Motorola V400 GSM manual Messages, Setting Up the Message Inbox, Sending a Text Message

Messages

You can send and receive messages containing a variety of media objects, including text, photos, pictures, animations, sounds, and voice records.

Setting Up the Message Inbox

You must set up your message inbox before you can send and receive messages.

Note: Usually, your service provider has already set up the message inbox for you.

Find the Feature	M > Messages
	M > Message Setup

To set up the message inbox, you must configure the following settings. Actual field names and values may vary depending on the technologies available to your service provider. Some settings may not be available for all phone models.

Option	Description
MMS Message Setup	Set up the following Multimedia
	Messaging Service (MMS)
	features:

•Hide Fields: Specify which fields are hidden when composing a multimedia message or letter.

•Autosignature: Create a signature you can append to outgoing multimedia messages and letters.

•Filter : Reject incoming multimedia messages and letters from specific senders.

•Expire After : Number of days your network should attempt to send undelivered multimedia messages and letters.

•Reply Type: Standard type of reply to send to a received MMS message—(SMS) short text message, multimedia message, or multimedia letter.

•Size Limit: Maximum size of incoming multimedia message to be downloaded to your phone.

•Server Info: Select the server you want to use (information may be viewable only).

Inbox View	Display sender or subject
	information with a multimedia
	message or letter.
Srvce Center No	Number of the service center
	that handles your outgoing text
	messages.
Auto Cleanup	Specify the number of days you
	want to keep messages in the
	inbox, or number of messages
	you want to keep.

Option	Description
Email Gateway	Port number for the email
	gateway that handles your
	outgoing email messages
	(required to send a text
	message to an email address).
SMS Alert	Activate or deactivate reminders
	and alerts for Short Message
	Service (SMS) text messages
	that you receive during a call.

Sending a Text Message

You can send an SMS short text message to other wireless phone users, and to email addresses.

Find the Feature		M > Messages
		> Create Message
		> New Short Msg
	Press	To
1	keypad keys	enter the text message
	or
	INSERT (+)	insert a Quick Note, Picture,
		Animation, Sound, or Contact Info
2	OK (+)	store the message
3	S	scroll to a Send To option:
		Highlight [One Time Entry] to
		enter one or more phone
		numbers and/or email
		addresses.
		Highlight [New Phonebook Entry]
		to enter a number/address
		and add it to the phonebook
		Or highlight an existing
		phonebook entry.
4	SELECT (+)	select [One Time Entry] or
		[New Phonebook Entry]
	or
	ADD (+)	add a phonebook entry to the
		recipients list
5	DONE (-)	store the numbers/addresses
6	CHANGE (-)	select Subject
7	keypad keys	enter the subject

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