O2 imail on V3xx in UK

Hi

Anyone help ?

I have an iMode V3xx on O2 in the UK, and am using their o2imail system to
have certain e-mails forwarded from my home PC to my phone to alert me of
certain correspondence. Why not, it's free usage has been extended until
September 2007 so I can send and receive e-mail from the phone at no cost.

All is working fine EXCEPT:

When the e-mail comes through to the phone, the text is not wrapping on the
screen properly, meaning the ends of some lines are missing (sometimes
containing whole words).
On the whole this does not render the e-mail unreadable, but it does make it
tricky having to guess what's hidden behind the right hand edge scroll bar.
There is no left-right scroll option that I can find.
If it's a name or number hidden that does give a problem.

I have experimented with all three font size settings, but the bigger the
font, the worse the problem becomes.

The problem is also not just with e-mails forwarded from my home PC - it
also happens when other people send me e-mails from their computers. (I have
not received an e-mail from another 02imail phone so don't know if this
would do the same thing).

Has anyone else experienced this ?

More importantly, has anyone found a solution ?

Thanks
Lofty

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:09:02 +0100, "Lofty" <paulloft@btconnect.com>
wrote in <Y9OdnWDPQ9vPnYvbnZ2dnUVZ8sOonZ2d@bt.com>:

>I have an iMode V3xx on O2 in the UK, and am using their o2imail system to
>have certain e-mails forwarded from my home PC to my phone to alert me of
>certain correspondence. Why not, it's free usage has been extended until
>September 2007 so I can send and receive e-mail from the phone at no cost.
>
>All is working fine EXCEPT:
>
>When the e-mail comes through to the phone, the text is not wrapping on the
>screen properly, meaning the ends of some lines are missing (sometimes
>containing whole words).
>On the whole this does not render the e-mail unreadable, but it does make it
>tricky having to guess what's hidden behind the right hand edge scroll bar.
>There is no left-right scroll option that I can find.
>If it's a name or number hidden that does give a problem.

How are you forwarding your mail to the phone? SMS? MMS? What
gateway? Email client in the phone?

With my Cingular-branded V3xx and the Cingular email-to-SMS gateway,
forwarding email to SMS results in long lines being wrapped.

If you're using an O2 email-to-SMS gateway, my guess(tm) is that the
gateway is truncating the long lines, in which case you'll need to use a
different method.

My own preference is to leave the email on the email server, and just
send an alert by SMS. That way I can choose which email to access in
full with my phone.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
news:esmc13931dn7mbpct1pivt5b2ugcbhlmmt@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:09:02 +0100, "Lofty" <paulloft@btconnect.com>
> wrote in <Y9OdnWDPQ9vPnYvbnZ2dnUVZ8sOonZ2d@bt.com>:
>
>>I have an iMode V3xx on O2 in the UK, and am using their o2imail system to
>>have certain e-mails forwarded from my home PC to my phone to alert me of
>>certain correspondence. Why not, it's free usage has been extended until
>>September 2007 so I can send and receive e-mail from the phone at no cost.
>>
>>All is working fine EXCEPT:
>>
>>When the e-mail comes through to the phone, the text is not wrapping on
>>the
>>screen properly, meaning the ends of some lines are missing (sometimes
>>containing whole words).
>>On the whole this does not render the e-mail unreadable, but it does make
>>it
>>tricky having to guess what's hidden behind the right hand edge scroll
>>bar.
>>There is no left-right scroll option that I can find.
>>If it's a name or number hidden that does give a problem.
>
> How are you forwarding your mail to the phone? SMS? MMS? What
> gateway? Email client in the phone?
>
> With my Cingular-branded V3xx and the Cingular email-to-SMS gateway,
> forwarding email to SMS results in long lines being wrapped.
>
> If you're using an O2 email-to-SMS gateway, my guess(tm) is that the
> gateway is truncating the long lines, in which case you'll need to use a
> different method.
>
> My own preference is to leave the email on the email server, and just
> send an alert by SMS. That way I can choose which email to access in
> full with my phone.
>
> --
> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

I have no idea what method O2 use to receive e-mail into the phone. They
just call the system O2 iMail. The e-mails come through in the same part of
the phone which receives MMS messages, but are identified as iMail messages.

