Want my work outlook email on iphone

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Want my work outlook email on iphone

I am going crazy trying to figure out how to get my work email from outlook to show up on my iPhone without having to go through webmail. My IT guy has told me that it can't be done without some expensive pc. of equipment (something they do have for the Blackberry), but if I was able to figure out how to get my calendar items pushed from outlook to ical from gmail, shouldn't there be something similar out there to allow me to get my outlook email, too?

17" MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jan 28, 2010 8:24 AM

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Dave Hutch

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Jan 28, 2010 8:58 AM in response to pr girl

Add account...Exchange
Enter you logon details and in the server url section, put in the first section of the url that you log on to webmail with i.e webmail.company.com
The domain is the line that you normally can't see, when you log onto your PC in the morning...click on the details link on your logon page to see it or ask IT
Password and username is your webmail logon p/w and username.

The iPhone will ask if you want to try and connect without security...say yes.

If it asks if you want to keep contacts on your phone, say "keep on phone".

That will give you Contacts, E-mail and Calendar all on your phone. You can turn each one on or off as you please and you can stop using the Google calendar if you want to, becasue you'll be dealing directly with the Exchange Server using Outlook Web Access.
CAlendar and e-mail will take a few minutes to update.

Push can be turned on in the accounts section on the phone as normal

Ta da!

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pr girl Author

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Jan 28, 2010 9:55 AM in response to Dave Hutch

Yeah, I tried that when I first got the phone but I can't figure out the domain name and IT doesn't want to tell me because they say it isn't secure...is this true?

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varjak paw

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Jan 28, 2010 10:14 AM in response to pr girl

They are wrong. Email to an Exchange server is quite secure (at least as secure as any mobile device can be; one can always be stolen and if the user hasn't taken appropriate precautions, security could be violated). Point them at this information:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/integration/#exchange

They can read up on how the iPhone works with Exchange in the documents on that web page. That should clear things up for them.

Regards

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Jan 28, 2010 10:50 AM in response to varjak paw

They may not be entirely wrong Dave.

If they are in a very secure firewalled area, such as DoD/MoD contractors, they probably don't allow or want internet access to the servers.

There are plenty of companies who are very concerned about security and will not allow internet access to exchanges servers by individuals.

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Dave Hutch

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Jan 28, 2010 11:20 AM in response to Graham Outterside

The way the iPhone does it is to access over the web interface Outlook Web Access.
You're not actually dealing directly with server any more than you would be when you use Webmail.

pr girl: Your domain name can be found underneath your username and password, when you switch your PC on in the morning.

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pr girl Author

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Jan 28, 2010 11:21 AM in response to Graham Outterside

Then is there a way to get the email the same way I'm getting my calendar info? It would seem to me that if I am able to get my calendar pushed through gmail, perhaps I can get my email that way as well?

I was able to access my email on my old phone without any problems...can't figure this one out.

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apple75

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Jan 28, 2010 11:32 AM in response to pr girl

Hi,

I couldn't figure it out at first but it's working now!

- Choose Exchange mail
- E-mail: insert your e-mailaddress
- Server: webmail.company name.extension
- Domain: company name
- Username: xxx
- Password: xxx
- SLL : on

Good luck!

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Dave Hutch

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Jan 28, 2010 11:33 AM in response to pr girl

See step 2 here:
http://support.dataviz.com/support.srch?docid=13629

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Jan 28, 2010 11:36 AM in response to Dave Hutch

Dave Hutch wrote:
The way the iPhone does it is to access over the web interface Outlook Web Access.

And thats not allowed in any UK List X company hence my point. a lot of Defence contractors are only allowed Blackberry's wth some more stringent firewall constraints.

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Dave Hutch

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Jan 28, 2010 11:42 AM in response to Graham Outterside

But pr girl said she wants to do it without going through webmail, which leads me to believe she can access it through webmail anyway, which would have nothing to do with a Blackberry server.

pr girl...do you have webmail access? if so, it should work fine

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pr girl Author

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Jan 28, 2010 11:43 AM in response to pr girl

I have tried setting up the exchange account but it just doesn't work. It's not asking me for the domain name (says that it's optional)...it wants my server address which I am "assuming" is exchange.mycompany.com -- but keeps telling me that it can't verify the server and that the connection has failed. I appreciate all of you help!

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Dave Hutch

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Jan 28, 2010 11:43 AM in response to apple75

Not always company name...my wife works at a University but the domain is "enterprise".

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pr girl Author

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Jan 28, 2010 11:44 AM in response to Dave Hutch

Yes, I have webmail access no problem...I just difficult to view via the internet.

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Dave Hutch

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Jan 28, 2010 11:49 AM in response to pr girl

you access your work email by logging onto Firefox or Safari on your Mac?

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pr girl Author

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Jan 28, 2010 11:58 AM in response to Dave Hutch

good question...firefox -- I'm pretty sure...I have a pc at work but I use a mac at home. Also use firefox as my browser on work pc if that means anything...

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