Setting Up Snappermail

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Secure [Snappermail] IMAP Configuration for Pobox

These settings will allow you to connect your Treo securely to your Pobox account using TLS.

1. To set up your account, open SnapperMail, go to Menu-->Accounts-->New Account
2. Make your selection of POP3 or IMAP4 account (these instructions will be assuming you are using an IMAP4 connection)
3. Fill in the pertinant information in the following screen under Identity (Account name, Your Name, email address and Reply to Address (optional)
4. Click on the Server Tab
   • Under Incoming Mail, fill in your IMAP4 server (pobox.upenn.edu), Username, and Password
   • Under Outgoing Mail, fill in the SMTP server (smtp.pobox.upenn.edu), Username, and Password
5. Click on the More button at the bottom of the screen
6. In the Server Settings screen, for IMAP4 settings:
   • use port 993
   • In the drop-down menu where it says "No SSL Security", select "Always Secure (wrapped port)"
   • Under SMTP Settings, Use Port 25 (587 in the future)
   • In the drop-down menu where it says "No SSL Security", select Always secure (STARTTLS)
   • Leave both of the "Always Trust Server" checkboxes unchecked
7. When you are finished configuring, hit OK until you are back at the Edit Accounts screen
8. Make sure that your account has a checkmark next to it in the Receive mail from window
9. Click Done

The rest of the configuration is up to the end user, but here are some suggested settings:

• Under "Rules":
  • "Incoming Mail Rules": The amount of mail you choose to sync depends on the volume of email typically received. Start low and work higher when in doubt.
  • "Receive": It's suggested to receive only the First 4k of a message. You can always choose to receive more of a message at any time
  • "Retain Ghost message": Check off that box. That way, messages saved to external storage still are listed in the message list.
• Under general "Preferences"
  • "Storage":Remove mail - it's up to the end user if they would like SnapperMail to remove mail from the IMAP server after a specified period of time. If they are checking messages from multiple machines, then it is suggested that SnapperMail never remove messages from the server.
  • "Storage":Move Mail to Card - It's a good idea to archive mail to external storage within a short period of time. If you set it for one day, then you free up space on your handheld, but you can still access those messages if you have selected to "Retain Ghost messages" as above.