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Setting up Internet, email and MMS, Using auto setup messages, Setting up accounts manually

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Setting up Internet, email and MMS With your phone you can access the Internet, send and receive email, and send and receive MMS messages. To do this you need to set up Internet, email and MMS accounts. You need to set up an Internet account with an an Internet Service provider (ISP) to do any of the following: • Access the Internet. • Send and receive email messages. • Send and receive MMS messages. • Set up and use a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Using auto setup messages A convenient way of setting up an account is to ask your service provider to send you an auto setup message. Contact your service provider to find out if such a service is available. You can also visit www.sonyericsson.com/cn where you find setup wizards that can configure accounts with many of the major service providers. You will find the auto setup messages in Messaging > Messages > Inbox. To start an auto setup, select the message and follow the instructions on the screen. Setting up accounts manually From your service provider, you should have received all the details about the accounts that you have to enter, for example the email account names and passwords before setting up. You can find detailed account parameter descriptions in the Web guide available on the Internet on www.sonyericsson.com/cn. Setting up Internet manually There are three types of Internet accounts: • Data - uses a packet data connection, either on a GSM/GPRS network. You are charged for the amount of data you download or send. • Dial up (CSD or HSCSD) - establishes a circuit-switched data connection. You are charged for the length of time you are connected to the Internet. • Bluetooth PAN - uses a Bluetooth Personal Area Network profile to connect to a device (for example a computer) that is connected to the Internet. To enter the details manually, or to edit an existing account, select Tools > Control panel > Connections > Internet accounts. 74 Setting up Internet, email and MMS W958c This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.

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Setting up Internet, email and MMS
W958c
This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.
Setting up Internet,
email and MMS
With your phone you can access the Internet,
send and receive email, and send and receive
MMS messages. To do this you need to set up
Internet, email and MMS accounts.
You need to set up an Internet account with an
an Internet Service provider (ISP) to do any of
the following:
Access the Internet.
Send and receive email messages.
Send and receive MMS messages.
Set up and use a Virtual Private Network
(VPN).
Using auto setup messages
A convenient way of setting up an account is
to ask your service provider to send
you an auto setup message. Contact your
service provider to find out if such a service is
available. You can also visit
www.sonyericsson.com/cn
where you find
setup wizards that can configure accounts with
many of the major service providers.
You will find the auto setup messages in
Messaging > Messages > Inbox
. To start an
auto setup, select the message and follow the
instructions on the screen.
Setting up accounts
manually
From your service provider, you should have
received all the details about the accounts that
you have to enter, for example the email
account names and passwords before setting
up. You can find detailed account parameter
descriptions in the Web guide available on the
Internet on
www.sonyericsson.com/cn
.
Setting up Internet manually
There are three types of Internet accounts:
Data
– uses a packet data connection,
either on a GSM/GPRS network. You are
charged for the amount of data you
download or send.
Dial up (CSD or HSCSD)
– establishes a
circuit-switched data connection. You are
charged for the length of time you are
connected to the Internet.
Bluetooth PAN
– uses a Bluetooth
Personal Area Network profile to connect
to a device (for example a computer) that
is connected to the Internet.
To enter the details manually, or to edit an
existing account, select
Tools > Control
panel > Connections > Internet accounts
.