I have been looking a bit more in to some of the other things that Mimecast can do, one of which is the Mimecast Mobile Continuity.
I have Exchange Mobility setup just now and I have just installed SP2 on my Exchange Servers and it all seems to be syncing up as and when emails arrive (ok there is a slight delay but 15 seconds is acceptable.... or isn't it???). Any how one thing I noticed in the Service information was that you could in fact access your email through a mobile device on the Mimecast Towers:
January 2008: Mimecast Release - 2008.1
1. Mimecast Mobile Continuity
This release has introduced a new “mobile continuity” feature across the Mimecast platform. The new feature maintains a rolling 5 day “mobile continuity mailbox” for all users across the Mimecast service (including internal emails absorbed through journaling for customers who have purchased the Mimecast Multi product). This mailbox is maintained separately so deleting messages from the “mobile continuity mailbox” will not affect other downstream servers (e.g. Exchange, Novell) nor will it affect messages within your Mimecast account.
Access to the service is controlled by Mimecast local access settings. These local permissions can be configured under “Profiles > Domains > Internal Domains > domain.com > user email address” and by checking the “Allow Logon” and “Allow POP access” boxes.
So I thought to myself if you allow POP access does that mean that you can use a client such as Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail? So I thought why not test it.
I set up Windows Live mail with a new POP3 Account and set all the details to my Works email address and then in the pop3 server I put in my Mimecast Service Address. for the authentication I had to put my full Email Address and domain password.
I set the same server for my Outgoing server and checked the option My Outgoing Server Requires Authentication, and left if as using the same credentials as my Incoming server. However when I hit send it could not send.... that might have something to do with me not checking enable submission on the Profile for my Mimecast account, so I enabled that and it all work great :).
I think that I will have to test this using a Smartphone and see what happens.