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Now also Gmail and Outlook mail (Hotmail) via Wireless Leiden!

Not really a news item, but an interesting fact for our "mobile" users:
As you probably know already, you cannot download via Wireless Leiden your e-mail using the pop- or imap-protocol. In human language this means that e-mail programs like Outlook and Thunderbird do not work via Wireless Leiden.
However, you can use via Wireless Leiden webmail-services in your browser (Gmail, Outlook.com mail (formerly Hotmail), Yahoo! mail or the webmail of your internet service provider (ISP). This has to do with the security of out network and will remain so.

Recentlly we found, however, that under the Android operating system for mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) the apps of Gmail and Outlook.com mail (formerly Hotmail) work via Wireless Leiden as via any other WiFi connection. So you can use these services as usual on your mobile devices (and probably also other email services of other services with their own app).
Although we were not able to test this ourselves, it is highly likely that the Gmail- and Outlook-apps for the iOS (Apple) and other mobile operating systems (BlackBerry, Windows phone) will also work via Wireless Leiden.

Also buienradar and windfinder app work via our network.