Sending email with Motorola v551...

I recently upgraded to a new Motorola v551 GSM phone. My previous
phone was a Nokia 6340i GAIT phone. With the GAIT phone I was able to
send an email without problems, however, with the v551,it requires all
of the settings, like servers and such, and I am not sure about them.
It even has an option to use different email providers, like Yahoo,
etc. However, with my previous phone I didn't have to go through all
of that setup, I just entered the email address and message pushed
send and it would go. My provider all of this time has been Cingular.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, are Nokias better in this
department (i.e.: when it comes to sending email, etc.?)

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"Korey Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, are Nokias better in this
> department (i.e.: when it comes to sending email, etc.?)

Generally speaking Nokias are better in all departments that Motorola.

There has been a surge in Motorola sales of late, I think because of the
Razr, but that doesn't mean that they have improved their junk!

"John S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Korey Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, are Nokias better in this
> > department (i.e.: when it comes to sending email, etc.?)
>
> Generally speaking Nokias are better in all departments that Motorola.
>
> There has been a surge in Motorola sales of late, I think because of the
> Razr, but that doesn't mean that they have improved their junk!
>
>
The surge, IMO, is because Cingular is pushing Motorola and not Nokia. In
fact, they're pushing everything but Nokia.

Mark

"Korey Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I recently upgraded to a new Motorola v551 GSM phone. My previous
> phone was a Nokia 6340i GAIT phone. With the GAIT phone I was able to
> send an email without problems, however, with the v551,it requires all
> of the settings, like servers and such, and I am not sure about them.
> It even has an option to use different email providers, like Yahoo,
> etc. However, with my previous phone I didn't have to go through all
> of that setup, I just entered the email address and message pushed
> send and it would go. My provider all of this time has been Cingular.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, are Nokias better in this
> department (i.e.: when it comes to sending email, etc.?)
>
> [email protected]

Nokias are no better or worse than Motorolas or Sony-Ericsson. I've had them
all and when properly configured they all send and recieve email just fine.
I doubt that your previous phone was able to send email without any setup.
How would the phone know what email server to use? It's very possible and
probable that the email settings were done for you when you got the phone. I
don't know if Cingular has a way to push the email settings to the phone but
you might try a phone call or an email to them to find out.

Cheers
TC

I will attempt to actually answer the question instead of slamming a
particular make of phone...

There actually 2 ways to send e-mail from the 551. the first is to send a
SMS as an e-mail. I prefer this method because I don't use any data. It
just counts as a SMS. To do this you choose "Create Message" in the message
center. Then "New Text Message". Enter your message and press the "OK"
button. You will then get a list of all the entries in your phone book. I
have the e-mail addresses that I frequently use entered into my phone book.
I would recommend that. Choose the e-mail address that you want the message
to go to. Then you will get another screen that will allow you to enter a
subject line. You don't have to enter one. Then press send and blamo
e-mail sent... The only problem I find with the SMS e-mailing is that when
the person replies, it shows the from line as a number. Not the e-mail
address.

The other way is to setup the inbox. You would use the same settings that
you would use if setting up Outlook. Remember that some ISPs require that
you actually be on their network while sending e-mail. It is supposedly to
thwart SPAM. An example would be if you had Verizon as your ISP and you
used an @verizon.net address. The incoming server line you would put
"incoming.verizon.net" and the outgoing server you would put
"outgoing.verizon.net". Then enter your user ID and password. It is kind
of a pain but you only need to do it once.

So to get into this setup menu you simply get into the "Message center".
Scroll down to "Email Msgs" and select it. It may ask you to connect to
remote mailbox. Press NO. Then you will be in the inbox. It should be
empty. Press the "Menu" key. The top middle one. You then are in the
"Email Msg Menu". Scroll to "Email Msg Setup" and select it. Keep the "ISP
Settings" set to GPRS. Goto E-mail provider and select it. Unless your
provider is listed choose custom. Then in Protocol choose whatever your
e-mail provider says. Most common is POP3. Enter your user name and
password. Enter the sending host info. Keep the sending port assignment as
it is, normally 25. Then the receiving host name and the port is normally
110. The rest of the options are pretty easy to figure out. You may want
to say yes to "Save on server". This will keep the e-mail messages on your
mail server to retrieve from you PC later. Just remember that this method
uses your Data pool. I have found that it is easy to use allot of data
while sending e-mail this way.

I am sorry for being so long winded about this but I hope it helps you out a
little.

Jeff



"Tony Clark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Korey Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>I recently upgraded to a new Motorola v551 GSM phone. My previous
>> phone was a Nokia 6340i GAIT phone. With the GAIT phone I was able to
>> send an email without problems, however, with the v551,it requires all
>> of the settings, like servers and such, and I am not sure about them.
>> It even has an option to use different email providers, like Yahoo,
>> etc. However, with my previous phone I didn't have to go through all
>> of that setup, I just entered the email address and message pushed
>> send and it would go. My provider all of this time has been Cingular.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, are Nokias better in this
>> department (i.e.: when it comes to sending email, etc.?)
>>
>> [email protected]
>
> Nokias are no better or worse than Motorolas or Sony-Ericsson. I've had
> them all and when properly configured they all send and recieve email just
> fine. I doubt that your previous phone was able to send email without any
> setup. How would the phone know what email server to use? It's very
> possible and probable that the email settings were done for you when you
> got the phone. I don't know if Cingular has a way to push the email
> settings to the phone but you might try a phone call or an email to them
> to find out.
>
> Cheers
> TC
>
>