Nokia 3230 - Retrieving e-mail messages from the mailbox

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Retrieving e-mail messages from the mailbox

Select

Options

Connect

.

This starts a connection to a remote mailbox.

1. When you have an open connection to a remote mailbox, select

Options

Retrieve e-mail

→:

New

- To retrieve all new e-mail messages to your phone.

Selected

- To retrieve only the e-mail messages that have been marked. Use

the

Mark/Unmark

Mark

/

Unmark

commands to select messages one by

one.

See “Actions common to all applications” on page 32.

All

- To retrieve all messages from the mailbox.

To cancel retrieving, press

Cancel

.

2. After you have retrieved the e-mail messages, you can continue viewing them

online. Select

Options

Disconnect

to close the connection and to view the e-

mail messages offline.

3. To open an e-mail message, scroll to the e-mail you want to view and press the

joystick. If the e-mail message has not been retrieved (arrow in the icon is
pointing outwards) and you are offline and select

Open

, you are asked if you

want to retrieve this message from the mailbox.

• To view e-mail attachments, open a message that has the attachment

indicator

and

select

Options

Attachments

. In the Attachments view,

you can retrieve, open, or save attachments, in supported formats. You can
also send attachments via infrared or Bluetooth technology.

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If your mailbox uses the IMAP4 protocol, you can decide whether to
retrieve e-mail headings only, messages only, or messages and
attachments. With the POP3 protocol, the options are e-mail headings only
or messages and attachments.

See “E-mail messages” on page 111.

Important: Exercise caution opening messages. Messages may contain malicious
software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.