“You can set up MobileMe to use any email address as a ‘push’ email on the iPhone. The first thing you need to do is set your non-MobileMe (.Mac) email address for auto-forward to your MobileMe (.Mac) account,” dallas2xist reports for macosxhints.
“When you create the email account, make sure you set it up as Other (not as a .Mac or MobileMe account.) Then select IMAP as the type of account. Enter the name and auto-forwarded email address,” dallas2xist reports. “(This is the email address that will show as the “From” email, even though you’re using your MobileMe account.)”
dallas2xist reports, “For your mail server settings, use your MobileMe settings [and you’ll be] able to receive ‘push’ email from your non-MobileMe account, and reply without using the @me.com address. (You can use those same settings in the Mail App as well.)”
More details in the full article here.
That is absolutely music to my ears. Sweet.
well launch it already so we can try it JEEEEEZ!
This is what I wanted. I have a small business, don’t have a sever or exchange service, and needed “exchange for the rest of us.” I will be getting this for all my employees!
@ jg2000:
If you download the iPhone 2.0 software from Apple (link is on Mac Rumors) and install it, the push email/calendars/etc. are working on the iPhone.
Fantastic! this is the tipping point for me to subscribe. If someone will kindly create a database app (something like Filemaker Mobile) I would then be able to run my entire business from the iphone.
@FloydPink
I’m sure a database solution will be forthcoming soon. Great if we can create our own database like Filemaker lets us. Then I’ll be joining you
@Floydpink
Filemaker will be on the iPhone.
Click link:
http://www.filemaker.com/company/newsroom/releases/1303228.html
Am I missing something, but has mobileme live yet?
Evry time i goto dotmac I get the mobileme information page, there is no login screen or anything.
O.o
Hey, guys, before you start celebrating, read the fine print. You might want to link to the original article and check out the follow-up comments. The author didn’t realize he had a somewhat unique situation and that, for most of us, this trick WILL NOT WORK.
That is really too bad, because like another poster, I have a small biz and would really like to have the MobileMe features, but I want my own domain name as an email address. Seems like a business opportunity, either for Apple or a third party.
@Petey,
Same here. It was briefly this morning, but went offline, freezing Safari. when I restarted it, MobileMe was gone and a maintenance page was in its place.
This is HUGE! I wasn’t planning on getting this, but now I will!
re: Hey, guys, before you start celebrating, read the fine print. You might want to link to the original article and check out the follow-up comments. The author didn’t realize he had a somewhat unique situation and that, for most of us, this trick WILL NOT WORK.
That is really too bad, because like another poster, I have a small biz and would really like to have the MobileMe features, but I want my own domain name as an email address. Seems like a business opportunity, either for Apple or a third party.
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Will changing your account email setup with your hosting company sort this out?
e.g. xxx@me.com becomes xxx@yourbusinessname.com
Wont that work?
Does push mobileme accounts work with standard OSX mail application on say an iMac connected directly connected to the internet via a cable, ie not via a cell phone wireless system?
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Still waiting…
Let’s face it, this launch is pretty bush by Apple…If Microsoft screwed up a launch like this (with many more users) we’d be all over them…Let’s hope they rectify this soon!!
@Ottawa Mark
Um, Apple has not released it yet moron.
This hint is inaccurate. The poster was using a GoDaddy Smtp server. MobileMe does NOT support outgoing mail with anything other than a mac.com or me.com address.
@here ya go
Unless I’m missing something, the link you give shows an iPhone accessing a FileMaker database served over the web … which is really nothing revolutionary.
I think what we’d get more excited about is an iPhone native version of FileMaker in the app store. Now THAT would be news!
As far as being a moron, I’m simply pointing out that the mobileme launch (which has happened AAPLguy, wake up) is not functioning properly…One cannot sign in, one cannot use “Back To My Mac”, etc…this is almost 24 hours since .Mac was taken offline…MDN just doesn’t have an article because they are loathe to criticize Apple.
I am very disappointed that MobileMe web apps are still not available.
I am also surprised that MDN has not written an article about the MobileMe launch fiasco.
fuckign pwn3d.
If I wanted microsoft BS- i’d have bot vista. next up- applesoft.
watch the stock plummet on this one- the street.com is going to be all over this shit.
MDN should criticize apple.. this is fucked up and they should tell their customers wtf is going on.
I can see secrecy on new products- but never on support.
BULL
SHIT