Me.com Mail Servers Online

MacRumors · 09:55 PM

FridgeDay reports that the Me.com mail servers are now online. This means that you can actually send mail from your @me.com email address.

The outgoing mail server is "smtp.me.com" and the incoming server is "mail.me.com". Otherwise, you enter your usual credentials (username@me.com) and password.

Incoming me.com email addresses have been working for incoming mail since last week.

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t0mat0 · Jul 6, 2008, 09:23 PM

Great! - No real indication as to when all of mobile me is going to get turned on, but this is a step in that direction. Whether it will be on prior to July 11 remains to be seen.

MacGeek Pro · Jul 6, 2008, 09:34 PM

I just made the neccessary changes, and it definitely works! Cool! Only a few more days till the official launch of the web interface!

It's good to see Apple bringing a lot of this online early. Friday is going to be a big day for them what with iPhone 2.0 firmware, iTunes 7.7, full MobileMe rollout, and a presumed patch of some sort to OS X to change all the .Mac stuff to MobileMe.

Transeau · Jul 6, 2008, 09:38 PM

Not all accounts are working yet.
Sending to mine never shows up, sending to my wife's shows up after about 15 minutes. I would not depend on the me.com addresses yet.

t0mat0 · Jul 6, 2008, 09:41 PM

Lol - aren't Apple workers not supposed to be on such sites. Bit of a name and shame accident perhaps?

SimonTheSoundMa · Jul 6, 2008, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by t0mat0

Lol - aren't Apple workers not supposed to be on such sites. Bit of a name and shame accident perhaps?

They are not allowed to participate in any sites related to Apple for up to five years after they leave the company. He should be ok with his blog, however posting on forums such as Mac Rumours is a no no.

t0mat0 · Jul 6, 2008, 09:50 PM

Seeing as it's on fridgeday.com rather than here I guess that's ok by Apple's standards?

BlakTornado · 10:42 PM

ToxicBomber, I speak to Tom regularly.

He doesn't.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonTheSoundMa

They are not allowed to participate in any sites related to Apple for up to five years after they leave the company. He should be ok with his blog, however posting on forums such as Mac Rumours is a no no.

He doesn't work for Apple, but he didn't post it here, regardless; I did:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=512019

Just to clear any confusion...

syklee26 · Jul 6, 2008, 10:35 PM

do you guys know if Me.com pushes emails to Blackberry devices?

kjs862 · Jul 6, 2008, 11:20 PM

I'm too lazy to mess around with it right now - just going to wait till mail.app gets updated.

Transeau · Jul 6, 2008, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syklee26

do you guys know if Me.com pushes emails to Blackberry devices?

It doesn't, and don't hold your breath. Apple is pitting the iPhone against the RIM devices. The last thing they would want to do is directly support them.

You will however still be able to use the BB Desktop Redirector, if you are into that sort of pain.

gcmexico · Jul 7, 2008, 12:16 AM

when is mobileme going online...anyone know?

MacGeek Pro · Jul 7, 2008, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gcmexico

when is mobileme going online...anyone know?

Apple has officially stated via press release July 11.

Apple Ink · Jul 7, 2008, 12:55 AM

Hah. Found that yesterday!

jackjason · Jul 7, 2008, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacGeek Pro

Apple has officially stated via press release July 11.

still don't see on their site.

do you mind to show me where you saw this?
thanks

matthutch · Jul 7, 2008, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackjason

still don't see on their site.

do you mind to show me where you saw this?
thanks

Google pointed me here

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/09mobileme.html

More Specifically:

Quote:

Pricing & Availability
MobileMe, available on July 11, is a subscription-based service with 20GB of storage for $99 (US) per year for individuals and $149 (US) for a Family Pack, which includes one master account with 20GB of storage and four Family Member accounts with 5GB of storage each. Users can sign up for a free, 60-day MobileMe trial at www.apple.com/mobileme and current .Mac members will be automatically upgraded to MobileMe accounts. MobileMe subscribers can purchase an additional 20GB of storage for $49 (US) or 40GB of storage for $99 (US) annually.

Dmac77 · Jul 7, 2008, 03:51 AM

Goodbye .Mac, you have been good to me, minus the crappy iDisk backups. Maybe Steve wil give you a OS 9 style send off.

Don

jMc · Jul 7, 2008, 04:56 AM

Hoorah! It works... Although I think I'll be staying with my mac.com address.

jx

aviationwiz · Jul 7, 2008, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syklee26

do you guys know if Me.com pushes emails to Blackberry devices?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Transeau

You will however still be able to use the BB Desktop Redirector, if you are into that sort of pain.

