User's Manual

M608c Setting up Internet, email and MMS 69
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The email account you wish to set up must
support the POP3 or IMAP protocol for
receiving email, and the standard SMTP
protocol for sending email.
Web-based email services cannot be handled
by Messaging. Use the Internet browser to
access such services.
To enter the details manually, or to edit an
existing account, select
Tools > Control panel
> Messaging settings > Email accounts
.
The Email accounts view displays a list of
email accounts on your phone. You can add a
new
account to the list and delete an account.
To edit an existing account, select it and make
your changes.
Select
More > Preferred account to select
your preferred email account. This account is
used when you select
Send as > email from
within an application.
Select
More > New account to open the dialog
used for email settings. You make the settings
on three different tabs, and also dialogs you
open from the
More menu.
From your email service provider, you should
have received all details about your account
which you now have to enter.
Basic tab
Account name – give the account a name
for your own reference, for example
Home or Office.
Your name – enter the name you want to
appear on your outgoing messages.
Email address – this is your email address
as supplied by your email service
provider. The address always contains the
@ character.
Connection type – POP3 and IMAP are
connection protocols used when receiving
email from the email server. POP3 is the
most common. IMAP has expanded
functionality, for example, it makes it
possible to subscribe to server-based
folders. Ask your email service provider
which protocol they support.
Allow IMAP idle – if you have an IMAP
account, your phone can check for new
messages in your mailbox on the server. If
there are new messages, these will be sent
to your phone.
Inbox tab
Incoming server address – enter the
name or IP address of your email service
provider’s server for incoming email
messages. This address identifies the
computer where your incoming email
messages are stored. Common formats are
pop.example.org and 123.123.123.123.
Username, Password – your email
service provider supplies you with a
username and password for your email
account.