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John Savage wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

>> No, when you send it as email, you use a email server address, not a phone number.

> What I'd expected. But the phone asks for the email server number.

Likely just because you hadnt set up the email config with a normal email server.

> I tried to give it a mail server address, but that data
> entry box allows only digits and no alpha chars or dots.

You sure thats all there is in the phone ?  Which phone specifically ?

> (If it were to accept the server address, I'd then expect it
> to demand user name and password for authentication.)

Yes, and those can normally be specified in phones that do email.

> To sum up: choosing "send message as email" it provides a box for
> the "email address", then it provides a box for the "subject", then it
> offers the whole screen for the message (only about 140 chars now,
> because some have been used up for the address and the subject),
> then it provides a box for the "email server number".

Which phone specifically ?

> So it seems this Nokia will not allow me to send as email.

It clearly does.

> It clearly expects the phone number of the telco's gateway.

Maybe, Which model specifically ?

> The SCT CSR told me to enter the email address instead of the "email
> server number" (he said that's what he does and it works) but because
> the phone won't accept alphabetic chars here, that's not going to work
> for me. (And I doubt that it does work for him.)

If it is a dinosaur that does things strangely, that should be documented on the net.