Anyone...
1. Has anyone gotten the t-mobile ppc to send e-mail via earthlink/sprynet?
2. Does t-mobile give you an e-mail address and or a server to send e-mail from their devices?
Thanks,
Mark
Mark,
Answer to number one is "No." Answer to number two is "No." What you have to do is setup an entirely different account. Read below to how my setup works for me:
Here is what you're going to have to do. I use RoadRunner at home to check my email. My account is
[email protected]. Their incoming mail server is: POP-SERVER.TAMPABAY.RR.COM. Their outgoing mail server is: SMTP-SERVER.TAMPABAY.RR.COM. I use this regularly at home to send and receive email. With a wireless device the SMTP server of course will not let you send mail due to "spamming" issues I was told and the fact that the servers cannot "see" you via an IP address. So therefore I am going to setup my Pocket PC Phone to RECEIVE email via my ROADRUNNER account from home and SEND email via my SOFTHOME account via the internet. So, read and do the following and it will work for you too. I am going to give you the exact details as to not to confuse anyone who may read this.
Step #1
I went to www.softhome.net and setup an account. I suggest you do the same or with another free online internet account. I tried MSN since MSN used to have a client that you could download for the Pocket PC. Well, I found it (after 2 hours of searching) installed it; and it didn't work. So, to www.softhome.net I went. That's step #1.
Step #2
After you obtain your account name at softhome.net (mine is
[email protected]) you can then begin plugging in your data into your Pocket PC Phone.
Step #3
>Tap INBOX
>Tap SERVICES
>Tap NEW
EMAIL ADDRESS
>Enter your NEW SOFTHOME.NET email address (
[email protected])
>Tap NEXT
USER INFORMATION
>YOUR NAME: Leave blank
>USER NAME: The first part of your @softhome.net email account (mine is dsnefmly as in
[email protected])
>PASSWORD: The password to your softhome.net account
>Tap SAVE PASSWORD
>Tap NEXT
ACCOUNT INFORMATION
>SERVICE TYPE: POP3
>NAME: Softhome
>Tap NEXT
SERVER INFORMATION
>INCOMING MAIL (use your HOME POP3 Setting HERE): POP-SERVER.TAMPABAY.RR.COM (this is RoadRunners INCOMING mail server)
>OUTGOING MAIL (use the softhome.net setting here): MAIL.SOFTHOME.NET
>DOMAIN: Leave Blank
OPTIONS
>OUTGOING E-MAIL SERVER REQUIRES AUTHENTICATION: CHECK THIS!
>Tap NEXT
>Tap NEXT
>Tap FINISH
Erase any other account that you used previous to check for e-mail, use the Softhome.net account you've just created and enjoy. I sent a 1.6 meg 30 second movie via this setup on my Pocket PC and then received it on my wife's Pocket PC WITHOUT fail. So, again, remember your going to SEND mail via the SOFTHOME.NET account and RECEIVE mail via your standard ISP account. Hope this helps!