Messaging

Write and send a text message

1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Message.
2. Enter one or more phone numbers in the To: field. To retrieve a phone number from a memory, select Add.
3. Write your message in the Text: field.
To use a text template, scroll down, and select Insert.
4. To send the message, select Send.

Write and send a multimedia message

1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Message.
2. Enter one or more phone numbers or e-mail addresses in the To: field. To retrieve a phone number or e-mail address from a memory, select Add.
3. Write your message. To add a file, scroll down, and select Insert.
4. To view the message before sending it, select Options > Preview.
5. To send the message, select Send.

To check availability and to subscribe to the multimedia messaging service (MMS, network service), contact your service provider.
Only devices that have compatible features can receive and display multimedia messages.
The appearance of a message may vary depending on the receiving device.
The wireless network may limit the size of MMS messages. If the inserted picture exceeds this limit, the device may make it smaller so that it can be sent by MMS.

Read and reply to a message

1. To view a received message, select Show.
To read the message later, select Menu > Messaging > Inbox.
2. To reply to a message, select Reply. Write the reply message.
3. To send the message, select Send.

Important: Exercise caution when opening messages. Messages may contain malicious software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.

Nokia Xpress audio messaging

You can use the multimedia messaging service (MMS) to create and send an audio message. MMS must be activated before you can send audio messages.

1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Audio message. The recorder opens.
2. Speak your message.
3. Enter one or more phone numbers in the To: field, or select Add to retrieve a number.
4. Select Send, or press the call key.

To open a received audio message, select Play. If more than one message is received, select View > Play. To listen to the message later, select Exit.

Flash messages

Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Flash message. Enter the recipient’s phone number, and write your message.
Flash messages are text messages that are instantly displayed upon receipt. Flash messages are not automatically saved.

E-mail application

To activate the e-mail settings, select Menu > Messaging > Message settings > E-mail messages.
To use the e-mail function on your phone, you need a compatible e-mail system.
You may receive the e-mail settings as a configuration message. For more information, contact your network operator or service provider.

E-mail setup wizard

The e-mail setup wizard starts automatically if no e-mail settings are defined in the phone. To start the setup wizard for an additional account, select Menu > Messaging and the existing e-mail account. Select Options > Add mailbox to start the e-mail setup wizard. Follow the instructions on the display.
The e-mail application requires an internet access point without a proxy. WAP access points normally include a proxy and do not work with the e-mail application.

Write and send e-mail

You can either write an e-mail message before connecting to the e-mail service, or connect to the service first, and then write and send your e-mail.

1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > E-mail.
If more than one e-mail account is defined, select the account from which you want to send the e-mail.
2. Enter the recipient’s e-mail address, the subject, and the e-mail message. To attach a file, select Options > Insert.
3. To send the e-mail message, select Send.

To send an e-mail from a draft folder, select Menu > Messaging > Drafts, the desired message, and Send.

Download e-mail

1. To download e-mail message headers, select Menu > Messaging and your e-mail account.
2. To download an e-mail and its attachments, select the e-mail and Open or Retrieve.

Read and reply to e-mail

1. Select Menu > Messaging the account name, and the relevant message.
2. To reply to an e-mail, select Options > Reply. Confirm or edit the e-mail address and subject, and create your reply.
3. To send the message, select Send.

To close the connection to your e-mail account, select Options > Disconnect.

Important: Exercise caution when opening messages. Messages may contain malicious software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.

Instant messaging

With instant messaging (IM, network service) you can send short, simple text messages to online users. You must subscribe to a service and register with the IM service you want to use. For more information about signing up for IM services, contact your service provider.

Voice messages

The voice mailbox is a network service, and you may need to subscribe to it. For more information, contact your service provider.
To call your voice mailbox, select Menu > Messaging > Voice messages > Listen to voice msgs., or press and hold 1. To enter, search for, or edit your voice mailbox number, select Voice mailbox no..

Video messages

The video mailbox is a network service, and you may need to subscribe to it. For more information, contact your service provider.
To call your video mailbox, select Menu > Messaging > Video messages > View video msgs., or press and hold 2. To enter, search for, or edit your video mailbox number, select Video mailbox no..

Info messages

Select Menu > Messaging > Info messages to receive messages on various topics from your service provider (network service). For more information, contact your service provider.

Service commands

Select Menu > Messaging > Serv. commands to write and send service requests (USSD commands) to your service provider, such as activation commands for network services.

Message settings

General settings

General settings are common for text and multimedia messages.

Select Menu > Messaging > Message settings > General settings and from the following options:
Save sent messages — to set your phone to save the sent messages in the Sent items folder
Overwrite sent items — to set your phone to overwrite old sent messages with new ones when the message memory is full. This setting is only shown if you set your phone to save sent messages.
Favourite recipient — to define easily available message recipients or groups when sending messages
Font size — to select the font size used in messages
Graphical smileys — to set your phone to replace character-based smileys with graphical ones

Text messages

The text message settings affect the sending, receiving, and viewing of text messages.

Select Menu > Messaging > Message settings > Text messages and from the following options:
Delivery reports — request delivery reports about your messages (network service)
Message centres — to set the phone number and name of the message centre that is required for sending text messages. You receive this number from your service provider.
Msg. centre in use — to select the message centre in use
Message validity — to select the length of time for which the network attempts to deliver your message
Messages sent via — to select the format of the messages to be sent: Text, Paging, or Fax (network service)
Use packet data — to send text messages through a packet data connection, if available
Character support — to select how characters in the messages to be sent are shown. To show all characters, select Full. If you select Reduced, characters with accents and other marks may be converted to other characters.
Rep. via same centre — to allow the recipient of your message to send you a reply using your message centre (network service)

Multimedia messages

The multimedia message settings affect the sending, receiving, and viewing of multimedia messages. You may receive the settings as a configuration message.
See “Configuration settings service”. You can also enter the settings manually. See “Configuration”.

Select Menu > Messaging > Message settings > Multimedia messages and from the following options:
Delivery reports — to request delivery reports about your messages (network service)
MMS creation mode — to restrict or allow various types of multimedia to be added to messages
Image size in MMS — to set the image size in multimedia messages
Default slide timing — to define the default time between slides in multimedia messages
Allow MMS receptn. — to receive or block multimedia messages. If you select In home network (default), you can only receive multimedia messages when you are in your home network. The availability of this menu depends on your phone.
Incoming MMS msgs. — to decide how multimedia messages are retrieved.
Allow adverts — to receive or reject advertisements.
Configuration sett. — select Configuration to view the configurations that support multimedia messaging. Select a service provider, Default, or Personal config. for multimedia messaging. Select Account and an MMS account contained in the active configuration settings.

E-mail messages

The e-mail settings affect the sending, receiving, and viewing of e-mail. You may receive the settings as a configuration message. See “Configuration settings service”. You can also enter the settings manually. See “Configuration”.

Select Menu > Messaging > Message settings > E-mail messages and from the following options:
New e-mail notif. — to receive a notification of new e-mail
Allow mail reception — to receive e-mail in a foreign network or only in your home network
Reply with orig. msg. — to include the original message in the reply
Image size in e-mail — to select the size of images in e-mail
Edit mailboxes — to add new mailboxes or edit the one in use

Service messages

Select Menu > Messaging > Message settings > Service messages to activate service messages and to set up preferences related to service messages.