[Gta04-owner] Setting up a working mail account in QtMoko v55

[Sven]

Hello Bob,

thank you very much for the useful hints. You found it!
Of course I tried to get the mails over my mobile provider, because it's 
a mobile phone...  ;-))

At first, no telnet available in QtMoko. "apt-get install telnet" failed 
in spite of working internet connection, proven by Arora. Because of 
your hints I connected the phone with my Laptop and coupled both via IP 
over USB as had been pointed out earlier in this list. After that 
"apt-get install telnet" worked. "telnet imap.1und1.de 143" also worked.

Then I tried once more to get mails and this time it worked!    \o/  
\o/  \o/  \o/  \o/

Never I would have got the idea that it could be this, because the 
mobile provider is the same:  1&1!  What a shame not to be able to 
access their own servers!   :-o

Might be because it's a SIM that was included for free within another 
package of them. But I think it's clear now that I have to look for a 
better provider. Any recommendations what a good provider in Germany is, 
that I can take for my freedom loving GTA04 in order to have fun and to 
be lucky?

Or are there any hacks possible to tunnel through the (obviously few) 
ports that are open?

Best regards
    Sven



On 08.04.2013 12:59, Bob Ham wrote:
> On 2013-04-07 22:16, Sven wrote:
>
>> Please help! I finally want be able so read and send some mail using 
>> QtMoko.
>
> It's not clear how you're connecting to the Internet.  Assuming you're 
> connected through your mobile provider, do they allow access to IMAP 
> ports?  It may be that they deny access or, if they're not 1&1, that 
> they deny access to all but their own IMAP servers.
>
>
> You could try connecting over Wi-Fi to see if that makes a difference.
>
>
> You could also try connecting to the IMAP ports using telnet in a 
> shell on your phone.  For example:
>
>   $ telnet imap.1und1.de 143
>
> or
>
>   $ telnet imap.1und1.de 993
>
> That could give you some more information and will also determine 
> whether the problem is with the connection or the mail software.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Bob
>