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Non-silent notifications for the Secure Mail for iOS app

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Abstract

MaaS360 uses the IBM MaaS360 Cloud Notification app to send Exchange Web Services (EWS) non-silent notifications to intended devices through Apple Push Notification Services.

Content

How non-silent notifications work

When you enable non-silent notifications, iOS delivers notifications to the Secure Mail app. These notifications are delivered even though the Secure Mail app is not running in the background or the device is locked.

Prerequisites

  • MaaS360 for iOS app version 5.40+
  • Secure Mail app

Note: Notification sound support will be added soon.

The Secure Mail app receives non-silent notifications for the following Inbox activities:

  • New mail
  • Sent mail
  • New calendar meeting request
  • Meeting update
  • Meeting cancellation
  • Meeting reminders
  • To-do reminders

Advantages of using non-silent notifications:

The non-silent notifications offer the following benefits over silent push notifications:

  • Notifications are delivered without any delays.
  • Notifications are encrypted when they are sent to the APNS server.
  • Notifications are always displayed regardless of whether the app is running in the background.

Enabling non-silent notifications in the MaaS360 Portal

  1. From the MaaS360 Portal Home page, navigate to Security > Policies.
  2. Open a WorkPlace Persona policy.
  3. Navigate to Email > Configuration.
  4. In the Configure Secure Mail section, select the Enable Subscription-Based Notifications checkbox.

How notifications are displayed on the device

Non-silent notifications do not display additional information such as sender, subject, or preview. A common title and message are displayed for all notifications.

Title: You have mail update(s)

Message: Login to MaaS360 to view mail update(s).

non-silent notifications

[{"Type":"MASTER","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB24","label":"Security Software"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSYSXX","label":"IBM MaaS360"},"ARM Category":[{"code":"a8m0z000000070yAAA","label":"POLICY"}],"Platform":[{"code":"PF014","label":"iOS"}],"Version":"All Versions"}]

Document Information

Modified date:
18 April 2023

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ibm16982531