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Okay, how do I get the e-mail from my sprint pcs account to come directly to my phone? When someone sends me an e-mail to my sprint address all I get is a txt message to my phone that says "You have mail from (insert sender here) check your PCS Mail"....this blows if I can't get my e-mail directly to my phone.
If you are having trouble sending email from your Sprint Q, this is for you.
The long-winded technical explanation (skip to the instructions below if you don't care): When you set up a POP3 email account on the Q, one of the things you are asked for is an outgoing mail server. If you are using an email address that was provided to you by your ISP, you might find that the outgoing mail server for your particular ISP does not work on the Q.
Often times ISPs will restrict access to the outgoing mail server by allowing access only to devices with an IP address assigned by that particular ISP. So if were you try to send mail through the ISP's outgoing mail server using a device that is not on the ISP's network--your Q, for example--it will fail.
The workaround is to use Sprint's outgoing mail server for sending mail.
Instructions:
Before this will work, there are some steps that need to be performed from your PC.
On your PC
1) Go to the Sprint website and log in to your account using the Sign In window at the left. If you have not logged into your account online before, you will first need to register using the link provided.
2) On the account overview screen that has just appeared, find the section labeled My Online Tools on the right hand side of the window and click Sprint PCS Mail.
3) On the left hand side of the new window, find and click Settings and Preferences.
4) Along the top of this screen, find and click Setup.
5) Change your password, and remember it or write it down.
6) On the left hand side of the screen, find and click My Personal Information near the bottom.
7) Scroll to the bottom of the page and find the Passwords section and click the Modify link for your Power Vision Username.
8) DO NOT actually change your Power Vision Username. If you do so, it will take several hours to propagate through Sprint's system. Just make a note of what it is (write it down), then click Cancel at the bottom.
On to the Q. If you are setting up a brand new POP3 account, the following instructions will be clear when you get to the outgoing mail server section. If you have already set up a POP3 account on the Q and need to change the outgoing mail server, open that account on your Q and click Menu -> Options -> Account Options, and click on the account you want to modify. Click Next three times to get to where the outgoing mail server settings are.
On the Q
1) For the Outgoing Server, enter smtp.sprintpcs.com
2) Check the box labeled Outgoing server requires authentication.
3) Click the link for Outgoing Server Settings.
4) Check the box labeled Use different user name for outgoing server.
5) For User name enter the Power Vision Username you found in step 8 on your PC. Do not enter the @sprintpcs.com part, just the username.
6) For Password enter the Sprint PCS Mail password that you created in step 5 on your PC.
7) Leave Domain blank, put a check in Save password, and click Done. Continue through the rest of the email setup and you are finished.
thanks for the help...I've also managed to set up my Gmail account on my Q however my yahoo account is not working...do you have a tutorial to set up yahoo accounts?
For Yahoo you have to first be a Yahoo Plus subscriber. If you are not a Yahoo Plus subscriber you cannot get your Yahoo mail on your phone unless you browse to the Yahoo site and check it that way. If you are a Yahoo subscriber, use the settings here:
you can also use Yahoo Go 1.0 I have the Cab file if you would like it. Hit me up and I can mail it to you. Its Free. 2.0 is not out yet for the Q but 1.0 does work for the Q.
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