I am forwarding the e-mails from my pop account on my PC.

I'm not sure what else I can tell you.

Lofty

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:21:43 +0100, "Lofty" <paulloft@btconnect.com>
wrote in <zsKdndE4W6GMH4vbnZ2dnUVZ8sqjnZ2d@bt.com>:

>> How are you forwarding your mail to the phone? SMS? MMS? What
>> gateway? Email client in the phone?
>>
>> With my Cingular-branded V3xx and the Cingular email-to-SMS gateway,
>> forwarding email to SMS results in long lines being wrapped.
>>
>> If you're using an O2 email-to-SMS gateway, my guess(tm) is that the
>> gateway is truncating the long lines, in which case you'll need to use a
>> different method.
>>
>> My own preference is to leave the email on the email server, and just
>> send an alert by SMS. That way I can choose which email to access in
>> full with my phone.

>I have no idea what method O2 use to receive e-mail into the phone. They
>just call the system O2 iMail. The e-mails come through in the same part of
>the phone which receives MMS messages, but are identified as iMail messages.
>
>I am forwarding the e-mails from my pop account on my PC.
>
>I'm not sure what else I can tell you.

Sounds like an email to MMS (or SMS) gateway, which is the likely source
of your problem. If so, your can try complaining to O2, but your only
practical recourse may be to use a different email service. I think
both Yahoo and AOL offer the ability to send cell phone email alerts on
their free email services.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
news:ua3d13ta576bqsr0bveda1klc6b2brdgj3@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:21:43 +0100, "Lofty" <paulloft@btconnect.com>
> wrote in <zsKdndE4W6GMH4vbnZ2dnUVZ8sqjnZ2d@bt.com>:
>
>>> How are you forwarding your mail to the phone? SMS? MMS? What
>>> gateway? Email client in the phone?
>>>
>>> With my Cingular-branded V3xx and the Cingular email-to-SMS gateway,
>>> forwarding email to SMS results in long lines being wrapped.
>>>
>>> If you're using an O2 email-to-SMS gateway, my guess(tm) is that the
>>> gateway is truncating the long lines, in which case you'll need to use a
>>> different method.
>>>
>>> My own preference is to leave the email on the email server, and just
>>> send an alert by SMS. That way I can choose which email to access in
>>> full with my phone.
>
>>I have no idea what method O2 use to receive e-mail into the phone. They
>>just call the system O2 iMail. The e-mails come through in the same part
>>of
>>the phone which receives MMS messages, but are identified as iMail
>>messages.
>>
>>I am forwarding the e-mails from my pop account on my PC.
>>
>>I'm not sure what else I can tell you.
>
> Sounds like an email to MMS (or SMS) gateway, which is the likely source
> of your problem. If so, your can try complaining to O2, but your only
> practical recourse may be to use a different email service. I think
> both Yahoo and AOL offer the ability to send cell phone email alerts on
> their free email services.
>
> --
> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

Thanks for taking the trouble to reply John (as always)

Maybe it is to do with the way e-mails are transmitted via the o2 MMS
service. I believe the imail system is relatively new, hence that is why
they are offering it free at the moment.

I will certainly e-mail them and explain the problem and see if they are
aware of it or have any plans to implement a solution. The system is usable,
but annoying to have to guess certain
when they come to the end of a

;-)

I don't really want to switch to a Yahoo or AOL account, as the e-mails I am
interested in come from my (part time) e-commerce business e-mail address
and are order notifications. I have found it really useful to be sent
notifications of the orders onto my phone, so I know to go to the computer
and process them. This has saved me having to check on a regular basis to
find out if there are any orders waiting to be processed or not.

Also, if I get an order where the customer is asking for special conditions,
like they want the item shipped that day, and I am away from my office, I
can at least contact them to let them know when I will be able to attend to
their order and see if they are happy to wait. Or if they are ordering an
item which I no longer have in stock, I can get back to them straight away
rather than wait until the end of the day when I get home.

Sending e-mail from the phone is a little less practical, as I type so
slowly on a phone keypad that to do more than the 60-120 characters in an
SMS takes so long, I might as well find a nearby computer and send the
e-mail from there.
Mind you, it is useful to send short messages into the office where there is
only e-mail, no SMS facility.

