Messaging

You can read, write, send and save text and multimedia messages, e-mail, audio and flash messages. The messaging services can only be used if they are supported by your network or service provider.

Text and multimedia messages

Text messages

Your device supports the sending of text messages beyond the limit for a single message. Longer messages are sent as two or more messages. Your service provider may charge accordingly. Characters with accents or other marks, and characters from some language options, take up more space, and limit the number of characters that can be sent in a single message.

An indicator at the top of the display shows the total number of characters left and the number of messages needed for sending.

Before you can send any text or SMS e-mail messages, you must save your message center number. Select Menu > Messaging > Message settings > Text messages > Message centres > Add centre, enter a name, and the number from the service provider.

Multimedia messages and multimedia plus messages

A multimedia message can contain text, pictures, sound clips, and video clips. A multimedia plus message can contain also any other content, even files not supported by your phone.

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

To check availability and to subscribe to the multimedia messaging service (MMS), contact your service provider. You also may download the configuration settings. See "Nokia support", p. 9.

Create a text message

1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Text 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, select Add.

3. For an SMS e-mail, enter a subject in the Subject: field.

4. Write your message in the Message: field.

5. To send the message, select Send.

Create a multimedia message

Add text, images, video or sound clips, business cards or calender notes into different slides and send them as an multimedia message.

1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Multimedia.

2. Scroll to a slide and select Insert and a content type from the list.

3. Select Send and enter one or more phone numbers or e-mail addresses in the To: field. To retrieve a phone number or e-mail address, select Add.

4. For an SMS e-mail, enter a subject in the Subject: field.

5. To send the message, select Send.

Create a multimedia plus message

1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Multimedia plus.

2. Enter recipients, a subject, and text as for a text message.

3. Select Insert and content from the list.

4. To send the message, select Send.

Read a message and reply

Important: Exercise caution when opening messages. E-mail messages or multimedia message objects may contain malicious software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.

Your phone issues a notification when a message is received. Press Show to display the message. If more than one message was received select a message from the inbox and press Open. Use the scroll key to view all parts of the message.

Select Reply to create an answer message.

Send messages

Message sending

To send the message, select Send. The phone saves the message in the Outbox folder, and the sending starts.

Note: The message sent icon or text on your device screen does not indicate that the message is received at the intended destination.

If message sending is interrupted, the phone tries to resend the message a few times.

If these attempts fail, the message remains in the Outbox folder. To cancel the sending of the messages in the Outbox folder, select Options > Cancel sending.

To save the sent messages in the Sent items folder, select Menu > Messaging > Message settings > General settings > Save sent messages.

Organize your messages

The phone saves received messages in the Inbox folder. Organize your messages in the saved items folder.

To add, rename, or delete a folder, select Menu > Messaging > Saved items > Options.

E-mail

Access your POP3 or IMAP4 e-mail account with your phone to read, write and send email.

This e-mail application is different from the SMS e-mail function.

Before you can use e-mail, you must have an e-mail account and the correct settings.

To check the availability and the settings of your e-mail account, contact your e-mail service provider. You may receive the e-mail configuration settings as a configuration message. See "Configuration setting service", p. 8.

Setting wizard

The setting wizard will start automatically if no e-mail settings are defined in the phone.

To manage and create e-mail accounts, select Menu > Messaging > E-mail > Options > Manage accounts.

Write and send an e-mail

You may write your e-mail message before connecting to the e-mail service.

1. Select Menu > Messaging > E-mail > Write new e-mail.

2. If more than one e-mail account is defined, select the account from which you want to send the e-mail.

3. Enter the recipient’s e-mail address, the subject, and the e-mail message. To attach a file, select Options > Attach file.

4. To send the e-mail message, select Send > Send now.

Read and reply to e-mail

Important: Exercise caution when opening messages. E-mail messages or multimedia message objects may contain malicious software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.

1. To download e-mail headers, select Menu > Messaging > E-mail > Check new e-mail.

2. To download the complete e-mail message, select Back > Inboxes, the account name, the new message, and Retrieve.

3. To reply to an e-mail, select Reply > Original text or Empty message. To reply to many, select Options > Reply to all. Confirm or edit the e-mail address and subject; then write your reply.

4. To send the message, select Send > Send now.

5. To disconnect from your e-mail account, select Menu > Messaging > E-mail > Disconnect. The connection to the e-mail account also automatically ends after some time without activity.

Spam filter

The spam filter allows you to put specific senders on a black or white list. Black list sender messages are filtered to Junk. Unknown and white list sender messages are downloaded into the account inbox.

To activate and define a spam filter, select Options > Spam filter > Settings in the main e-mail idle screen.

To blacklist a sender, select the e-mail message in the Inboxes folder and Options > Blacklist sender.

Flash messages

Flash messages are text messages that are instantly displayed upon reception.

1. To write a flash message, select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Flash message.

2. Enter the recipient’s phone number, write your message (maximum 70 characters), and select Send.

Nokia Xpress audio messages

Create and send an audio message using MMS in a convenient way.

1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Audio message. The voice recorder opens.

2. Record your message. See "Voice recorder", p. 39.

3. Enter one or more phone numbers in the To: field, or select Add to retrieve a number.

4. To send the message, select Send.

Instant messaging

With instant messaging (IM, network service) you can send short text messages to online users. You must subscribe to a service and register with the IM service you want to use.

Check the availability of these services, pricing, and instructions with your service provider. The menus may vary depending on your IM provider.

To connect to the service, select Menu > Messaging > I M and follow the instructions on the display.

Info messages, SIM messages and service commands

Info messages

You can receive messages on various topics from your service provider (network service). For more information, contact your service provider.

Select Menu > Messaging > Info messages and from the available options.

Service commands

Service commands allow you to write and send service requests (USSD commands) to your service provider, such as activation commands for network services.

To write and send the service request, select Menu > Messaging > Serv.

commands. For details, contact your service provider.

SIM messages

SIM messages are specific text messages that are saved to your SIM card. You can copy or move those messages from the SIM to the phone memory, but not vice versa.

To read SIM messages, select Menu > Messaging > Options > SIM messages.

Voice messages

The voice mailbox is a network service to which you may need to subscribe. For more information, contact your service provider.

To call your voice mailbox, press and hold 1.

To edit your voice mailbox number, select Menu > Messaging > Voice messages > Voice mailbox no..

Message settings

Select Menu > Messaging > Message settings to set up your messaging features.
● General settings — to set your phone to save sent messages, to allow overwriting of older messages if the message memory is full, and to set up other preferences related to messages
● Text messages — to allow delivery reports, to set up message centers for SMS and SMS e-mail, to select the type of character support, and to set up other preferences related to text messages
● Multimedia messages — to allow delivery reports, to set up the appearance of multimedia messages, to allow the reception of multimedia messages and adverts, and to set up other preferences related to multimedia messages
● E-mail messages — to allow e-mail reception, to set the image size in e-mail, and to set up other preferences related to e-mail