Re: iPhone and iMap

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On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 03:39:38 -0800 (PST), Dimitri
<dimitare.nedeltchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Nov 30, 10:41 pm, "Mark Arnold [MVP]" <m...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:57:29 -0800, Stephen Kaufman wrote:
When you reference owa in the context of imap security, what is the correlation? Does owa access to MS Exchange presuppose imap access. I ask because we have the same situation. We have about 20 iPhone users who want their mail and IT just says "IMAP is not a secure messaging protocol therefor, we will not allow it." If we allow owa access (which I know we do) does that blow their argument. Thanks for expanding on this.

Stephen

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Well IMAP isn't secure but IMAP(S) is. One assumes the phone does
IMAP(S) (TCP993 rather than 143) so IT should be ok with configuring
that. They don't even need a new certificate.

IMAP(s) may be secure but the iphone itself isn't. With OWA mail is
not downloaded from the server.
With IMAP the email is stored on the iphone itslef and there is no way
to control that device in terms of password protection, encryption,
etc. So if the device is lost or stolen the data on it can be easily
accessed. Also there is no way to remotely wipe the device either. Of
course you can change that user's password so no further mail
downloads can take place but still the mail that is already on the
device stays there. This is why BlackBerry is so successful in the
corporate world where security is taken seriously. We also had a
request to enable this for some VIP users who got an iphone but it was
rejected straight away due to security reasons.

So true. BlackBerry and Windows Mobile are the ways to go for
corporate data on the device.
.

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