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Palm Help – Accessing Email and Web

Total PDA

Many Palm
OS devices come with all the software you need to connect to the Internet.
Once connected, you can go online and check your email and browse the
web. This page provides details of how to get access to the Internet
and email from your Palm OS device…


Palm email with VersaMail

Email on a Palm


Surfing on a Palm with Blazer

Surfing on a Palm

In order to get
your Palm device connected to the Internet, you’ll need a modem. On this
page, we’re assuming that you’ll be connecting via your Palm’s infrared
port to a mobile phone with a built-in modem (such as the Nokia 6600).
Some Palm OS devices in the "smartphone" category, such as the
Treo 680, have a built-in modem, and some Palms can use Bluetooth for connectivity,
but for simplicity’s sake, we’ll assume an IR phone.

Note that your mobile phone account must be ‘data-enabled’. This is a
setting that your network operator has to enable for you. The Infrared
must be turned on, and the Palm device’s IR window must be pointing at
the phone IR window.

Getting
an Internet account

To connect, you’ll need to have an account with an Internet provider.
You may wish to use your existing Internet account, or apply for a free
account that can be used with your device. On this page, we’re assuming
you want a new account.

If you’re in the UK, and are looking for an ISP (Internet Service Provider)
that works well with on a handheld device such as a Palm, Clie or Treo,
try:

  • BT Yahoo – We recommend BT Yahoo’s pay-as-you-go account for email and web access. There’s no subscription fee and you only pay for the time you’re online (details).
  • o2
    online

    – Not useful for Web and email, but useful for the inclusive GPRS WAP allowance
    (details).


Here is a step-by-step guide for setting up using BT
Yahoo
.

If
you’re not a BT Yahoo / BTopenworld customer, sign up free-of-charge
for a BT Yahoo pay-as-you go account. There’s no subscription fee, and
you only pay standard rates for the time you’re online. Recommended for
on-the-move access to your email.

First, go to register.btinternet.com from a PC, and create an account. You’ll then get some details that you’ll
need to set up your account on the handset. Then, looking at the handset,
follow these instructions:

Set up your Internet connection

  1. From the main
    menu, go to "Prefs", and select "Network".
  2. You’ll need
    to create a new service for BT Yahoo, so press the "New" button.
  3. Add the following
    details:
    • Service:
      BT Yahoo
    • Username:
      (This is your email address, e.g myname@btinternet.com)
    • Password:
      (the password you entered when you created your BT Yahoo account)



      Setting up BT Yahoo
  4. Tap on the
    Connection option, and select "Edit Connections…"
  5. We now need
    to set up the modem connection… Press the "New button"
    • Name: IR
      mobile
    • Connect to:
      Modem
    • Via:
      Infrared

      Setting up the modem
  6. Press "OK"
    to save the setting, then at the "Available connections" screen,
    make sure "IR mobile" is selected, and press "Done"
  7. A new field,
    "Phone" will appear. Add BT Yahoo’s dialup number of 08457560000
  8. Press "Done"
    to save the settings


You should now be ready to connect to the Internet. Make sure your
modem is available and turned on (if using IR, turn the phone’s IR on
and align the windows, and either try to make a connection from an Internet
application, or test the connection from the ‘Connect’ button in Prefs
| Network.

Connecting to BT Yahoo

Web browsing

Depending on the machine
you have, you may find that you’ve already got a Web. We rather like Handspring’s
Blazer
web browser (as it can also cope with WAP pages), but there are plenty
to chose from – See either the PalmGear or PalmOne software areas for
links to downloadable browsers that are either free, or available to download
on a try-before-you-buy basis. Fortunately, web browsers don’t require
any advanced setup, and as long as your connection is set up correctly,
they should just work. When you open the browser, and enter a web address

Entering a web address on Blazer
Entering a web address
on Blazer

Email software


You’ll need to have an email client installed onto your Palm device –
as there are so many devices and so many packages available, we can’t
provide details of how to set up every possible email client for every
possible Palm OS device, so we’ll pick a common solution, which hopefully
will be close to what you need.
VersaMailFor
this page, we’ll be setting up the email software for a Palm Tungsten
E. The device doesn’t have an email client built-in, but has one supplied
on the CD from Palm. The program that the Tungsten
E
uses for it’s email access, is Palm’s VersaMail.

You’ll first of all need to install the email program, if it’s not already
built-in to your Palm device. If it’s on the CD, look for the application
in one of the folders on the CD, or consider downloading VersaMail
(formerly known as MultiMail) from www.palmone.com.

Once you’ve found the file, install it by double-clicking the installation
file on your PC. After following the on-screen installation instructions,
you’ll need to connect your PC to your Palm and perform a HotSync, to
allow the email application to install onto the Palm.

