Any way to retrieve Cingular cell phone email without a cell phone?

Is it possible to retrieve email from Cingular's email server
(mycingular.com or mms.mycingular.com or whatever) other than by using a
cell phone?
For example, if I was traveling and someone sent an urgent email to my cell
phone email address ([email protected]) and I didn't have my
cell phone with me, could I use a computer to retrieve that email, either
thru an email program or thru a Cingular email website, or is the only
option to wait until I get home to retrieve the email with my cell phone?
OR, what if you cancel your Cingular service and someone sends an important
email to your (now inactive) cell phone's email address the day after your
service is cancelled?...what happens to that email?...is there any way to
ever retrieve it?
Please post answers to this group?...thanks.

Jerry

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In <[email protected]> on Tue, 9 May 2006 09:21:20 -0700,
"Jerry" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Is it possible to retrieve email from Cingular's email server
>(mycingular.com or mms.mycingular.com or whatever) other than by using a
>cell phone?
>For example, if I was traveling and someone sent an urgent email to my cell
>phone email address ([email protected]) and I didn't have my
>cell phone with me, could I use a computer to retrieve that email, either
>thru an email program or thru a Cingular email website, or is the only
>option to wait until I get home to retrieve the email with my cell phone?

Only on the website <https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net>;
not with a POP3 email client.

>OR, what if you cancel your Cingular service and someone sends an important
>email to your (now inactive) cell phone's email address the day after your
>service is cancelled?...what happens to that email?...is there any way to
>ever retrieve it?

When it's closed it's gone.

Instead I recommend free Google Mail (Gmail), which can be accessed with:
* Regular web browser
* POP3 email client (computer or cell phone)
* Cell phone WAP browser
Too many good features to list. Highly recommended.

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

I've been exploring that <https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net>
website, and I'm not sure that we are talking about the same thing
here...I see no link that would provide what I am seeking:
My Cingular cell phone service automatically comes with an email
address ([email protected]), which people can use
to send an email to my cell phone. I am wondering if there is any way
to check THAT email on a computer if I don't have my cell phone with
me.

>>Is it possible to retrieve email from Cingular's email server
>>(mycingular.com or mms.mycingular.com or whatever) other than by using a
>>cell phone?
>>For example, if I was traveling and someone sent an urgent email to my cell
>>phone email address ([email protected]) and I didn't have my
>>cell phone with me, could I use a computer to retrieve that email, either
>>thru an email program or thru a Cingular email website, or is the only
>>option to wait until I get home to retrieve the email with my cell phone?
>
>Only on the website <https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net>;
>not with a POP3 email client.
>
>>OR, what if you cancel your Cingular service and someone sends an important
>>email to your (now inactive) cell phone's email address the day after your
>>service is cancelled?...what happens to that email?...is there any way to
>>ever retrieve it?
>
>When it's closed it's gone.
>
>Instead I recommend free Google Mail (Gmail), which can be accessed with:
>* Regular web browser
>* POP3 email client (computer or cell phone)
>* Cell phone WAP browser
>Too many good features to list. Highly recommended.
>
>--
>Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
>John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

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Log in to "Manage your Wireless Internet", then click on "Email".

In <[email protected]> on Tue, 09 May 2006 19:34:50 GMT, Jerry
wrote:

