Configure the email client on your smartphone (Unimail or IMAP)
Most email clients on smartphones, and mobile phones with enhanced services will let you configure multiple email accounts, and to use either Microsoft Exchange or IMAP. Because of the diversity of devices and email clients available to the user we cannot provide comprehensive instructions for each one. We have provided basic instructions on setting up email using Exchange Activesync for Unimail on Apple iPhones, Blackberrys and Android phones (version 2.1 or newer). Instruction for connecting to email only via IMAP are also provided as a guide, using the Apple iPhone (iOS) email client as an example.
Connecting to Unimail (email and calendar synchronisation)
The following instructions are available as Adobe PDF documents:
- Set up iPhone (PDF, 455 KB) Suitable for 3G, 3GS and 4
- Set up Blackberry smartphone (PDF, 286 KB) N.B. Currently, only University-owned Blackberrys can be configured
- Set up Android smartphone (PDF, 350 KB) Suitable for Android OS version 2.1 or newer
Basic connection information (email connection only)
The following link describes how to connect to your University email account via IMAP using the Apple iPhone as an example.Basic email server details
Incoming email servers (IMAP or POP)
- imap.st-andrews.ac.uk (used for IMAP connection)
- pop.st-andrews.ac.uk (used for a POP connection)
Outgoing email server (SMTP)
- mailhost.st-andrews.ac.uk
Ports
- Incoming: 993
- Outgoing: 587
Security settings
- If possible use STARTTLS. The Apple iPhone uses SSL