[actfia]

I'm a fairly happy o2 user but I believe that, as a lowly online pay & go customer, o2 doesn't allow pop email access using gprs. Does anyone know if there is any way round this (apart from moving network - virgin works fine - or taking a contract)? Cheers

[lee18xx]

Virgin don't support it, do they?

What pop3 provider are you trying to use with o2 - I use to download Freeserve pop3 when I was on o2 contract, and do so now on vodafone pay and go

[actfia]

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Originally Posted by lee18xx

Virgin don't support it, do they?

What pop3 provider are you trying to use with o2 - I use to download Freeserve pop3 when I was on o2 contract, and do so now on vodafone pay and go

Yes works a treat on virgin, but they don't do the free calls/texts that o2 do so I'd end up spending quite a bit more.
pop3 is tiscali but I've tried a couple of others too incl my own hosted address.

[prking]

O2 doesn't support Mobile Web over GPRS on PAYG. It won't work with WAP over GPRS on O2 either. Although Virgin doesn't officially support it, it does work but is a bit pricey.

However, you should be able to receive your emails using pop3 over dial-up wap on O2, but you won't be able to send.

The only way around it is to use a proxy server that will work over a wap gateway. This is fairly straightforward if you have something like Opera on a Series 60 handset but would be difficult on a non-smartphone.

[stephen1980]

DOnt know about pay as you go but it works fine with o2 pay monthly with o2 email, never go it to work with anyone else email.

[actfia]

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Originally Posted by prking

O2 doesn't support Mobile Web over GPRS on PAYG. It won't work with WAP over GPRS on O2 either. Although Virgin doesn't officially support it, it does work but is a bit pricey.

However, you should be able to receive your emails using pop3 over dial-up wap on O2, but you won't be able to send.

The only way around it is to use a proxy server that will work over a wap gateway. This is fairly straightforward if you have something like Opera on a Series 60 handset but would be difficult on a non-smartphone.

Doesn't seem to work over 02 dial up wap (using +447712 927927). Guess I'll have to stick to the 35p/min 0844 dialup access. Cheers.

[actfia]

Have done a bit more browsing. Have tried http://mail2web.com/wap/ and this works really well albeit it doesn't download the emails to the phone - but very easy access and o2 gives 1MB free wap so a cheap option.

[Chis]

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Originally Posted by lee18xx

Virgin don't support it, do they?

What pop3 provider are you trying to use with o2 - I use to download Freeserve pop3 when I was on o2 contract, and do so now on vodafone pay and go

Lee18xx - please can u advise the settings required to access POP3 email on a voidafone handset?
I have most of the details, but got stuck at the fields:
Sending Port
Receiving Port and
Sending & Receiving Hosts.

Many Thanks, Chis

[Chis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lee18xx

I use to download Freeserve pop3 when I was on o2 contract, and do so now on vodafone pay and go

Lee18xx Can you advise some settings to use POP3 on Vodafone mobile? I can work most out but got stuck on:
Sending Host
Receiving Host
Sending Port
Receiving Port

Many thanks, Chis

[geordiegirl]

I dont know much about pop3 and all the technical terms, being a techno-dunce, but I do have my o2 email on my 6600, and as far as i can gather it's pop3. Let me know if you want the settings. I'm payg if that makes a difference...

[actfia]

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Originally Posted by geordiegirl

I dont know much about pop3 and all the technical terms, being a techno-dunce, but I do have my o2 email on my 6600, and as far as i can gather it's pop3. Let me know if you want the settings. I'm payg if that makes a difference...

Yes please if you use gprs - if it's dialup then don't worry. Thanks.