>I've been exploring that <https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net>
>website, and I'm not sure that we are talking about the same thing
>here...I see no link that would provide what I am seeking:
>My Cingular cell phone service automatically comes with an email
>address ([email protected]), which people can use
>to send an email to my cell phone. I am wondering if there is any way
>to check THAT email on a computer if I don't have my cell phone with
>me.
>
>>>Is it possible to retrieve email from Cingular's email server
>>>(mycingular.com or mms.mycingular.com or whatever) other than by using a
>>>cell phone?
>>>For example, if I was traveling and someone sent an urgent email to my cell
>>>phone email address ([email protected]) and I didn't have my
>>>cell phone with me, could I use a computer to retrieve that email, either
>>>thru an email program or thru a Cingular email website, or is the only
>>>option to wait until I get home to retrieve the email with my cell phone?
>>
>>Only on the website <https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net>;
>>not with a POP3 email client.
>>
>>>OR, what if you cancel your Cingular service and someone sends an important
>>>email to your (now inactive) cell phone's email address the day after your
>>>service is cancelled?...what happens to that email?...is there any way to
>>>ever retrieve it?
>>
>>When it's closed it's gone.
>>
>>Instead I recommend free Google Mail (Gmail), which can be accessed with:
>>* Regular web browser
>>* POP3 email client (computer or cell phone)
>>* Cell phone WAP browser
>>Too many good features to list. Highly recommended.
>>
>>--
>>Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
>>John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

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

Jerry wrote:
> Is it possible to retrieve email from Cingular's email server
> (mycingular.com or mms.mycingular.com or whatever) other than by using a
> cell phone?
> For example, if I was traveling and someone sent an urgent email to my cell
> phone email address ([email protected]) and I didn't have my
> cell phone with me, could I use a computer to retrieve that email, either
> thru an email program or thru a Cingular email website, or is the only
> option to wait until I get home to retrieve the email with my cell phone?
> OR, what if you cancel your Cingular service and someone sends an important
> email to your (now inactive) cell phone's email address the day after your
> service is cancelled?...what happens to that email?...is there any way to
> ever retrieve it?
> Please post answers to this group?...thanks.
>
> Jerry



1.Go: "https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net" with your web browser,
2. Log in
3. click on "email"

Steve

I registered and then logged onto "Manage your Wireless Internet",
then clicked on "Email", which took me to Cingular Media's "Email
Center", but the email address that it is displaying for me is
[email protected] instead of my cell phone's email address which
is [email protected].
I sent a test message to each of the above email addresses, and the
one to my cell phone wasn't forwarded/transferred/etc. to the Cingular
Media's "Email Center" [email protected] email address.
Are you sure that what I am wanting to do is possible?
On the surface, at least, it appears that this Cingular Media's "Email
Center" can retrieve messages sent FROM my cell phone but not TO it.


On Tue, 09 May 2006 20:10:46 GMT, John Navas
<[email protected]> wrote:

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>
>Log in to "Manage your Wireless Internet", then click on "Email".
>
>In <[email protected]> on Tue, 09 May 2006 19:34:50 GMT, Jerry
>wrote:
>
>>I've been exploring that <https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net>
>>website, and I'm not sure that we are talking about the same thing
>>here...I see no link that would provide what I am seeking:
>>My Cingular cell phone service automatically comes with an email
>>address ([email protected]), which people can use
>>to send an email to my cell phone. I am wondering if there is any way
>>to check THAT email on a computer if I don't have my cell phone with
>>me.
>>
>>>>Is it possible to retrieve email from Cingular's email server
>>>>(mycingular.com or mms.mycingular.com or whatever) other than by using a
>>>>cell phone?
>>>>For example, if I was traveling and someone sent an urgent email to my cell
>>>>phone email address ([email protected]) and I didn't have my
>>>>cell phone with me, could I use a computer to retrieve that email, either
>>>>thru an email program or thru a Cingular email website, or is the only
>>>>option to wait until I get home to retrieve the email with my cell phone?
>>>
>>>Only on the website <https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net>;
>>>not with a POP3 email client.
>>>
>>>>OR, what if you cancel your Cingular service and someone sends an important
>>>>email to your (now inactive) cell phone's email address the day after your
>>>>service is cancelled?...what happens to that email?...is there any way to
>>>>ever retrieve it?
>>>
>>>When it's closed it's gone.
>>>
>>>Instead I recommend free Google Mail (Gmail), which can be accessed with:
>>>* Regular web browser
>>>* POP3 email client (computer or cell phone)
>>>* Cell phone WAP browser
>>>Too many good features to list. Highly recommended.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
>>>John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
>
>--
>Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
>John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

Does the cellphone have to be turned off for this to work? I
mean...once the cell phone has already received that message (not even
read nor deleted, just received), it is then too late to retrieve it
via that Cingular website?