Thanks again for your help, I will contact O2 after the week-end and see
what they say.

Lofty

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 22:39:30 +0100, "Lofty" <paulloft@btconnect.com>
wrote in <AeOdnVefDcgPI4vbnZ2dnUVZ8vidnZ2d@bt.com>:

>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>news:ua3d13ta576bqsr0bveda1klc6b2brdgj3@4ax.com.. .

>> Sounds like an email to MMS (or SMS) gateway, which is the likely source
>> of your problem. If so, your can try complaining to O2, but your only
>> practical recourse may be to use a different email service. I think
>> both Yahoo and AOL offer the ability to send cell phone email alerts on
>> their free email services.

>Maybe it is to do with the way e-mails are transmitted via the o2 MMS
>service. I believe the imail system is relatively new, hence that is why
>they are offering it free at the moment.
>
>I will certainly e-mail them and explain the problem and see if they are
>aware of it or have any plans to implement a solution. The system is usable,
>but annoying to have to guess certain
>when they come to the end of a

My guess(tm) is that brain-damaged gateway software is truncating long
lines instead of sending them as-is (or even wrapping them). If so,
even assuming O2 will pay much attention to you, a fix will probably
take many weeks, if not months.

>I don't really want to switch to a Yahoo or AOL account, as the e-mails I am
>interested in come from my (part time) e-commerce business e-mail address
>and are order notifications. I have found it really useful to be sent
>notifications of the orders onto my phone, so I know to go to the computer
>and process them. This has saved me having to check on a regular basis to
>find out if there are any orders waiting to be processed or not.

I recommend against using the native email service of _any_ provider
because that ties you to that provider -- better to use a service that's
independent of any provider, giving you the flexibility of changing
providers without impacting your email service.

That said, you could continue to use your provider's email service by
forwarding all the email to Yahoo or AOL.

>Also, if I get an order where the customer is asking for special conditions,
>like they want the item shipped that day, and I am away from my office, I
>can at least contact them to let them know when I will be able to attend to
>their order and see if they are happy to wait. Or if they are ordering an
>item which I no longer have in stock, I can get back to them straight away
>rather than wait until the end of the day when I get home.

I understand, but alerts are sufficient for me -- I'd rather keep the
email at the provider, which lets me access it from multiple devices
(and computers).

Another option is the built-in email client in the phone, which can be
set to automatically retrieve email frequently enough that there is
little delay.

>Sending e-mail from the phone is a little less practical, as I type so
>slowly on a phone keypad that to do more than the 60-120 characters in an
>SMS takes so long, I might as well find a nearby computer and send the
>e-mail from there.

Have you got iTAP turned on? I find that pretty fast, especially after
it's been trained a bit.

>Mind you, it is useful to send short messages into the office where there is
>only e-mail, no SMS facility.

Sure, but you should be able to use any of several options for that:
* SMS to email gateway
* WAP client with a web-based email service
* Google Mail app in the phone

>Thanks again for your help, I will contact O2 after the week-end and see
>what they say.

Good luck!

