the only thing I would add to this is that often the ISP will not let you use the sMTP server at all unless you are connected to the ISP's network directly e.g. by dial-up or broadband from home. In this case, Vodaphone and other providers will probably have an an sMTP server you can use. This information should be somewhere on the vodaphone website or trythese settings found from another site: Vodafone GPRS settings (Email/Web): Homepage: http://wap:1999/vodafone.wml Access Point (APN) address : internet (Contract) Access Point (APN) address : pp.vodafone.co.uk(PAYG) Username* : web Password*: web Session type: Continuous / permanent Authentication: Normal Security: Off Email SMTP server: send.vodafone.net Email SMTP server: smtp.vizzavi.co.uk Alt email SMTP server: mail.vizzavi.co.uk Alt email SMTP server: mail.vodafone.net Alt email SMTP server: 212.183.156.229 Alt email SMTP server: 62.213.128.92 DNS Server: 212.183.137.12 Note: GPRS subscription must be enabled for "Vodafone Internet Access Service". Contact Vodafone Customer Services on 191 from your Vodafone handset Graham Page Home Phone: 0207 265 9493 Mobile: 07753 607980 Fax: 0870 706 2773 Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: gabriel_mcbird ----- Original Message ----- From: James Scholes To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:19 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: accessing email from my mobile If you are using your own email address, then you don't need anything from Vodafone. You will need to know the address of the inbound and outbound email servers for your email provider, if this is your own website then your web host should have told you these details. Once you know these details, it is easy to set up, its just the same as setting email up in something like outlook express. From: kev lyon Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:13 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] accessing email from my mobile hi all, i want to be able to access my email while i'm away from home next week. i'm a PAYG custoemr with vodafone. are there specific settings i'll need from my provider to connect? and will i have to ring them to get these details? or they available on the net. although i presume they'll have to activate something or other on my account. i can see how to set up the mailbox on the phone etc, but i'm guessing there are connection settings i'll need from vodafone. any help is appreciated. oh and it's not a vodafone email address, it's the one i use everyday ( this one in fact) -kevin- "A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." -Ingrid Bergman email/msn: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx