HP 820 E manual E-mail Service, HP Jornada H/PC UserÕs Guide

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Input ISP informationÑThis includes the information you collected from your ISP, such as the dial-up telephone number and IP, DNS, and WINS address settings. Many ISPs automatically (or, dynamically) assign both IP and DNS addresses. If your ISP does not assign these automati- cally, you should clear the Server-assigned addresses option and type the addresses.

When you enter the IP address, you can also choose to use SLIP if your ISP uses this protocol. PPP is the HP Jornada default protocol for this option, but SLIP is supported as well.

You also have the option to choose software and IP header compression options. Ask your ISP if these options are recommended for your account.

E-mail Service

At this stage in the HP Jornada dialup process, you can input the following e-mail information:

UserID and passwordÑThe user name (UserID) and password you use to access your e-mail account may be the same as the user name and password you use to connect to your ISP. However, some ISPs assign a different name and password for this service.

Service typesÑYour ISP may use POP3 or IMAP4 for receiving mail. In addition to using IMAP4 or POP3, some ISPs use SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) for sending messages. This is an optional setting; refer to your ISP to find out if this applies to your configuration.

SettingsÑYou can choose a variety of E-mail Service settings. If you are using POP3, you can ensure that your sent e-mail complies with MIME formatting (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a format that allows binary mes-

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