Nokia N971 Owners Manual

							To view previously retrieved e-mail messages offline,
select  No.
To create a new e-mail message, select  Options >
Create message  > E-mail.
When you are online, to end the data connection to the
remote mailbox, select  Options > DisconnectRetrieve e-mail messagesSelect  Menu > Messaging  and a mailbox.
If you are offline, select  Options > Connect  to open a
connection to the remote mailbox.
Important:   Exercise caution when opening
messages. Messages may contain malicious software
or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.
1. When you have an open connection to a remote
mailbox, select  Options > Retrieve e-mail  >
New  to retrieve all new messages,  Selected to
retrieve only sele cted messages, or  All to retrieve
all messages from the mailbox.
To stop retrieving  messages, select Cancel.
2. To close the connection and view the e-mail
messages offline, select  Options > Disconnect.
3. To open an e-mail messa ge, select the message. If
the e-mail message has not been retrieved and you
are offline, you are asked if you want to retrieve this
message from the mailbox.
To view e-mail attachments, open the message, and
select the attachment field indicated by 
. If the
attachment has not been retrieved to the device, select
Options  > Retrieve .
To retrieve e-mail messa ges automatically, select
Options  > E-mail settings  > Automatic retrieval .
Setting the device to retrie ve e-mail automatically may
involve the transmission of large amounts of data
through your service provid ers network. Contact your
service provider for information about data
transmission charges.
Delete e-mail messagesSelect  Menu > Messaging  and a mailbox.
To delete the contents of an e-mail message from the
device while still retaining  it in the remote mailbox,
select  Options  > Delete  > Phone only .
The device mirrors  the e-mail headers in the remote
mailbox. Although you delete the message content, the
e-mail header stays in your device. If you want to
remove the header as well, you must be connected to
the server when deleting the message from your
device and the remote mailbox. It there is no
connection to the server, the header is deleted when
you make a connection from  your device to the remote
mailbox again to update the status.
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							To delete an e-mail from the device and the remote
mailbox, select  Options > Delete  > Phone and
server .
To cancel deleting an e-mail that has been marked to
be deleted from the device  and server during the next
connection (
), select Options  > Restore .
Disconnect from the mailboxWhen you are online, to end the data connection to the
remote mailbox, select Options  > Disconnect .View messages on a SIM cardSelect Menu > Messaging  and Options  > SIM
messages .
Before you can view SIM  messages, you must copy
them to a folder in your device.
1. Select  Options  > Mark/Unmark  > Mark  or Mark
all to mark messages.
2. Select  Options  > Copy . A list of folders opens.
3. To start copying, select a folder. To view the
messages, open the folder.Cell broadcast messagesSelect  Menu >  Messaging  and Options  > Operator
messages .
Cell broadcast (network serv ice) allows you to receive
messages on various topics, such as weather or traffic
conditions, from your service provider. For available
topics and relevant topic numbers, contact your service
provider. This service may not be available for all
regions.
Cell broadcast messages cannot be received in UMTS
networks. A packet data (GPRS) connection may
prevent cell broadcast reception.Service commandsSelect  Menu > Messaging  and Options  > Service
commands .
With service commands (n etwork service) you can
enter and send service requests (also known as USSD
commands), such as activation commands for network
services, to your service pr ovider. This service may not
be available for all regions.Messaging settingsThe settings may be precon figured in your device, or
you may receive them in a message. To enter settings
manually, fill in all fields marked with  Must be
defined  or an asterisk.
Some or all message centre s or access points may be
preset for your device by your service provider, and you
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							may not be able to change, create, edit, or remove
them.Text message settingsSelect Menu >   Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
Text message.
Select from the following:
● Message centers   — View a list of all text message
centers that have been defined.
● Message center in use   — Select which message
center to use to deliver text messages.
● Character encoding   — To use character conversion
to another encoding system  when available, select
Reduced support.
● Receive report  — Select whether the network
sends delivery reports on  your messages (network
service).
● Message validity   — Select how long the message
center resends your message  if the first attempt fails
(network service). If the message cannot be sent
within the validity period, the message is deleted
from the message center.
● Message sent as  —  T o  l e a r n  i f  y o u r  m e s s a g e  c e n t e r
is able to convert text messages into these other
formats, contact your service provider.
