My iPhone can be wiped by anyone just by checking work emails on Exchange!

Incredible! I just found that that by simply setting up a Mail profile to check my Microsoft Exchange work email or calendar allows my employer to completely wipe my iPhone/iPad. This happens without any warnings whatsoever!
It turns out that if you configure the iPhone/iPad to access your employer's Exchange mail, not only your IT administrators can remotely wipe your phone, but also anyone who is able to either get or reset your Windows password at work can then initiate a wipe of your iPhone/iPad by sipmly using the Outlook Web Access and logging in as yourself.
This is just unacceptable. I understand the need to do this, but the users should be told that this can happen **before** establishing the new profile, so we can make a choice of whether to accept this risk or not. If you use an Android phone to check your Exhcange email, you will be presented with a nice scary warning that says that the employer will be able to wipe and/or lock your phone. Not with the iOS... it simply instals the profile allowing your iOS device to be wiped at any time.
What would happen if a disgruntled IT Administrator at a company decides to wipe 10,000 **personal** iPhones belonging to poor the employees who had no idea this could happen and that their iPhones were super-secure? Up until today, I though only myself knowing my iCloud account could remotely wipe my phone. Now I know there were dozens of helpdesk and IT admins who could have done the same, be it as a terrible joke or by being upset.
If anyone is skeptical that this could be done like I was (I had to actually iniate a wipe to see if really work..), here's a couple of links:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/integration/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998614.aspx
Notice how Apple omitted to add that this will be done without ever obtaining your pemrission or to display any warnings that this could be done...
Needless to say that I stopped using my personal iPhone and iPad to check my Exchange work email and calendar.

Hello hayliefromms,
I'd recommend taking a look at the following articles for information that can help get Messages working correctly on your iPhone.
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
Cheers,
Allen

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