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
news:vofd13pel2h5rl6oftnafktocf6fo12umm@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 22:39:30 +0100, "Lofty" <paulloft@btconnect.com>
> wrote in <AeOdnVefDcgPI4vbnZ2dnUVZ8vidnZ2d@bt.com>:
>
>>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>>news:ua3d13ta576bqsr0bveda1klc6b2brdgj3@4ax.com. ..
>
>>> Sounds like an email to MMS (or SMS) gateway, which is the likely source
>>> of your problem. If so, your can try complaining to O2, but your only
>>> practical recourse may be to use a different email service. I think
>>> both Yahoo and AOL offer the ability to send cell phone email alerts on
>>> their free email services.
>
>>Maybe it is to do with the way e-mails are transmitted via the o2 MMS
>>service. I believe the imail system is relatively new, hence that is why
>>they are offering it free at the moment.
>>
>>I will certainly e-mail them and explain the problem and see if they are
>>aware of it or have any plans to implement a solution. The system is
>>usable,
>>but annoying to have to guess certain
>>when they come to the end of a
>
> My guess(tm) is that brain-damaged gateway software is truncating long
> lines instead of sending them as-is (or even wrapping them). If so,
> even assuming O2 will pay much attention to you, a fix will probably
> take many weeks, if not months.
>
>>I don't really want to switch to a Yahoo or AOL account, as the e-mails I
>>am
>>interested in come from my (part time) e-commerce business e-mail address
>>and are order notifications. I have found it really useful to be sent
>>notifications of the orders onto my phone, so I know to go to the computer
>>and process them. This has saved me having to check on a regular basis to
>>find out if there are any orders waiting to be processed or not.
>
> I recommend against using the native email service of _any_ provider
> because that ties you to that provider -- better to use a service that's
> independent of any provider, giving you the flexibility of changing
> providers without impacting your email service.
>
> That said, you could continue to use your provider's email service by
> forwarding all the email to Yahoo or AOL.
>
>>Also, if I get an order where the customer is asking for special
>>conditions,
>>like they want the item shipped that day, and I am away from my office, I
>>can at least contact them to let them know when I will be able to attend
>>to
>>their order and see if they are happy to wait. Or if they are ordering an
>>item which I no longer have in stock, I can get back to them straight away
>>rather than wait until the end of the day when I get home.
>
> I understand, but alerts are sufficient for me -- I'd rather keep the
> email at the provider, which lets me access it from multiple devices
> (and computers).
>
> Another option is the built-in email client in the phone, which can be
> set to automatically retrieve email frequently enough that there is
> little delay.
>
>>Sending e-mail from the phone is a little less practical, as I type so
>>slowly on a phone keypad that to do more than the 60-120 characters in an
>>SMS takes so long, I might as well find a nearby computer and send the
>>e-mail from there.
>
> Have you got iTAP turned on? I find that pretty fast, especially after
> it's been trained a bit.
>
>>Mind you, it is useful to send short messages into the office where there
>>is
>>only e-mail, no SMS facility.
>
> Sure, but you should be able to use any of several options for that:
> * SMS to email gateway
> * WAP client with a web-based email service
> * Google Mail app in the phone
>
>>Thanks again for your help, I will contact O2 after the week-end and see
>>what they say.
>
> Good luck!
>
> --
> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>



Thanks John, you have given me food for thought.

But when you say:

"I understand, but alerts are sufficient for me -- I'd rather keep the
email at the provider, which lets me access it from multiple devices
(and computers)."

That's exactly what I am doing. I leave the home PC switched on, with
outlook set to send and receive every half hour.

I have then set up a mail rule which says for certain e-mail subject lines,
the mail is put into the outbox to be forwarded onto my O2imail account,
which comes through to the phone at the next send/receive cycle..

That way, only the e-mails notifying me of an order are forwarded (not all
the spam and other rubbish).

And of course the original e-mail is still sitting on my home PC.

Also that does not tie me to one mobile provider, as I can set the
divert/forwarding to any e-mail account I like, so if I move from o2 I just
change the forwarding account in the mail rule.

I know, it's a bit Heath Robinson isn't it, but I'm only just getting used
to using mobile e-mail. I am sure there are better ways, but that's how I
have it set up at the moment.

Cheers
Lofty

On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 22:37:21 +0100, "Lofty" <paulloft@btconnect.com>
wrote in <VK2dnWmWYpDWkoXbnZ2dnUVZ8vSdnZ2d@bt.com>:

>Thanks John, you have given me food for thought.
>
>But when you say:
>
>"I understand, but alerts are sufficient for me -- I'd rather keep the
>email at the provider, which lets me access it from multiple devices
>(and computers)."
>
>That's exactly what I am doing. I leave the home PC switched on, with
>outlook set to send and receive every half hour.
>
>I have then set up a mail rule which says for certain e-mail subject lines,
>the mail is put into the outbox to be forwarded onto my O2imail account,
>which comes through to the phone at the next send/receive cycle..
>
>That way, only the e-mails notifying me of an order are forwarded (not all
>the spam and other rubbish).

I do much the same thing with my Google Mail account, using Filters to
forward mail to my Cingular account, which has its own filters to send
alerts to my phone. That give me fine-grained alert capability, with no
need to send the entire message to my phone. For mail that interests
me, I use the Google Mail app on the phone or the built-in WAP browser
to read it.

