Comments on: Connecting iPhone 3.x to Exchange http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2009/09/10/connecting-iphone-3-x-to-exchange/ Things I Wish I Had Known Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:11:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Q http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2009/09/10/connecting-iphone-3-x-to-exchange/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Q Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:50:19 +0000 http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/?p=166#comment-115 Hm. What version of Exchange? Running Exchange without an SSL certificate is generally regarded as a bad idea. The iPhone will connect with a self-signed SSL certificate, I honestly don''t know what it will do with a server that has no certificate as I''ve not tested that scenario. If the calendar and contacts are syncing, then the connection is working. I''d actually come closer to suspecting that there''s a corrupt message in your mailbox somewhere. The best test for this is to try to connect the iPhone to a test account on the Exchange server that has no e-mail in the mailbox and see if it will connect. If so, then there''s a problem with the messages in your mailbox, and you''ll have to dig around to find the problem message and delete it or move it into a folder that the iPhone is not trying to sync. The other thing you can do is go to http://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com and make sure there is not some other problem that might be interfering with the connection. You will want to run the Exchange ActiveSync test (without AutoDiscover) to test the connection the iPhone will use. Hm. What version of Exchange? Running Exchange without an SSL certificate is generally regarded as a bad idea. The iPhone will connect with a self-signed SSL certificate, I honestly don”t know what it will do with a server that has no certificate as I”ve not tested that scenario.

If the calendar and contacts are syncing, then the connection is working. I”d actually come closer to suspecting that there’’s a corrupt message in your mailbox somewhere. The best test for this is to try to connect the iPhone to a test account on the Exchange server that has no e-mail in the mailbox and see if it will connect. If so, then there’’s a problem with the messages in your mailbox, and you”ll have to dig around to find the problem message and delete it or move it into a folder that the iPhone is not trying to sync.

The other thing you can do is go to http://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com and make sure there is not some other problem that might be interfering with the connection. You will want to run the Exchange ActiveSync test (without AutoDiscover) to test the connection the iPhone will use.

]]> By: Kem http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2009/09/10/connecting-iphone-3-x-to-exchange/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Kem Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:00:39 +0000 http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/?p=166#comment-114 Okay, I followed the instructions however the iPhone still will not connect to my email. I can sync Calendar and Contacts but not email. My IT dept says this is because we do not have an SSL certificate on our mail server. Do you know if there is a workaround for that? Okay, I followed the instructions however the iPhone still will not connect to my email. I can sync Calendar and Contacts but not email. My IT dept says this is because we do not have an SSL certificate on our mail server. Do you know if there is a workaround for that?

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