This is what I tried:
I registered and then logged onto "Manage your Wireless Internet",
then clicked on "Email", which took me to Cingular Media's "Email
Center", but the email address that it is displaying for me is
[email protected] instead of my cell phone's email address which
is [email protected].
I sent a test message to each of the above email addresses, and the
one to my cell phone (which DID arrive on my cell phone and I did not
delete it) wasn't forwarded/transferred/etc. to the Cingular
Media's "Email Center" [email protected] email address.
Are you sure that what I am wanting to do is possible?
On the surface, at least, it appears that this Cingular Media's "Email
Center" can retrieve messages sent FROM my cell phone but not TO it.
The only thing I have not tried yet is to turn my cell phone OFF and
then try emailing to it and then checking for that email on the
Cingular Media Email site.

On Tue, 09 May 2006 21:46:43 GMT, "Stephen R. Conrad"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Jerry wrote:
>> Is it possible to retrieve email from Cingular's email server
>> (mycingular.com or mms.mycingular.com or whatever) other than by using a
>> cell phone?
>> For example, if I was traveling and someone sent an urgent email to my cell
>> phone email address ([email protected]) and I didn't have my
>> cell phone with me, could I use a computer to retrieve that email, either
>> thru an email program or thru a Cingular email website, or is the only
>> option to wait until I get home to retrieve the email with my cell phone?
>> OR, what if you cancel your Cingular service and someone sends an important
>> email to your (now inactive) cell phone's email address the day after your
>> service is cancelled?...what happens to that email?...is there any way to
>> ever retrieve it?
>> Please post answers to this group?...thanks.
>>
>> Jerry
>
>
>
>1.Go: "https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net" with your web browser,
>2. Log in
>3. click on "email"
>
>Steve

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* "[email protected]" is your Cingular Email account, which can only be
retrieved from your phone by WAP (not POP3 or IMAP, so no Email client will
work), or by means of the Web interface.

* "[email protected]" is the Email to MMS gateway, used for
sending MMS (not SMS) messages to your phone by means of Internet email. MMS
messages are only delivered to the phone (i.e., cannot be retrieved on the Web
or by any other means).

For more information, see
<http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ#How_Can_I_Send_Messages_to_Cingular_Phones_by_E-mail.3F>
or <http://tinyurl.com/85ofh>.

To summarize:

* Email messages cannot be sent to a phone other than by Email to messaging
(SMS or MMS).

* Email sent to your Cingular email address can only be retrieved by WAP or
Web, although an SMS alert can be sent to your phone when a new message is
received.

* The email client in the phone can be used to retrieve email from an Internet
email server that supports the necessary POP3 or IMAP access, which Cingular
email does not.


In <[email protected]> on Tue, 09 May 2006 22:58:26 GMT,
Jerry wrote:

