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Configuring Your Mobile Device

The instructions illustrated on this site will help you configure your mobile device to access information found in your mailbox. This includes email messages, voice mail messages, and also calendar, contact, and task data. The steps you use to set up your device may vary based on model.

To begin, select the operating system of your mobile device from the links in the upper right corner of this page.

Android Email Configuration

Reading these instructions all the way through before you begin, may reduce frustration. Results may vary from device to device as the OS tends to be device and carrier specific. These instruction are based on the a stock non-rooted Cricket Huawei Ascend M860 running Google Android 2.1 and a rooted Cricket Huawei Ascend M860 CyanogenMod7 (Android 2.3.4).

Student Instructions

Note: Students are required to change their password before proceeding to the next steps. Use the following link to: change your password.

Open the App Drawer on your Droid
Select the EMail app
On my Droid I select the hard "Menu" button at the bottom of the phone to bring up "Refresh/Compose/Add Account." Your experience on your Droid may be different.
Select "Add account"
Provide your fully qualified email address "username@mail.stmarytx.edu" and "password"
Select "Manual setup"
Select "Exchange"
Domain\Username: \username@mail.stmarytx.edu
Server: m.outlook.com
SSL: Enable this
Certificate: Accept all SSL certificates
The droid will attempt to access your account
You may recieve a message about "Remote Security Administration". If you do simply select "OK"
Verify your account settings
You may be asked to name the account you created this is optional and may be skipped
"Done"
Accept any required updates
Select the Email app in the App Drawer
Select the account you just created
Hard "Menu" button at the bottom of the phone to bring up "Refresh/Compose/Folders/Accounts/Account settings"
Select "Account settings"
Customize as you like, note the Sync contacts option at the bottom of the screen.

Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks: All can be enabled.

See the Windows Live Solution Center article for exceptions on some phones, phone-specific setup instructions and known issues. Further datails are available in the article Hotmail now supports Exchange Active Sync

Faculty and Staff Instructions

Open the App Drawer on your Droid
Select the EMail app
On my Droid I select the hard "Menu" button at the bottom of the phone to bring up "Refresh/Compose/Add Account." Your experience on your Droid may be different.
Select "Add account"
Provide your fully qualified email address "username@stmarytx.edu" and password
Select "Manual setup"
Select "Exchange"
Domain\Username: \username@stmarytx.edu
Server: rattler.stmarytx.edu
SSL: Enable this
Certificate: Accept all SSL certificates
"Next" the droid will attempt to access your account
Done
Verify settings
Select the Email app in the App Drawer
Select the account you just created
Hard "Menu" button at the bottom of the phone to bring up "Refresh/Compose/Folders/Accounts/Account settings"
Select "Account settings"
Customize as you like, note the Sync contacts option at the bottom of the screen.

iPhone \ iPod Email Configuration

This article explains how to quickly create an Exchange ActiveSync account on your iPhone or iPod touch. This instruction is intended for St. Mary University Students, Faculty and Staff.

Instructions

Note: Students are required to change their password before proceeding to the next steps. Use the following link to: change your password.

To add an Exchange account to your iPhone or iPod touch, tap Settings, then Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then Add Account, then Microsoft Exchange.
On the next screen, enter your complete email address, username, password, and a description (which may be anything you like).

Students:
Your username will be the same as your email address.

Faculty and Staff:
Your username field may require the Exchange domain name and your user login name, separated by a backslash (\).

If you are unable to view your folder list, or unable to send or receive email, edit the username and delete the domain name and backslash.
Your iPhone (or iPod touch) will now try to locate your Exchange server using Microsoft's Autodiscovery service. If the server cannot be located, the screen below is shown. Enter your front-end Exchange server's complete address in the Server field.

Students Settings Faculty and Staff Settings

Your iPhone or iPod touch will try to create a secure (SSL) connection to your Exchange server. If it cannot do this, it will try a non-SSL connection. To override the SSL setting, go into Settings, then Mail, Contacts, Calendars, select your Exchange account, tap Account Info, then toggle the Use SSL slider.

After successfully making a connection to the Exchange server, you may be prompted to change your device passcode to match whatever policies may have been set on your server.

Choose which type(s) of data you would like to synchronize: Mail, Contacts, and Calendars. Note that by default, only 3 days' worth of email is synchronized. To synchronize more, go into Settings, then Mail, Contacts, Calendars, select your Exchange account, and tap on Mail days to sync.

Note that after configuring an Exchange ActiveSync account, all existing contact and calendar information on the iPhone or iPod touch is overwritten. Additionally, iTunes no longer syncs contacts and calendars with your desktop computer. You can still sync your iPhone or iPod touch wirelessly with MobileMe services.

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