Opening the mailbox
When you open the mailbox, you can choose whether you want to view the previously
retrieved e-mail messages and e-mail headings offline or connect to the e-mail server.
• When you scroll to your mailbox and press the joystick, the phone asks you if you want
to
Connect to mailbox?
Select
Yes
to connect to your mailbox or
No
to view previously
retrieved e-mail messages offline.
• Another way to start a connection is to select
Options
→
Connect
.
Viewing e-mail messages when online
When you are online, you are continuously connected to a remote mailbox via a data call
or a packet data connection. See also ‘Data connection indicators’, p.
9
, ‘GSM data calls’,
p.
30
, and ‘Packet data (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS)’, p.
30
.
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Note: If you are using the POP3 protocol, e-mail messages are not updated
automatically in online mode. To see the newest e-mail messages, you need to
disconnect and then make a new connection to your mailbox.
If you are using the POP3 protocol, the connection to the remote mailbox may be
closed after a time-out period defined by the remote server.
Options when viewing e-
mail headings:
Open
,
New
message
,
Connect
/
Disconnect
,
Retrieve
,
Delete
,
Message details
,
Copy
,
Mark/Unmark
, and
Exit
.
Viewing e-mail messages when offline
When you view e-mail messages offline, your phone is not connected to the remote
mailbox. This mode may help you to save on connection costs. See p.
30
for further
information.
To view e-mail messages offline, you must first retrieve e-mail messages from your
mailbox, see the next section. After you have retrieved the e-mail messages to your phone,
to end the data connection, select
Options
→
Disconnect
.
You can continue reading the retrieved e-mail headings and/or the retrieved e-mail
messages offline. You can write new e-mail messages, reply to the retrieved e-mail
messages, and forward e-mail messages. You can order the e-mail messages to be sent the
next time you connect to the mailbox. When you open
Mailbox
the next time and you want
to view and read the e-mail messages offline, answer
No
to the
Connect to mailbox?
query.