>I registered and then logged onto "Manage your Wireless Internet",
>then clicked on "Email", which took me to Cingular Media's "Email
>Center", but the email address that it is displaying for me is
>[email protected] instead of my cell phone's email address which
>is [email protected].
>I sent a test message to each of the above email addresses, and the
>one to my cell phone wasn't forwarded/transferred/etc. to the Cingular
>Media's "Email Center" [email protected] email address.
>Are you sure that what I am wanting to do is possible?
>On the surface, at least, it appears that this Cingular Media's "Email
>Center" can retrieve messages sent FROM my cell phone but not TO it.
>
>On Tue, 09 May 2006 20:10:46 GMT, John Navas
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Log in to "Manage your Wireless Internet", then click on "Email".
>>
>>In <[email protected]> on Tue, 09 May 2006 19:34:50 GMT, Jerry
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I've been exploring that <https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net>
>>>website, and I'm not sure that we are talking about the same thing
>>>here...I see no link that would provide what I am seeking:
>>>My Cingular cell phone service automatically comes with an email
>>>address ([email protected]), which people can use
>>>to send an email to my cell phone. I am wondering if there is any way
>>>to check THAT email on a computer if I don't have my cell phone with
>>>me.
>>>
>>>>>Is it possible to retrieve email from Cingular's email server
>>>>>(mycingular.com or mms.mycingular.com or whatever) other than by using a
>>>>>cell phone?
>>>>>For example, if I was traveling and someone sent an urgent email to my cell
>>>>>phone email address ([email protected]) and I didn't have my
>>>>>cell phone with me, could I use a computer to retrieve that email, either
>>>>>thru an email program or thru a Cingular email website, or is the only
>>>>>option to wait until I get home to retrieve the email with my cell phone?
>>>>
>>>>Only on the website <https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net>;
>>>>not with a POP3 email client.
>>>>
>>>>>OR, what if you cancel your Cingular service and someone sends an important
>>>>>email to your (now inactive) cell phone's email address the day after your
>>>>>service is cancelled?...what happens to that email?...is there any way to
>>>>>ever retrieve it?
>>>>
>>>>When it's closed it's gone.
>>>>
>>>>Instead I recommend free Google Mail (Gmail), which can be accessed with:
>>>>* Regular web browser
>>>>* POP3 email client (computer or cell phone)
>>>>* Cell phone WAP browser
>>>>Too many good features to list. Highly recommended.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
>>>>John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
>>
>>--
>>Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
>>John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

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

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Again:

* "[email protected]" is your Cingular Email account, which can only be
retrieved from your phone by WAP (not POP3 or IMAP, so no Email client will
work), or by means of the Web interface.

* "[email protected]" is the Email to MMS gateway, used for
sending MMS (not SMS) messages to your phone by means of Internet email. MMS
messages are only delivered to the phone (i.e., cannot be retrieved on the Web
or by any other means).

For more information, see
<http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ#How_Can_I_Send_Messages_to_Cingular_Phones_by_E-mail.3F>
or <http://tinyurl.com/85ofh>.

To summarize:

* Email messages cannot be sent to a phone other than by Email to messaging
(SMS or MMS).

* Email sent to your Cingular email address can only be retrieved by WAP or
Web, although an SMS alert can be sent to your phone when a new message is
received.

* The email client in the phone can be used to retrieve email from an Internet
email server that supports the necessary POP3 or IMAP access, which Cingular
email does not.


In <[email protected]> on Tue, 09 May 2006 23:08:49 GMT,
Jerry wrote:

>Does the cellphone have to be turned off for this to work? I
>mean...once the cell phone has already received that message (not even
>read nor deleted, just received), it is then too late to retrieve it
>via that Cingular website?
>
>This is what I tried:
>I registered and then logged onto "Manage your Wireless Internet",
>then clicked on "Email", which took me to Cingular Media's "Email
>Center", but the email address that it is displaying for me is
>[email protected] instead of my cell phone's email address which
>is [email protected].
>I sent a test message to each of the above email addresses, and the
>one to my cell phone (which DID arrive on my cell phone and I did not
>delete it) wasn't forwarded/transferred/etc. to the Cingular
>Media's "Email Center" [email protected] email address.
>Are you sure that what I am wanting to do is possible?
>On the surface, at least, it appears that this Cingular Media's "Email
>Center" can retrieve messages sent FROM my cell phone but not TO it.
>The only thing I have not tried yet is to turn my cell phone OFF and
>then try emailing to it and then checking for that email on the
>Cingular Media Email site.
>
>On Tue, 09 May 2006 21:46:43 GMT, "Stephen R. Conrad"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Jerry wrote:
>>> Is it possible to retrieve email from Cingular's email server
>>> (mycingular.com or mms.mycingular.com or whatever) other than by using a
>>> cell phone?
>>> For example, if I was traveling and someone sent an urgent email to my cell
>>> phone email address ([email protected]) and I didn't have my
>>> cell phone with me, could I use a computer to retrieve that email, either
>>> thru an email program or thru a Cingular email website, or is the only
>>> option to wait until I get home to retrieve the email with my cell phone?
>>> OR, what if you cancel your Cingular service and someone sends an important
>>> email to your (now inactive) cell phone's email address the day after your
>>> service is cancelled?...what happens to that email?...is there any way to
>>> ever retrieve it?
>>> Please post answers to this group?...thanks.
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>
>>
>>
>>1.Go: "https://www.cingular.com/media/media_net" with your web browser,
>>2. Log in
>>3. click on "email"
>>
>>Steve

