Blackberry Pearl 8100 User Guide - Page 89

Hide sent messages, Block MMS messages, Block incoming messages, Reset a blocked message counter

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To restore messages, set the Keep Messages field to a longer period of time. Messages that you received on your BlackBerry® device within the set period of time appear in a message list. Hide sent messages 1. In a message list, press the Menu key. 2. Click Options. 3. Click General Options. 4. Set the Hide Sent Messages field to Yes. 5. Press the Menu key. 6. Click Save. Note: If you set your device to hide sent messages, sent messages continue to appear in the history of SMS text messages. Block MMS messages 1. In the device options, click MMS. 2. In the Message Filtering section, select the Reject Anonymous Messages check box or the Reject Advertisements check box. 3. Press the Menu key. 4. Click Save. Block incoming messages If your BlackBerry® device is associated with an email account that uses a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you might not be able to block PIN messages from contacts in your organization. Contact your system administrator for more information. 1. In the device options, click Security Options. 2. Click Firewall. 3. Select the check box beside one or more message types. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Save. Note: Blocked messages might contribute to your wireless service plan data usage. You can prevent messages from being forwarded to your device without contributing to data usage by turning off email message forwarding or using email message filters. Reset a blocked message counter 1. In the device options, click Security Options. 2. Click Firewall. 3. Highlight a message type. 4. Press the Menu key. 87

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To restore messages, set the
Keep Messages
field to a longer period of time. Messages that you received on your BlackBerry® device
within the set period of time appear in a message list.
Hide sent messages
1.
In a message list, press the
Menu
key.
2.
Click
Options
.
3.
Click
General Options
.
4.
Set the
Hide Sent Messages
field to
Yes
.
5.
Press the
Menu
key.
6.
Click
Save
.
Note:
If you set your device to hide sent messages, sent messages continue to appear in the history of SMS text messages.
Block MMS messages
1.
In the device options, click
MMS
.
2.
In the
Message Filtering
section, select the
Reject Anonymous Messages
check box or the
Reject Advertisements
check box.
3.
Press the
Menu
key.
4.
Click
Save
.
Block incoming messages
If your BlackBerry® device is associated with an email account that uses a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you might not be able to block
PIN messages from contacts in your organization. Contact your system administrator for more information.
1.
In the device options, click
Security Options
.
2.
Click
Firewall
.
3.
Select the check box beside one or more message types.
4.
Press the
Menu
key.
5.
Click
Save
.
Note:
Blocked messages might contribute to your wireless service plan data usage. You can prevent messages from being forwarded to
your device without contributing to data usage by turning off email message forwarding or using email message filters.
Reset a blocked message counter
1.
In the device options, click
Security Options
.
2.
Click
Firewall
.
3.
Highlight a message type.
4.
Press the
Menu
key.
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