Messaging

Learn to use messaging functions. For instructions on entering text, see the quick start guide.

Send a multimedia message

1. On the Home screen, press <Start> → Messaging → Messages.
2. Press <Menu> → New.
3. Enter a recipient number or press <Menu> → Add Recipients to select a contact.
4. Press <Menu> → Add Field → Subject.
5. Press <Yes> to change the message to a multimedia message.
6. Enter a message subject.
7. Scroll down and enter your message text.
8. Press <Menu> → Add and add an item.
9. Press <Send> to send the message.

Create an email account

Before you can send or receive email messages, you must create an email account.

1. On the Home screen, press <Start> → Messaging → Setup E-mail (New Email Account...).
2. Enter your email address and password and press <Next>.
3. To manually set up email account, clear the check box next to Try to get e-mail settings automatically from the Internet and press <Next>.
4. Select the predefined email provider and press <Next>.
5. Enter your name and account name press <Next>.
6. Enter the incoming mail server, select the account type, and press <Next>.
7. Enter a user name and password and press <Next>.
8. Enter the outgoing mail server and press <Next>.
9. Set how often your device connects to the server and checks for incoming email messages in Automatic Send/Receive (if necessary).
10. Press <Finish>.

Send an email message

1. On the Home screen, press <Start> → Messaging.
2. Select the name of an email account.
3. Press <Menu> → New.
4. Enter an email address in the To field or press <Menu> → Add Recipient to select a contact.
5. Scroll down and enter a message subject.
6. Scroll down and enter your message text.
7. Press <Menu> → Insert and attach a file (if necessary).
8. Press <Send> to send the message.

Retrieve email from an email server

Before you retrieve email from an internet service provider or VPN connection, you must create an email account.

To retrieve messages from your Outlook account, see "Synchronise your data."

1. On the Home screen, press <Start> → Messaging.
2. Select the name of an email account.
3. Press <Menu> → Send/Receive.

View messages

You can access message folders for your text and multimedia messages in one location, and for email messages.

To view messages,
1. On the Home screen, press <Start> → Messaging.
2. Select Messages or the name of an email account.
The Inbox for the account you selected will open.
3. To download the complete contents of email, select an email from the list or press <Menu> → Download Message.

View or save email attachments

To view an attachment,
1. From an open email, scroll to the attachment and press the Confirm key.
2. Press <Open>.
The attachment opens with the corresponding application.

To save an attachment,
1. From an open email, scroll to the attachment and press the Confirm key to download.
2. Press <Menu> → Save As...
3. Set a file name and memory location and press <Save>.