Special message types
Select Menu > Messaging.
You can receive special messages that contain data, such as
operator logos, ringing tones, bookmarks, or internet access
or e-mail account settings.
To save the contents of these messages, select Options >
Save.
Service messages
Service messages are sent to your device by service providers.
Service messages may contain notifications such as news
headlines, services, or links through which the message
content can be downloaded.
To define the service message settings, select Options >
Settings > Service message.
To download the service or message content, select
Options > Download message.
To view information about the sender, web address,
expiration date, and other details of the message before
downloading it, select Options > Message details.
Send service commands
You can send a service request message (also known as a
USSD command) to your service provider and request
activation for certain network services. Contact your service
provider for the service request text.
To send a service request message, select Options > Service
commands. Enter the service request text and select
Options > Send.
Cell broadcast
Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Cell broadcast.
With the cell broadcast network service, you can receive
messages on various topics from your service provider, such
as weather or traffic conditions in a particular region. For
available topics and relevant topic numbers, contact your
service provider. Cell broadcast messages cannot be received
when the device is in the remote SIM mode. A packet data
(GPRS) connection may prevent cell broadcast reception.
Cell broadcast messages cannot be received in UMTS (3G)
networks.
Messaging settings
Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Settings.
Complete all fields marked with Must be defined or with a
red asterisk.
Your device may recognize the SIM card provider and
configure the correct text message, multimedia message,
and GPRS settings automatically. If not, contact your service
provider for the correct settings, order the settings from your
service provider in a configuration message, or use the
Settings wizard application.
Text message settings
Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Settings > Text
message.
Select from the following:
• Message centers — View the available message centers
for your device, or add a new one.
• Message center in use — Select a message center to send
the message.
• Character encoding — Select Reduced support to use
automatic character conversion to another encoding
system when available.
• Receive report — Select Yes if you want the network to
send you delivery reports on your messages (network
service).
• Message validity — Select how long the message center
resends your message if the first attempt fails (network
service). If the recipient cannot be reached within the
validity period, the message is deleted from the message
center.
• Message sent as — Convert the message to another
format, for example, fax or e-mail. Change this option only
if you are sure that your message center is able to convert
text messages into these other formats. For more
information, contact your service provider.
• Preferred connection — Select the preferred method of
connection when sending text messages from your device.
• Reply via same center — Select whether you want the
reply message to be sent using the same text message
center number (network service).
Multimedia message settings
Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Settings >
Multimedia message
Select from the following:
• Image size — Scale images in multimedia messages.
• MMS creation mode — Select Restricted to set your
device to prevent you from including content in
multimedia messages that may not be supported by the
network or the receiving device. To receive warnings
about including such content, select Guided. To create a
multimedia message with no restrictions on attachment
type, select Free. If you select Restricted, creating
multimedia presentations is not possible.
• Access point in use — Select the default access point to
connect to the multimedia message center. You may not
be able to change the default access point if it is preset in
your device by your service provider.
• Multimedia retrieval — Select Always automatic to
receive multimedia messages always automatically, Auto
in home netw. to receive notification of a new
multimedia message that you can retrieve from the
message center (for example, when you are traveling
abroad and are outside your home network), Manual to
retrieve multimedia messages from the message center
manually, or Off to prevent receipt of any multimedia
messages.
• Allow anonymous msgs. — Select whether you want to
receive messages from unknown senders.
• Receive ads — Select whether you want to receive
messages defined as advertisements.
• Receive reports — Select Yes to have the status of the
sent message to be shown in the log (network service).
Receiving a delivery report of a multimedia message that
has been sent to an e-mail address may not be possible.
• Deny report sending — Select Yes to not send delivery
reports from your device for received multimedia
messages.
• Message validity — Select how long the messaging
center tries to send the message (network service). If the
recipient of a message cannot be reached within the
validity period, the message is removed from the
multimedia messaging center. Maximum time is the
maximum amount of time allowed by the network.
E-mail account settings
Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Settings > Email.
If you try to edit mailbox settings but have not yet set up an
e-mail account, the E-mail wizard opens and helps you set up
your e-mail account.
If you have defined a mailbox, to edit the settings, select the
mailbox.
The settings available for editing may vary. Some settings
may be preset by your service provider.
Connection settings
To define the connection settings, select an e-mail account
and Options > Edit > Connection settings. To edit the
settings for the e-mail you receive, select Incoming e-mail.
To edit the settings for the e-mail you send, select Outgoing
e-mail.
