your phone number. This is what I do when I need to send a quick message from the phone and the from address doesn't matter.</li></ol> I reported the problem to the <a href="http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsMobile/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2486330&SiteID=65" rel="nofollow">Windows Mobile forum</a>, and a Microsoft WM MVP said this was addressed in Windows Mobile 6. Alas, there is no OS upgrade for my Treo 700w. Problems sending multiple messages with UVM outgoing mail server.

Mickey Mossey and I have identified an issue with Outlook Mobile’s handling of encryption with outgoing mail server. It appears to correctly connect and send the first message. Subsequent send operation fail to use the secure connect, though, and fail.

Two work-arounds exist:

  1. Use the Verizon-provided outgoing mail server instead of the UVM server. This server doesn’t use encryption, and this avoid the problem altogether.
  2. Use the OK button to force Outlook Mobile to quit, then restart it and you can send another message. Because I rarely send outgoing mail from my phone, this is what I do.
  3. Ok, to there are really three options. You could also just send a text (SMS) message, instead of using email. The mail will come from a differen email address; either [phone_num]@vtext.com, or you can sign-up for a vtext name to associate with your phone number. This is what I do when I need to send a quick message from the phone and the from address doesn’t matter.

I reported the problem to the Windows Mobile forum, and a Microsoft WM MVP said this was addressed in Windows Mobile 6. Alas, there is no OS upgrade for my Treo 700w.

]]> By: Geoff http://www.uvm.edu/~gcd/2007/03/uvm-email-in-outlook-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Geoff Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:56:32 +0000 http://www.uvm.edu/~gcd/?p=6#comment-4 If you leave your mobile mail client running, checking for mail periodically, and then use another mail client, you'll likely receive mailbox-lock errors. The default mailbox format doesn't support concurrent access by different applications. One option is to convert your Inbox to use a different format that does support concurrent access. Mike Austin explains: <blockquote>You can ssh to zoo.uvm.edu and run "mbxinbox". This will create an MBX inbox for you that fully supports concurrent access.</blockquote> Thanks, Mike. If you leave your mobile mail client running, checking for mail periodically, and then use another mail client, you’ll likely receive mailbox-lock errors. The default mailbox format doesn’t support concurrent access by different applications.

One option is to convert your Inbox to use a different format that does support concurrent access. Mike Austin explains:

You can ssh to zoo.uvm.edu and run “mbxinbox”. This will create an MBX inbox for you that fully supports concurrent access.

Thanks, Mike.

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