The Bold Explorer | |
LOGICMAIL | |
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CAUTION: | |
The Bold supports TLS version 1.0, | |
which is three revisions behind the | |
current standard in 2019. As a result, | |
LogicMail should be considered | |
insecure, and should not be used to | |
access any email account containing | |
sensitive information, especially if | |
it involves passwords or financial | |
transactions. The LogicMail | |
configuration information is below, | |
but you probably shouldn't use it. The | |
Bold remains my everyday phone, but | |
I've deleted LogicMail and I don't log | |
into any websites. | |
SETUP INFORMATION: | |
Here are the settings to get LogicMail | |
working with Outlook.com email, with | |
TLS: | |
IMAP server: outlook.office365.com | |
Use secure connection: TLS | |
Port: 143 | |
SMTP server: smtp-mail.outlook.com | |
Use secure connection: TLS | |
Port: 587 | |
Authentication: Login | |
Similar settings did not work for | |
Gmail. However, you can set up a | |
workaround as follows: | |
1. Sign up for an outlook.com (or | |
hotmail, live.com, etc.) account. In | |
subsequent steps you will forward your | |
Gmail to this account, and Logicmail | |
will retrieve incoming emails from it. | |
Use the same identity information as | |
you use with your Gmail account. | |
2. Set your Gmail account to forward | |
all mail to the outlook.com account | |
set up in step 1. | |
Log in to your Gmail account. | |
Click the gear icon on the top right | |
of the screen, choose settings, select | |
Forwarding and POP/IMAP, choose "Add a | |
forwarding address" and enter the | |
address of the outlook.com account | |
created in step 1. | |
While you're on that screen, you | |
should enable IMAP access so that you | |
can access the account with | |
third-party clients like Logicmail | |
(You're only going to use the SMTP | |
server, but you probably need IMAP | |
access turned on to do that). | |
3. In LogicMail, press the BlackBerry | |
button to enter “configuration.” Hover | |
over the accounts section, press the | |
BlackBerry button, and choose the new | |
account wizard. | |
Enter your identity information on the | |
first screen. Use the email address | |
that you created in step 1 and choose | |
IMAP. Press “Next.” | |
Enter the IMAP settings for the | |
outlook.com account created in step 1. | |
Press “Next. | |
Enter the SMTP settings for your Gmail | |
account (currently: smtp.gmail.com | | |
TLS | Port 587 | Login). Press “Next.” | |
Note: you may need to generate an | |
"Application Specific Password" in | |
order for Logicmail to log into your | |
Gmail smtp server. Here are some | |
instructions: | |
Sign in using App Passwords | |
Make any changes you would like to | |
make on Logicmail's Miscellaneous | |
screen. “Refresh frequency” determines | |
how often LogicMail will poll the | |
server for email. If you set it to | |
"Never," it should maintain an active | |
IMAP connection (with "push" style | |
behaviour), but it tends to disconnect | |
when you switch wifi/data connections, | |
so you may want to set a polling | |
interval instead, which should | |
re-initiate the connection. With | |
respect to the other options on the | |
Miscellaneous screen, consider whether | |
you want the app to start | |
automatically on boot, and whether you | |
want it to refresh on startup. Press | |
“Next.” | |
Make any changes you need to make on | |
the Connection Settings page (probably | |
none, as the defaults seem to work). | |
Press “Next.” | |
Press “Test Configuration.” If your | |
information has been entered | |
correctly, both tests should be | |
successful. If one fails, go back and | |
check over your settings. | |
I've been using this workaround for | |
various accounts for a few years. No | |
one will ever know that their emails | |
were forwarded to the outlook.com | |
account. Your emails will go out from | |
the Gmail SMTP server using the Gmail | |
address, and thus replies to those | |
emails always go to your Gmail | |
account, and from there they will be | |
forwarded to the outlook.com account | |
created in step 1. It works perfectly, | |
and by doing this, you can keep your | |
existing address(es). | |
Tip: if your cell provider has an | |
email-to-sms gateway, you can set your | |
email to forward to your address at | |
that gateway, with the result that you | |
will receive a text message whenever | |
an email arrives. This has a couple of | |
benefits: new email notifications will | |
be delivered more reliably to your | |
device; and you can exit Logicmail and | |
leave it closed when you're not | |
responding to emails, which will | |
provide some battery savings. On the | |
downside, if your plan does not | |
include mms messages, doing this may | |
trigger mms charges. |