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

In other words, save yourself a lot of heart ache and don't use the Cingular
e-mail address. As, John suggested G-Mail is a good option, as is Yahoo
(which I use).

Thanks. I THINK I understand the system now. Based on that, is this
correct:

1. Cingular charges fees for ALL incoming MMS
("[email protected]") emails, including SPAM, friends
sending forwarded jokes, etc., whether I read them or not ("retrieval"
is automatic, so I get charged for ALL of them whether I want them or
not).

2. The only fees associated with any SMS emails sent to the
"[email protected]" email address would be charges for my WAP
access IF I ever CHOSE to retrieve an SMS email in that way (via my
cell phone). In other words...people could send all the SMS emails to
me that they wanted, but unless I CHOSE to retrieve them via cell
phone instead of via computer, no charges would be incurred ("No
retrieval = no charges").

Jerry

My assumption would be that the advantage of using Cingular's
[email protected] email over Google must be that when an email
is sent to the Cingular address, you can have an alert appear on your
phone because it is of the SMS type, but you can't do that with the
Google email? Just a guess on my part...I"m still over my head here.


On Wed, 10 May 2006 02:38:35 GMT, "Austinman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In other words, save yourself a lot of heart ache and don't use the Cingular
>e-mail address. As, John suggested G-Mail is a good option, as is Yahoo
>(which I use).
>
>

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 10 May 2006 05:05:33 GMT,
Jerry wrote:

>Thanks. I THINK I understand the system now. Based on that, is this
>correct:
>
>1. Cingular charges fees for ALL incoming MMS
>("[email protected]") emails, including SPAM, friends
>sending forwarded jokes, etc., whether I read them or not ("retrieval"
>is automatic, so I get charged for ALL of them whether I want them or
>not).

Correct.

>2. The only fees associated with any SMS emails sent to the
>"[email protected]" email address would be charges for my WAP
>access IF I ever CHOSE to retrieve an SMS email in that way (via my
>cell phone). In other words...people could send all the SMS emails to
>me that they wanted, but unless I CHOSE to retrieve them via cell
>phone instead of via computer, no charges would be incurred ("No
>retrieval = no charges").

1. Those are regular email, not SMS or "SMS email".

2. You would (also) be charged for any SMS alerts.

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

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 10 May 2006 05:14:32 GMT,
Jerry wrote:

>My assumption would be that the advantage of using Cingular's
>[email protected] email over Google must be that when an email
>is sent to the Cingular address, you can have an alert appear on your
>phone because it is of the SMS type, but you can't do that with the
>Google email? Just a guess on my part...I"m still over my head here.

Correct on both counts.

Another option is Yahoo Mobile email, which does support alerts.
<http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobilemail>


>On Wed, 10 May 2006 02:38:35 GMT, "Austinman"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>In other words, save yourself a lot of heart ache and don't use the Cingular
>>e-mail address. As, John suggested G-Mail is a good option, as is Yahoo
>>(which I use).

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

> ..., you can have an alert appear on your
> phone because it is of the SMS type, but you can't do that with the
> Google email?
Of course it's easy enough to set up a background task on a computer
to periodically check if you have email and send you an alert text msg
if so.