128 Exchanging Messages and Using Outlook
7.1 E-mail and Text Messages
Messaging is where all of your e-mail accounts and your text message
account are located. You can send and receive Outlook e-mail, Internet
e-mail through an Internet service provider (ISP), as well as SMS (Short
Messaging Service) text messages using your mobile phone network. You
can also access e-mail from work using a VPN connection.
E-mail Setup Wizard
Before you can send and receive e-mails, you need to set up your e-mail
account on your device. The E-mail Setup Wizard makes it easy and simple
to set up your Outlook e-mail and POP3/IMAP4 accounts on your device.
To set up e-mail accounts using E-mail Setup Wizard
1. Tap Start > Messaging.
2. Tap Menu > Tools > New Account to access the E-mail Setup Wizard.
3. The E-mail Setup Wizard guides you step-by-step through the setup
process.
For more information on setting up your Outlook e-mail account, see “Set
up Outlook e-mail”. For information on POP3 or IMAP4 setup, see “Set up a
POP3/IMAP4 e-mail account”.
Set up Outlook e-mail
When starting ActiveSync on your computer for the first time, the
Synchronization Setup Wizard prompts you to set up a synchronization
relationship. This allows you to synchronize Outlook e-mail and other
information between your device and your computer or the Exchange
Server. If you have already set up synchronization through the wizard, then
your device is ready to send and receive Outlook e-mail. For information
about the Synchronization Setup Wizard, see “To install and set up
ActiveSync on the computer” in Chapter 4.
If you have not set up a synchronization relationship yet, do the following to
set up your device to synchronize Outlook e-mail:
1. To synchronize remotely, you need to set up and connect to an over-
the-air connection (GPRS or ISP dial-up). For more details, see the
procedures in “Connecting to the Internet” in Chapter 6.