How to access your email account on your mobile

Step 1: Open up your email client and enter your email and password.

Step 2: When it asks you what type of account you want, select Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.

Step 3: The phone will then check for incoming server settings and a screen will appear like this. Select OK to continue.

Step 4: The account options will then appear, you can adjust to your liking but if you are not bothered just select next.

Step 5: On the next page you can name your email account if you wish, select done to continue.

Step 6: On the next page select Activate.

Step 7: After that you should be brought a page that displays your emails and next we are going to encrypt your email account to increase the security on your phone. On the top left you should see what you named your email account, Select this tab and it will bring you to another page.

Step 8: On this page select and hold your email account and it will bring up a menu. Select account settings.

 

Step 9: In the Account settings select Security options.

Step 10: Select Encryption algorithm and then select 3DES.

 

Step 11: After this step you are finished and you can enjoy using your email account on your phone on the go.

Mahara Privacy Settings

1. You can make changes through the settings so that friend requests must be authorised before people can add you to their friends list.

2.a. You can create a page that can only be view by certain people (example) your lecturer.

b. You can keep comments on your page private until you have approved them.

c. You can set dates for when the page is available.

3. Secret URLs are a URL that you can customise to something only you will know.

4. One further change to enhance the security of your profile would be to only allow friends to send you messages.