You won't have to use the BB Desktop Redirector, you can just set the account up in BIS and RIM will "push" new emails to you, however it's not true push, as BIS will only poll the .mac/.me mail server around every 15 minutes.

Gmail, Yahoo, and I think even Hotmail are true push though.

Lancetx · Jul 7, 2008, 10:32 PM

This message is now on the .Mac homepage in the status section...

Quote:

MobileMe Launch
7/9/2008, 6pm-12am PT

As part of the MobileMe launch, www.mac.com will be taken offline at 6pm PT on Wednesday, July 9th.

Members will be unable to access www.mac.com or any .Mac services during this time with the exception of .Mac Mail accessed via a desktop application, iPhone, or iPod touch.

MobileMe will be available as soon as possible during this maintenance window.

kwfl · Jul 8, 2008, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Transeau

It doesn't, and don't hold your breath. Apple is pitting the iPhone against the RIM devices. The last thing they would want to do is directly support them.

You will however still be able to use the BB Desktop Redirector, if you are into that sort of pain.

personally, i dont see any real cause why it shouldnt push the emails to the blackberry.
MobileMe is an exchange service and will push to any device that support exhcange.

If BlackBerry has software to support exchange, then MobileMe will push to it.

Jul 6, 2008, 09:22 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Me.com Mail Servers Online FridgeDay reports that the Me.com mail servers are now online. This means that you can actually send mail from your @me.com email address. The outgoing mail server is "smtp.me.com" and the incoming server is "mail.me.com". Otherwise, you enter your usual credentials (username@me.com) and password. Incoming me.com email addresses have been working for incoming mail since last week. Article Link Last edited by WildCowboy : Jul 6, 2008 at 09:55 PM.

Jul 6, 2008, 09:23 PM	#2
t0mat0 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Home	Great! - No real indication as to when all of mobile me is going to get turned on, but this is a step in that direction. Whether it will be on prior to July 11 remains to be seen. __________________ Looking forward to big things by Apple in 2009

Jul 6, 2008, 09:34 PM	#3
MacGeek Pro macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Vermillion, SD	I just made the neccessary changes, and it definitely works! Cool! Only a few more days till the official launch of the web interface! It's good to see Apple bringing a lot of this online early. Friday is going to be a big day for them what with iPhone 2.0 firmware, iTunes 7.7, full MobileMe rollout, and a presumed patch of some sort to OS X to change all the .Mac stuff to MobileMe. __________________ MacGeek Pro 15-inch Unibody MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz, 250 GB HDD, 4 GB RAM, 802.11n, 8x SuperDrive; iPhone 3G 16 GB Black

Jul 6, 2008, 09:38 PM	#4
Transeau macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alta Loma, CA	Not all accounts are working yet. Sending to mine never shows up, sending to my wife's shows up after about 15 minutes. I would not depend on the me.com addresses yet. __________________ MacPro Quad 3.0GHz, 16GB, 4x 128GB SSD, geforce 8800GT, 30" Dell

Jul 6, 2008, 09:41 PM	#5
t0mat0 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Home	Lol - aren't Apple workers not supposed to be on such sites. Bit of a name and shame accident perhaps? __________________ Looking forward to big things by Apple in 2009

Jul 6, 2008, 09:50 PM	#7
t0mat0 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Home	Seeing as it's on fridgeday.com rather than here I guess that's ok by Apple's standards? __________________ Looking forward to big things by Apple in 2009

Jul 6, 2008, 10:35 PM	#9
syklee26 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2005	do you guys know if Me.com pushes emails to Blackberry devices?

Jul 6, 2008, 11:20 PM	#10
kjs862 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Long Island	I'm too lazy to mess around with it right now - just going to wait till mail.app gets updated. __________________ Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz (1 Gen), 6.5GB Ram, X800XT, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Jul 7, 2008, 12:16 AM	#12
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Jul 7, 2008, 12:55 AM	#14
Apple Ink macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2008	Hah. Found that yesterday! __________________ I know a lot about cars. I can look at a car's headlights and tell you exactly which way it's coming - Mitch Hedberg

Jul 7, 2008, 03:51 AM	#17
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Jul 7, 2008, 04:56 AM	#18
jMc macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: London N8, Late-16th Century	Hoorah! It works... Although I think I'll be staying with my mac.com address. jx __________________ Bed and Breakfast in Rye, East Sussex?

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