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jberkel / sms-backup-plus

Backup Android SMS, MMS and call log to Gmail / Gcal / IMAP
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync
Apache License 2.0
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Backing up to outlook.com or yahoo.com #1011

Open p-b-west opened 4 years ago

p-b-west commented 4 years ago

I use my own VPS server for backup (except calendar), and have specified just my username, rather than full email address, in addition to port 993 on the server, and TLS security. This works well, and has avoided the gmail problem for me.

I had forgotten about this problem, and I tried to set up SMS Backup+ for a friend, using her Gmail account. Of course, it failed. I then tried to use Custom server, specifying first yahoo.com:993 and then outlook.com:993 with her respective yahoo and outlook accounts. Neither worked.

Has anyone else tried these servers? Have they been known to work? If so, with what particulars?

Thanks.

kurahaupo commented 4 years ago

Outlook supports IMAP access, as described in https://support.office.com/en-us/article/POP-IMAP-and-SMTP-settings-for-Outlook-com-d088b986-291d-42b8-9564-9c414e2aa040

Yahoo has only partial support for IMAP, but there are other options see http://www.yahooimapsettings.com/

(Those instructions assume you run the Yahoo IMAP Connector on your client; if you run it on your VPS, obviously you will need to specify the IP address of the VPS.)

kurahaupo commented 4 years ago

@p-b-west Did that help?

p-b-west commented 4 years ago

I haven't seen her recently, so i haven't had the chance to try it. I will when I see her.