Sony Ericsson P990i Cell Phone User Manual


 
P990i Setting up Internet, email and MMS 107
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Setting a group account as preferred
To specify which group account should be preferred,
select
Internet accounts > Preferred group. Select an
account and tap
Save.
Deleting group accounts
On the Groups tab, tap the group account you want to
delete and select
Edit menu > Delete group.
Note: If you delete a group account, the Internet
accounts in the group will not be deleted.
Setting up email manually
Before you make the email settings you must have a
connection to the Internet, see Setting up accounts on
page 102.
The email account you wish to set up must support the
POP3 or IMAP protocol for receiving email, and the
standard SMTP protocol for sending email.
Web-based email services cannot be handled by
Messaging. Use the Internet browser to access such
services.
To enter the details manually, or to edit an existing
account, select
Tools > Control panel > Messaging >
Email accounts
.
The Email accounts view displays a list of email
accounts on your phone. You can add a new
account to
the list and delete an account. To edit an existing
account, select it and make your changes.
From the
Email accounts menu, you can also select your
preferred email account. This account is used when you
select
Send as > email from within an application.
Select
New to open the dialog used for email settings.
You make the settings on three different tabs, and also
dialogs you open from the
Email account menu.
From your email service provider, you should have
received all details about your account which you now
have to enter.
Basic tab
Account name – give the account a name for your
own reference, for example Home or Office.
Your name – enter the name you want to appear on
your outgoing messages.
Email address – this is your email address as
supplied by your email service provider. The
address always contains the @ character.
Connection type – POP3 and IMAP are connection
protocols used when receiving email from the email
server. POP3 is the most common. IMAP has
expanded functionality, for example, it makes it