● Preferred connection   — Select the connection to
use.
● Reply via same center   — Select whether you want
the reply message to be sent using the same text
message center number (network service).Multimedia message settingsSelect  Menu >   Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
Multimedia message.
Select from the following:
● Image size  — Define the size of the image in a
multimedia message.
● MMS creation mode   — If you select Guided, the
device informs you if you  try to send a message that
may not be supported by the recipient. If you select
Restricted , the device prevents you from sending
messages that may not be supported. To include
content in your messages without notifications,
select Free .
● Access point in use   — Select which access point is
used as the preferred connection.
● Multimedia retrieval   — Select how you want to
receive messages, if availa ble. To receive messages
automatically in your home network, select  Auto in
home netw. . Outside your home network, you
receive a notification that there is a message to
retrieve in the multimedia message center. If you
select Always automatic , your device
automatically makes an active packet data
connection to retrieve the message both in and
outside your home network. Select  Manual to
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							retrieve multimedia messages from the message
center manually, or Off to prevent receipt of any
multimedia messages. Automatic retrieval may not
be supported in all regions.
● Allow anonymous msgs.   — Reject messages from
anonymous senders.
● Receive ads   — Receive multimedia message
advertisements (network service).
● Receive reports   — Display the status of sent
messages in the log (network service).
● Deny report sending   — Prevent your device from
sending delivery report s of received messages.
● Message validity   — Select for how long the
message center resends yo ur message if the first
attempt fails (network service). If the message
cannot be sent within this time period, the message
is deleted from the message center.
The device requires network support to indicate that a
sent message has been rece ived or read. Depending on
the network and other circumstances, this information
may not always be reliable.
E-mail settingsManage mailboxesSelect  Menu >  Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
E-mail .
To select which mailbox you want to use to send and
receive e-mail, select  Mailbox in use and a mailbox.
To remove a mailbox and its messages from your
device, select Mailboxes, tap the mailbox to be
removed if it is not alre ady highlighted, and select
Options  > Delete .
To create a new mailbox, select Mailboxes  >
Options  > New mailbox. The name you give to the
new mailbox replaces Mailbox in the Messaging main
view. You can have up to six mailboxes.
Select  Mailboxes  and a mailbox to change the
connection settings, user se ttings, retrieval settings
and automatic retrieval settings.Connection settingsSelect  Menu >  Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
E-mail  > Mailboxes , a mailbox, and  Connection
settings .
To edit the settings for the e-mail you receive, select
Incoming e-mail , and from the following:
● User name  — Enter your user name given to you
by your service provider.
● Password   — Enter your password. If you leave this
field blank, you are prompted for the password
when you try to connect to your remote mailbox.
● Incoming mail server   — Enter the IP address or
host name of the server that receives your e-mail.
● Access point in use   — Select an internet access
point (IAP).
● Mailbox name   — Enter a name for the mailbox.
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							●Mailbox type   — Defines the e-mail protocol that
your remote mailbox serv ice provider recommends.
The options are POP3 and IMAP4. This setting cannot
be changed.
● Security   — Select the security option used to secure
the connection to the remote mailbox.
● Port   — Define a port for the connection.
● APOP secure login  (for POP3 only) — Use with the
POP3 protocol to encrypt the sending of passwords
to the remote e-mail server while connecting to the
mailbox.
To edit the settings for the e-mail you send, select
Outgoing e-mail  and from the following:
● My e-mail address   — Enter the e-mail address
given to you by your service provider.
● Outgoing mail server   — Enter the IP address or
h o s t  n a me  o f  t h e  m a i l  s e r v er that sends your e-mail.
You may only be able to use the outgoing server of
your service provider. For  more information, contact
your service provider.
The settings for user na me, password, access point,
security, and port are simila r to the ones in incoming
e-mail.User settingsSelect  Menu >   Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
E-mail  > Mailboxes , a mailbox, and User settings .
Select from the following:
● My name   — Enter your own name. Your name
replaces your e-mail address in the recipient’s
device if the recipient’s device supports this
function.
● Send message   — Define how e-mail is sent from
your device. Select  Immediately for the device to
connect to the mailbox when you select Send
message . If you select  During next conn. , e-mail is
sent when the connection to the remote mailbox is
available.
