use Mail app from within company???

[Mass Hysteria]

Does anyone know how to send and receive mail using the mail app from within a big company / organisation. At the moment, I can access my emails via safari but I just wondered is there a way to bypass the companies mail blocking.

 

[mklos]

Well first of all, you need to know a couple of things. First thing is, does your company use a pop, or IMAP mailbox? What are the mail settings (incoming and outgoing mailbox settings)? What is your username and password?

Mail can be used for pop, imap, and exchange servers. Its just a matter of figuring out which one your company uses. Then you'll need to find out what the mail settings are. (ie. mail.companyname.com, or smtp.companyname.com)

 

[belvdr]

Well first of all, you need to know a couple of things. First thing is, does your company use a pop, or IMAP mailbox? What are the mail settings (incoming and outgoing mailbox settings)? What is your username and password?

Mail can be used for pop, imap, and exchange servers. Its just a matter of figuring out which one your company uses. Then you'll need to find out what the mail settings are. (ie. mail.companyname.com, or smtp.companyname.com)

I think the person is talking about using POP/IMAP on an existing external account. Concerning that, if they are blocking the port at the firewall, you're stuck.

 

[enckwanzer]

FYI, I've had good luck with sending mail through Gmail on networks that are blocking port 25. Gmail uses a wacky, but effective port for sending messages. It hasn't failed me yet! And an added bonus: when you use mail.app to send messages using Gmail's outgoing mail server, a copy of the sent message is saved in the Gmail account online, which means an instant backup of received *and* sent messages. If you need an invite, PM me.