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Mobile Access to email
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Mobile access to email from Mithi Connect Server:Options
Following is a brief note on enabling Mithi Connect Server for email access from mobile devices. Several different options are available depending on the type of mobile device used.
Mobile Device Configuration Application
Mobile Device: Basic phones supporting only SMS.
Method of Access: SMS.
Requirement: Using a SMS to/from Email service provider		 Each subscriber receives an account on the service provider SMS servers, where they configure their MCS mailbox as a POP account.
Receiving - The SMS server pops mail from the MCS server periodically and pushes a summary of the email as an SMS to the mobile device. Filters may be defined to push only selected messages. Alternatively you can configure MCS to forward a copy of selected messages to an email id on the SMS server corresponding to your subscription account. This is pushed as an SMS to the mobile device.
Sending a formatted sms to the SMS control center, will convert and send that as an email to the recipients.		 Useful for the field force to receive alerts about specific communication, while on the move. This could be used to aid time sensitive decision making. Sending small alerts also becomes possible quite easily.
Mobile device: Smart phones or PDAs carrying standard email clients supporting the IMAP/POP/SMTP protocols.
Method of Access: Open standard SMTP/POP/IMAP.
Requirement: GPRS enabled mobile for Internet access.		 Smart phones and PDAs carry an email client similar to the desktop email client like Outlook. These can be configured to periodically access mail from an IMAP/POP server over the Internet. They sendmail using SMTP over the Internet. Most smart phones are equipped to view attachments. Useful for Executives to have complete access to their email box, while on the move.Mithi's field force stay connected using this method. The main benefit of this method is that: it works with any service provider (needs only a GPRS),can connect to any mail server (standard protocols) and can use virtually any mobile device (choice)If IMAP is used, then sent items from the mobile device are synchronized to the server folders.
Mobile Device: Blackberry.
Method of Access: Proprietary.
Requirement: Using a Blackberry service provider.		 Each Blackberry subscriber receives an account on the blackberry servers, where they configure their MCS mailbox as a POP account. The blackberry server pops mail from the MCS server periodically and pushes it over the air to the device.
Sending happens via the blackberry servers.		 Very useful for Executives handling emergency response,problem escalation, important transactions etc. even when on the move.