● Send copy to self   — Select whether you want to
send a copy of the e-mail to your own mailbox.
● Include signature   — Select whether you want to
attach a signature to your e-mails.
● New e-mail alerts   — Select whether you want to
receive the new e-mail indi cations (a tone, a note,
and a mail indicator) when new e-mail is received.
● E-mail deletion   — Select whether you want to
delete e-mails from phone only, from phone and
server, or to be asked each time separately.
● Reply-to address   — Define an e-mail address to
which replies to e-mails sent from the mailbox in
question are delivered.Retrieval settingsSelect  Menu >   Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
E-mail  > Mailboxes , a mailbox, and Retrieval
settings.
Select from the following:
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							●E-mail retrieval   — Define which parts of the e-mail
are retrieved:  Headers only, Size limit  (POP3), or
Msgs. & attachments  (POP3).
● Retrieval amount   — Define how many new e-mail
messages are retrieved to the mailbox.
● IMAP4 folder path  (for IMAP4 only)  — Define the
folder path for folders to be subscribed.
● Folder subscriptions (for IMAP4 only)  — Subscribe
to other folders in the remote mailbox, and retrieve
content from those folders.Automatic retrieval settingsSelect  Menu >  Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
E-mail  > Mailboxes, a mailbox, and  Automatic
retrieval.
Select from the following:
● E-mail notifications   — To automatically retrieve
the headers to your device when you receive new e-
mail in your remote mailbox, select  Auto-update or
Only in home netw.
● E-mail retrieval   — To automatically retrieve the
headers of new e-mail from your remote mailbox at
defined times, select  Enabled or Only in home
netw.  Define when and how often the e-mails are
retrieved.
E-mail notifications  and E-mail retrieval  cannot be
active at the same time.
Setting the device to retrieve e-mail automatically may
involve the transmission  of large amounts of data
through your service provid ers network. Contact your
service provider for information about data
transmission charges.Web service message settingsSelect  Menu >  Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
Service message.
Select whether you want to  receive service messages.
To set the device to automatically activate the browser
and start a network connection to retrieve content
when you receive a service message, select  Download
messages  > Automatically .Cell broadcast settingsSelect Menu >  Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
Operator message .
Check the available topics and related topic numbers
with your service provider.
Select from the following:
● Reception   — Select whether you want to receive
cell broadcast messages.
● Language   — Select the languages in which you
want to receive messages:  All, Selected , or Other .
● Topic detection   — Select whether the device
automatically searches for new topic numbers, and
saves the new numbers without a name to the topic
list.
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							Other settingsSelect Menu >   Messaging  and Options  >  Settings  >
Other .
Select from the following:
● Save sent messages  — Select whether you want
to save copies of the text, multimedia, or e-mail
messages that you send  to the Sent folder.
● Number of saved msgs.   — Define how many sent
messages are saved to the sent folder at a time.
When the limit is reached, the oldest message is
deleted.
● Memory in use  — Select the memory where you
want to save your messages.
● Show messages in groups   — Define whether you
want to group the message s in Inbox, Sent, Drafts
and My folders.
● Show e-mails in groups   — Define whether you
want to group your e-mail messages.Mail for ExchangeWith Mail for Exchange, you can receive your work e-
mail to your device. You can read and reply to your e-
mails, view and edit comp atible attachments, view
calendar information, rece ive and reply to meeting
requests, schedule meetings , and view, add, and edit
contact in formation.
ActiveSync
Use of the Mail for Exchange  is limited to over-the-air
synchronization of PIM information between the Nokia
device and the authorized Microsoft Exchange server.
Mail for Exchange can be set up only if your company
has Microsoft Exchange Server. In addition, your
companys IT administrator must have activated Mail
for Exchange for your account.
Before starting to set up Ma il for Exchange, ensure that
you have the following:
● A corporate e-mail ID
● Your office network user name
● Your office network password
● Your network domain name (contact your
companys IT department)
● Your Mail for Exchange server name (contact your
companys IT department)
Depending on your companys Mail for Exchange server
configuration, you may need to enter other
information in addition to those listed. If you do not
know the correct information, contact your companys
IT department.
