Nokia 6260 - Retrieving e-mail messages from the mailbox

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Retrieving e-mail messages from the mailbox

Go to

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 30.

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

. 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,

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

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 101.

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