Nokia 8290 manual Message settings, Change settings for some messages, Press Menu 1

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2Scroll to Use number, then press OK.

3If more than one number is shown, scroll to the one you want, then press OK.

The phone displays the number on the screen. You can dial it or save it as if you had entered it yourself.

• Message settings

You can specify some of the ways your phone handles text messages. Depending on your SIM card, you can have up to five “sets” of settings— for example, one for email messages, one for pages, one for faxes, and so on.

Change settings for some messages

1Press Menu 1 5.

2Scroll to the set you want to change the settings for, then press Select.

3Scroll to one of these options:

Message center number: Get this number from your wireless service provider. Enter the message center phone number and press OK, or press Search to get the number from your phone book (if it is saved there).

Messages sent as: Scroll to Text, Fax, Page, or E-mail, then press OK. (In order to receive a converted message, the recipient needs to have the appropriate terminal device.)

Message validity: The amount of time that messages should be stored at the message center while the network attempts to deliver them. Choose a time, then press OK.

Rename this set: Enter a new name for this set of message settings, then press OK.

4Press Select.

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