Once this is done,
do the following:

Set
up your email settings

  1. Open the email
    program on the Palm (in this case, VersaMail), and select "Account
    setup" from the menu.
  2. Press "New"
    to create a new mail account
  3. On the next screen,
    enter the following:
    • Account
      name:"BT Yahoo"
    • Mail
      service: "Other"
    • Protocol:
      "POP3"


      Account setup
  4. Press ‘Next’.
    On the next screen, enter the following:
    • Username:
      (This is your email address, e.g myname@btinternet.com)
    • Password:
      (the password you entered when you created your BT Yahoo account)

      Username & password

  5. Press ‘Next’.
    On the next screen, enter the following:
    • Email
      address: Your email address (This is your email address, e.g myname@btinternet.com)
    • Incoming
      Mail Server: mail.btinternet.com
    • Outgoing
      Mail Server: mail.btinternet.com

      Server settings

  6. Setup is complete,
    so press "Done"

You have now entered
enough information to allow you to collect your email. Ensure your modem
is connected and your IR windows lined up, then from VersaMail’s mail
screen, select "Get Mail", choose "Subjects only"
and "Ok". The connection should dial up, you should sign on
to BT Yahoo, and start seeing your messages downloaded.

Wap browsing

WAP
pages are optimised for use over a mobile network, and lack the graphical
content and formatting of web pages, meaning they load faster.

  • For
    more on WAP, and what’s available, see our WAP
    page
  • For
    help setting up WAP on a Palm, see our Palm
    WAP page

Problem
solving

Problems
connecting?

  • When communicating with an
    infrared mobile phone, ensure that the phone’s Infrared is switched
    on, and ensure distance of between 5 – 15cm (too close may swamp the
    IR eye).
  • Ensure that your Network operator
    (e.g. o2, Orange, Vodafone) has ‘data-enabled’ your SIM card. If not,
    call their Customer Service people.
  • If you can connect, but can’t
    browse content, it could be that your SIM is not data-enabled, or that
    you’re trying to browse content that your tariff/connection doesn’t
    allow – such as browsing web pages via a WAP
    dial-up
    , or using an MMS APN (GPRS) to view WAP content. Check that
    you have the right settings for the service you’re trying to access,
    and that your Network Operator has enabled the service you’re trying
    to connect using.

Still
having problems? See our Connected? page, or
try asking in our forum

Problems
sending emails

If you can receive,
but not send emails, it is likely to be one of two things:

  • If you get an
    error such as "Problem sending message",
    you may be trying to send a message to one ISP’s mailbox while connected
    to a different ISP. To prevent spamming, most ISPs require you to
    connect to their service (not someone else’s) in order to send an
    email via their SMTP server. For instance, don’t be surprised if you
    find that can’t send mail from your BT Yahoo account (using the server address mail.btinternet.com) if you’ve logged
    on to Virgin Media.
  • Your ISP is looking
    for CLI (Caller Line Identification), and it is not being sent – Some
    Internet Service Providers (such as Wanadoo) use CLI to identify
    users. If this is disabled, you can get around this by adding 1470,
    in front of the telephone number.

Frequently asked
questions:

Broadband
/ ADSL / Cable email
If
you have a Broadband Advice or cable account (such as Virgin Media),
you may think that you can’t use your Palm to collect email via
POP or IMAP, however, there is a form of workaround.
Many broadband/cable suppliers offer dialup
access too. Check with your supplier. Failing that, provided that
the supplier uses POP3 email (as opposed to webmail), then you should
be able to access your mail through another provider. Get yourself
a free account with BT Yahoo and try
to access your provider’s POP server. Note that sending mail from
via your supplier’s SMTP server probably won’t work, so you may
need to use BT Yahoo’s SMTP address.

Alternatively, if in range of your broadband modem, you may be able
to use Bluetooth or Wi-fi
to share your Internet connection. This can be quite difficult to
set up and is not recommended for beginners. Your Palm will require
appropriate Bluetooth or WiFi hardware and software, and your PC
will need to be configured to accept a connection from a remote
device using these protocols. Due to the fact that there are so
many possible combinations of Palm, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity
options, it’s not possible for us to supply step-by-step instructions
here. Your best option is to search Google
specifying your make of Palm and how you wish to connect. Alternatively,
ask for help in our Palm
forum
.

Hotmail
and AOL

Hotmail and AOL use proprietary email systems,
as opposed to the more common POP email systems – this makes it tricky to access mail on a mobile device. For email on the move,
consider using a standard POP3 provider such as BT Yahoo (see setup details) that offers free email accounts that can be configured on mobile phone email programs.

Hotmail on a PalmStandard
Palm OS email software can’t be used to get to your Hotmail or
AOL email, as these services use proprietary email systems, rather
than the standard POP service used by most Internet Service
Providers.

There is, however, an alternative. You can use a Palm OS web browser
to access your emails over webmail – including Hotmail and AOL
mail. The screenshot on the right demonstrates a Hotmail account
accessed via the Blazer web browser on a Palm Tungsten E, using
the following link: http://mobile.msn.com/hm/folder.aspx

AOL:
We’ve also been directed to
an AOL
Mail FAQ
that suggests that a suitable email program can be configured to get email access via
IMAP (as opposed to POP3). Many smartphones and PDAs support IMAP (check in the email section). For devices that don’t support IMAP, you can download one from Handango


More questions? Please
ask in our Palm
Forum

Other links:

  • Palm’s UK Site – Information, support and Palm’s online store
  • Online
    with a Palm
    – Help on getting your Palm OS device online for
    Internet and Email
  • UK Internet – Information on recommended UK Internet providers
  • Palm Connected – A copy of an old article from Palmtop User on Internet connectivity

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