>And of course the original e-mail is still sitting on my home PC.

My original email is still sitting at Google Mail, which lets me access
it in a multitude of ways, like from an Internet cafe.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

On 9 Apr 2007 10:51:47 -0700, "Dananos" <fiach.reid@gmail.com> wrote in
<1176141107.170013.147060@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups. com>:

>How do you differentiate between spam email and real email that you
>recieve, obviously you don't want everything forwarded to you. I was
>thinking of something similar with www.freebiesms.co.uk, but problems
>like this stumpted me.

I use Google Mail (and Cingular Mail) filters to select email to be
alerted on my handset. Anything not matching my filters isn't alerted.
(I'm not interested in being alerted on routine email.)

I don't get that much spam in any event, thanks for excellent spam
filtering by Google (backed up by a few filters of my own), usually no
more than 1 or 2 per day.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

Easy, all my website orders come with strings of specific words in the
message subject line. Such as "Order Notice - 1234" where 1234 is the order
number.

So I know all the orders from that website are going to have (at the moment)
the words "Order Notice - 13" in the subject line, as I am currently at
order number 1328 or something around there.

So I have set up a mail rule in Outlook Express which looks for any e-mail
coming in which has got "Order Notice - 13" in the subject line, and then
set the rule to put the message into my "Sales" folder for that website AND
forward a copy of the mail to my mobile phone e-mail address.

OK, a piece of spam may come in with that exact string of words embedded in
the subject line, but it hasn't happened yet and is unlikely.

When I get into the 14xx order number range, I will just amend the mail rule
accordingly to look for strings of text which read "Order Notice - 14".

Each of the sites I sell on has a fairly unique subject line informing me of
a sale (I sell on multiple venues), so I just pick the text strings which
match their e-mail subject lines, and apply a mail rule to those strings.

The other way you can do it is by setting a rule to forward any e-mail FROM
a certain person to the phone e-mail account. So if your best mate is Fred
Bloggs, you can set up a rule which forwards any mail coming from Fred
Bloggs' e-mail account.

It's very easy to do using the mail rules in Outlook or Outlook Express -
just avoid using the word "v1agra" ;-)

You can have as many rules as you like, and have multiple conditions to the
rule. So you could set a rule which says if the subject line contains
"Important announcement" OR "Order Number - 1234" AND comes from "Fred
Bloggs" then do certain things with it, like put it into a subfolder of your
inbox or forward it to another e-mail address, or both.

One thing you can't really do is forward everything EXCEPT spam to your
phone account. If you could do that you have effectively created a 100%
accurate spam filter, which is something I have not found yet.
So it is only useful for forwarding certain messages where you know who the
sender is, or at least part of what the e-mail subject line is going to be.

