[MacTUG] Will the 356 email work on iOS?

Marlon A. Griffith m3griffi at uwaterloo.ca
Mon Nov 25 14:01:09 EST 2019


Thanks Stephen. I did know about the paid plugin but had not seen any 
reviews of it.

Cheers.


On 2019-11-25 1:52 p.m., Stephen Markan wrote:
> First one word: Eudora
> 
> Thunderbird users* would already be having a challenge with accessing our current Exchange environment. They work around this by using IMAP and IMAP has a limited future shelf-life.
> 
> Thunderbird users can connect to Exchange using a paid add-on called Exquilla.
> https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/exquilla-exchange-web-services/
> 
> It works well for accessing and reading email. It does not support calendar connections. But if you are only using IMAP – then you also don’t have calendar connections.
> 
> There is also an email client called Hiri that does work with Exchange – and works on all major platforms. It is also a bit of a paradigm shift email client so may not be suitable for those that want an old-school email client vibe.
> 
> *Pine Instructions: https://faq.its.fsu.edu/email/account-management/fsu-employees-faculty-staff-retirees/can-i-use-pine-or-alpine-access-my
> 
> From: mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca <mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca> On Behalf Of Donald Duff-McCracken
> Sent: November 25, 2019 1:40 PM
> To: Mactug <mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca>
> Subject: Re: [MacTUG] Will the 356 email work on iOS?
> 
> I really think the main issue is going to be the Thunderbird users*. As Stephen pointed out the default android and iOS apps are fine, and I am also an outlook user on iOS and MacOS
> 
> *perhaps Pine and Elm and Emacs may also have issues 😉
> 
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> From: <mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca>> on behalf of Stephen Markan <smarkan at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:smarkan at uwaterloo.ca>>
> Date: Monday, November 25, 2019 at 12:17 PM
> To: Trevor Bain <trevor.bain at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:trevor.bain at uwaterloo.ca>>, MacTUG <mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca>>
> Subject: Re: [MacTUG] Will the 356 email work on iOS?
> 
> I will also note that default clients on iOS and most Android builds do work with O365.
> uWaterloo undergrads are all on O365 for email. It does work and I have assisted a few students in getting things setup. As long as there is an Exchange connector this is easy-peasy.
> 
> Outlook mobile is of course the vendor provided solution – so you will gets some improved access to features via the Outlook mobile client.
> 
> On my Android device I have both the default mail app configured and Outlook mobile. I find Outlook mobile a bit clunky for interacting with the calendar.
> 
> Regards
> Stephen
> 
> From: mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca> <mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca>> On Behalf Of Trevor Bain
> Sent: November 25, 2019 11:56 AM
> To: Mactug <mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca>>
> Subject: Re: [MacTUG] Will the 356 email work on iOS?
> 
> For what it’s worth, we recommend Outlook mobile as the email client for both iOS and Android.
> 
> Trevor
> 
> 
> From: mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca> <mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca>> On Behalf Of Dani Roloson
> Sent: November 25, 2019 11:46 AM
> To: Mactug <mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca>>
> Subject: Re: [MacTUG] Will the 356 email work on iOS?
> 
> 
> https://products.office.com/en-ca/mobile/office-mobile-apps-for-ios
> 
> ________________________________
> From: mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca> <mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca>> on behalf of Dani Roloson <daroloso at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:daroloso at uwaterloo.ca>>
> Sent: November 25, 2019 11:43
> To: Marlon Griffith; Mactug
> Subject: Re: [MacTUG] Will the 356 email work on iOS?
> 
> 
> Try 365 instead.
> 
> ________________________________
> From: mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca> <mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca>> on behalf of Marlon A. Griffith <m3griffi at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:m3griffi at uwaterloo.ca>>
> Sent: November 25, 2019 11:40:46 AM
> To: Mactug
> Subject: [MacTUG] Will the 356 email work on iOS?
> 
> Couldn't find anything by web search about how iOS will be supported.
> 
> tia,
> Marlon
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