Wednesday, September 10, 2014

SETTINGS: Gmail IMAP and SMTP Settings - Google Mail

When using IMAP and SMTP for Gmail Mailboxes in Outlook 2010, you will need to manually set the "Incoming server (IMAP)" port and the Outgoing server (SMTP) server settings for sending mail through Gmail from any email program are:

Incoming Server (IMAP)
--Gmail IMAP Address: imap.gmail.com
--Gmail IMAP Port: 993
--GMail Encrypted Connection: SSL

Outgoing server (SMTP)
--Gmail SMTP address:  smtp.gmail.com
--Gmail SMTP port:  587
--Gmail Encrypted Connection: TLS

Gmail User name and password Information
--Gmail IMAP and SMTP user name:  The full Gmail address (e.g. myemailaddress@gmail.com)
--Gmail IMAP and SMTP password:  Your Gmail password


Tuesday, September 9, 2014

[SOLUTION] Android Error - Trusted Credential Store Password

   While installing an encryption certificate from my email provider on Android, my phone suddenly asked me to "Type the password for credential storage".  I have never set a "credential storage" password or installed a certificate before, so this seemed very strange.  I tried my lockscreen password, 0000, 1111, 1234, etc...but nothing worked.


    With a little persistence, I decided to clear my lockscreen password to nothing and then try to install the certificate again.  My device prompted me to set a 'new' lockscreen password, which I did and then the email certificate installed successfully.

Bingo!

P.S. - My email provider uses Exchange ActiveSync as their backend...if that matters.