Hope that helps

Cheers
Lofty


"Dananos" <fiach.reid@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1176141107.170013.147060@w1g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
> How do you differentiate between spam email and real email that you
> recieve, obviously you don't want everything forwarded to you. I was
> thinking of something similar with www.freebiesms.co.uk, but problems
> like this stumpted me.
>
> On Apr 7, 10:37 pm, "Lofty" <paull...@btconnect.com> wrote:
>> "John Navas" <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:vofd13pel2h5rl6oftnafktocf6fo12umm@4ax.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 22:39:30 +0100, "Lofty" <paull...@btconnect.com>
>> > wrote in <AeOdnVefDcgPI4vbnZ2dnUVZ8vidn...@bt.com>:
>>
>> >>"John Navas" <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>> >>news:ua3d13ta576bqsr0bveda1klc6b2brdgj3@4ax.com. ..
>>
>> >>> Sounds like an email to MMS (orSMS) gateway, which is the likely
>> >>> source
>> >>> of your problem. If so, your can try complaining to O2, but your
>> >>> only
>> >>> practical recourse may be to use a different email service. I think
>> >>> both Yahoo and AOL offer the ability to send cell phone email alerts
>> >>> on
>> >>> theirfreeemail services.
>>
>> >>Maybe it is to do with the way e-mails are transmitted via the o2 MMS
>> >>service. I believe the imail system is relatively new, hence that is
>> >>why
>> >>they are offering itfreeat the moment.
>>
>> >>I will certainly e-mail them and explain the problem and see if they
>> >>are
>> >>aware of it or have any plans to implement a solution. The system is
>> >>usable,
>> >>but annoying to have to guess certain
>> >>when they come to the end of a
>>
>> > My guess(tm) is that brain-damaged gateway software is truncating long
>> > lines instead of sending them as-is (or even wrapping them). If so,
>> > even assuming O2 will pay much attention to you, a fix will probably
>> > take many weeks, if not months.
>>
>> >>I don't really want to switch to a Yahoo or AOL account, as the e-mails
>> >>I
>> >>am
>> >>interested in come from my (part time) e-commerce business e-mail
>> >>address
>> >>and are order notifications. I have found it really useful to be sent
>> >>notifications of the orders onto my phone, so I know to go to the
>> >>computer
>> >>and process them. This has saved me having to check on a regular basis
>> >>to
>> >>find out if there are any orders waiting to be processed or not.
>>
>> > I recommend against using the native email service of _any_ provider
>> > because that ties you to that provider -- better to use a service
>> > that's
>> > independent of any provider, giving you the flexibility of changing
>> > providers without impacting your email service.
>>
>> > That said, you could continue to use your provider's email service by
>> > forwarding all the email to Yahoo or AOL.
>>
>> >>Also, if I get an order where the customer is asking for special
>> >>conditions,
>> >>like they want the item shipped that day, and I am away from my office,
>> >>I
>> >>can at least contact them to let them know when I will be able to
>> >>attend
>> >>to
>> >>their order and see if they are happy to wait. Or if they are ordering
>> >>an
>> >>item which I no longer have in stock, I can get back to them straight
>> >>away
>> >>rather than wait until the end of the day when I get home.
>>
>> > I understand, but alerts are sufficient for me -- I'd rather keep the
>> > email at the provider, which lets me access it from multiple devices
>> > (and computers).
>>
>> > Another option is the built-in email client in the phone, which can be
>> > set to automatically retrieve email frequently enough that there is
>> > little delay.
>>
>> >>Sending e-mail from the phone is a little less practical, as I type so
>> >>slowly on a phone keypad that to do more than the 60-120 characters in
>> >>an
>> >>SMStakes so long, I might as well find a nearby computer and send the
>> >>e-mail from there.
>>
>> > Have you got iTAP turned on? I find that pretty fast, especially after
>> > it's been trained a bit.
>>
>> >>Mind you, it is useful to send short messages into the office where
>> >>there
>> >>is
>> >>only e-mail, noSMSfacility.
>>
>> > Sure, but you should be able to use any of several options for that:
>> > *SMSto email gateway
>> > * WAP client with a web-based email service
>> > * Google Mail app in the phone
>>
>> >>Thanks again for your help, I will contact O2 after the week-end and
>> >>see
>> >>what they say.
>>
>> > Good luck!
>>
>> > --
>> > Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
>> > John Navas
>> > <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
>>
>> Thanks John, you have given me food for thought.
>>
>> But when you say:
>>
>> "I understand, but alerts are sufficient for me -- I'd rather keep the
>> email at the provider, which lets me access it from multiple devices
>> (and computers)."
>>
>> That's exactly what I am doing. I leave the home PC switched on, with
>> outlook set to send and receive every half hour.
>>
>> I have then set up a mail rule which says for certain e-mail subject
>> lines,
>> the mail is put into the outbox to be forwarded onto my O2imail account,
>> which comes through to the phone at the next send/receive cycle..
>>
>> That way, only the e-mails notifying me of an order are forwarded (not
>> all
>> the spam and other rubbish).
>>
>> And of course the original e-mail is still sitting on my home PC.
>>
>> Also that does not tie me to one mobile provider, as I can set the
>> divert/forwarding to any e-mail account I like, so if I move from o2 I
>> just
>> change the forwarding account in the mail rule.
>>
>> I know, it's a bit Heath Robinson isn't it, but I'm only just getting
>> used
>> to using mobile e-mail. I am sure there are better ways, but that's how I
>> have it set up at the moment.
>>
>> Cheers
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