Hi,

I just bought an N900. Seems nice, but when I tried to connect it to internet to check mail, it did connect to the IMAP mail server, but did not do anything. Instead, it tried to connect to akamaisomething. It failed (firewall), and it said it cannot connect to the mail server...

Is this something that Nokia implanted in the OS? I just want my mobile to check mail, calling home is not in the task description. What is This Feature?

How can I disable this?

Thanks,
Stefan

Are you connecting to the internet though Wi-Fi or with Edge/UMTS?

Is your internet access point forcing traffic through a proxy of some kind? This would be a problem in the connection, not the N900. Some access points only allow port 80 traffic to the web and not the specific ports used for direct SMTP, IMAP4, and POP3 email server connections.

What are the email server settings that you input to the N900's mail client?

Chances are it was checking for updates, you know repository.maemo.org and the SSU repositories are hosted at akamai, I think.

WiFi

There is no proxy. N900 has the options to use a proxy anyway.


Like I wrote: N900 *does* connect to IMAP port. It just does not use the connection, because it wants the akamai first.


Hostname, IMAPS, SMTPS....

Fine, how about any way of disabling these updates?

If that's true, why would checking for updates interfere with communication to an IMAP server?

They should be completely different processes that can connect in parallel....



stefan900: You said you are using IMAPS. Did you mean to say IMAP or IMAP4? I'm unfamiliar with IMAPS. Could you tell us what port settings you are using?

Do you have a stand alone email client configured on another computer with the exact same IMAP settings that you can compare against to make sure these settings work?

Hi, I got it working. The settings were wrong: I used 993 for IMAPS (were S stands for secure, read: SSL/TLS), however, there are numerous ways to authenticate and/or use SSL/TLS with mail servers - I must have chosen wrong ones the first time. These settings are named slightly differently than in My Favourite Mail Reader, and I got them wrong.

Still: It is unwanted that the phone does things it is not asked to do, especially if they involve internet connectivity. Mobile internet is still expensive. Maybe it is not that bad usually, but it depends, if you are roaming, or if the phone silently downloads updates or whatever above some mobile operator limit, you may be quite surprised when you see the bill. Let alone privacy concepts.

So, still, I'll look for ways of disabling it. I think I am smart enough to trigger updates through xterm or in any other way, _when I want to_. Basically, Nokia is cutting the branch it is sitting on by such details, and now it complains N900 does not sell like an iPhone. From what I heard from other dudes who bought n900, it does quite a lot of things "to protect the user", resulting in quite a havoc.

Stefan