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

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

> Thanks for your reply. I can see no menu setup for "mail server".
> The only thing connected with the internet is a GPRS setting which is
> blank, and so gives no clue as to what I could/should type in there.

The manual does say that you should provide a number for the 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 ?

> Brontosaurus Nokia 7250i

Looks like its a real dinosaur email wise from the user guide.
http://www.nokia.com.au/support/product-support/nokia-7250/user-guides

> The CSR told me (but only after I asked him the third time), that the
> casual data rate I'll be paying is, pro rata, $1.20/MB. Though as I'm
> talking about short text emails, then I'm okay with that. I sure won't
> be installing a browser.

> Their FAQ leads me to Optus configuration settings where I see 4 choices.
> For this handset, I can get WAP and mms settings sent by SMS. Are either
> of these likely to help with that method of sending email?

Worth trying since the user guide says you can get the number to use for email from your service provider.

> The phone is not listed under email or GPRS settings.

Yeah, it may well be such a dinosaur that no one bothered to support it.