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15 Messages You can use your phone to send and receive short text messages and e-mail if your service provider offers the message feature and if you subscribe to the service. Both services are network dependent features, so you must consult your service provider. • TEXT MESSAGES Message recipients: The phone to which you send a text message must support text messages. You may not be able to send a short message service (SMS) text message to a phone that has an account with a different service provider or a phone with a different protocol, but you can send and receive e-mail messages. Message length: The maximum length of a received text message is 160 characters. Your phone has space for several text messages, depending on the length of each message. The maximum length of a text message depends on the capabilities of the network from which the message originated. When sending messages, your device may display the words Message Sent. This is an indication that the message has been sent by your device to the message center number programmed into your device. This is not an indication that the message has been received at the intended destination. For more details about messaging services, check with your service provider. Folders Your phone has four folders for managing text messages: Inbox-The inbox stores messages you receive. Messages remain in the inbox until you delete them or save them in the archive folder. Outbox-The outbox stores messages you have written, sent, edited, or forwarded. Archive-The archive folder stores messages you want to save. Templates-The templates folder stores message templates you edit and create. A template is like a form letter-a message you can use many times. Write and send When writing text messages, you can use the predictive text method for fast text entry. For details, see "Predictive text input" on page 14. 1 From the menus, select Messages > Create message. The message screen appears. 2 Enter a message of up to 160 characters. A counter in the upper right corner of the screen shows the number of characters remaining. 54 Copyright © 2004 Nokia

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Copyright © 2004 Nokia
15 Messages
You can use your phone to send and receive short text messages and e-mail if your
service provider offers the message feature and if you subscribe to the service. Both
services are network dependent features, so you must consult your service provider.
• TEXT MESSAGES
Message recipients: The phone to which you send a text message must support text
messages. You may not be able to send a short message service (SMS) text message
to a phone that has an account with a different service provider or a phone with a
different protocol, but you can send and receive e-mail messages.
Message length: The maximum length of a received text message is 160 characters.
Your phone has space for several text messages, depending on the length of each
message. The maximum length of a text message depends on the capabilities of the
network from which the message originated.
When sending messages, your device may display the words
Message Sent
. This is
an indication that the message has been sent by your device to the message center
number programmed into your device. This is not an indication that the message
has been received at the intended destination. For more details about messaging
services, check with your service provider.
Folders
Your phone has four folders for managing text messages:
Inbox
—The inbox stores messages you receive. Messages remain in the inbox until
you delete them or save them in the archive folder.
Outbox
—The outbox stores messages you have written, sent, edited, or forwarded.
Archive
—The archive folder stores messages you want to save.
Templates
—The templates folder stores message templates you edit and create. A
template is like a form letter—a message you can use many times.
Write and send
When writing text messages, you can use the predictive text method for fast text
entry. For details, see “Predictive text input” on page 14.
1
From the menus, select
Messages > Create message
.
The message screen appears.
2
Enter a message of up to 160 characters.
A counter in the upper right corner of the screen shows the number of
characters remaining.