With Mail for Exchange, the use of the lock code may
be mandatory. The default lock code of your device is
12345, but your companys IT administrator may have
set a different one for you to use.
You can access and modify the Mail for Exchange profile
and settings in the Messaging settings.
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							Nokia MessagingThe Nokia Messaging service automatically transfers e-
mail from your existing e-mail address to your Nokia
N97. You can read, respond to, and organize your e-
mails on the go. The Nokia Messaging service works
with a number of internet e-mail providers that are
often used for personal e-mail, such as Google e-mail
services.
The Nokia Messaging service may be chargeable. For
information on possible cost s, contact your service
provider or the Nokia Messaging service.
The Nokia Messaging service must be supported by
your network and may not be  available in all regions.Install the Nokia Messaging application1.Select  Menu > Applications >  Email and New.
2. Read the information on the display, and select
Start .
3. Select  Connect  to allow your device to access the
network.
4. Enter your e-mail address and password.
The Nokia Messaging service can run on your device
even if you have installed  other e-mail applications,
such as Mail for Exchange.
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							ConnectivityYour device offers several options to connect to the
internet or to another compatible device or PC.Data connections and access
pointsYour device supports packet data connections
(network service), such as GPRS in the GSM network.
When you use your device in GSM and UMTS networks,
multiple data connections can be active at the same
time, and access points can  share a data connection. In
the UMTS network, data connections remain active
during voice calls.
You can also use a Wi-Fi/WL AN data connection. Only
one connection in one wireless LAN can be active at a
time, but several applications can use the same
internet access point.
To establish a data conne ction, an access point is
required. You can define different kinds of access
points, such as the following:
● MMS access point to send  and receive multimedia
messages
● Internet access point (IAP) to send and receive e-
mail and connect to the internet
Check the type of access point you need with your
service provider for the serv ice you want to access. For
availability and subscription  to packet data connection
services, contact your  service provider.Network settingsSelect Menu > Settings  and Connectivity  >
Network .
Your device can automatica lly switch between GSM and
UMTS networks. GSM networks are indicated with 
.
UMTS networks are indicated with 
.
An active high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA)
connection (network service) is indicated with 
.
Select from the following:
● Network mode   — Select which network to use. If
you select  Dual mode , the device uses the GSM or
UMTS network automatically, according to the
network parameters and  the roaming agreements
between the wireless service providers. For details
and roaming costs, contac t your network service
provider. This option is shown only if supported by
the wireless service provider.
A roaming agreement is an agreement between two
or more service providers to enable the users of one
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							service provider to use the services of other service
providers.
● Operator selection   — Select Automatic  to set the
device to search for and se lect one of the available
networks, or  Manual to manually select the
network from a list. If the connection to the
manually selected network  is lost, the device sounds
an error tone and asks yo u to reselect a network.
The selected network must have a roaming
agreement with your home network.
● Cell info display  — Set the device to indicate when
it is used in a cellular network based on
microcellular network (MCN) technology and to
activate cell info reception.
Wi-Fi/WLAN connection Your device can detect and connect to wireless local
area networks (WLAN). Using a WLAN, you can connect
your device to the internet  and compatible devices that
have WLAN support.About WLANYour device can detect and connect to WLANs. Using a
WLAN, you can connect your device to the internet and
compatible devices that support WLAN.
To use a WLAN connection, you need the following:
● WLAN must be available in your location.
●Your device must be connected to the WLAN. Some
WLANs are protected, and  you need an access key
from the service provider to connect to them.
● An internet access point created for WLAN. Use the
access point for applications that need to connect to
the internet.
A WLAN connection is established when you create a
data connection using a WLAN internet access point.
The active WLAN connection ends when you end the
data connection.
You can use WLAN during a voice call or when packet
data is active. You can only be connected to one WLAN
access point device at a ti me, but several applications
can use the same internet access point.
Features that use WLAN, or that are allowed to run in
the background while using other features, increase
the demand on battery power and reduce the battery
life.
Your device supports the  following WLAN features:
● IEEE 802.11b/g standard
● Operation at 2.4 GHz
● Wired equivalent privacy (WEP), Wi-Fi protected
access (WPA/WPA2), and 802.1x authentication
methods. These functions can be used only if they
are supported by the network.
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