POP3 Email Access on 02 PAYG SIM?

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section.xiv@ntlworld.com - 02 Nov 2006 07:15 GMT

Hello,

I have an O2 PAYG SIM in my Xda Mini S, and have full web access via
GPRS, but can't send or receive POP3 Email, as I believe O2 have
blocked this for PAYG SIMS.

Is anyone aware of a workaround to enable POP3 Email access on an O2
PAYG SIM?

David

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Gerry (The MOTH) - 02 Nov 2006 08:37 GMT

No, only email you will be able to access is O2's email addresses.

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> David

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Dave C - 02 Nov 2006 09:17 GMT

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No workaround other than getting mail forwarded to your O2 mailbox.

You will find you do not have full Internet access either.

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section.xiv@ntlworld.com - 02 Nov 2006 10:07 GMT

Hi,

> You will find you do not have full Internet access either.

Actually Dave, I do have full internet access, I have set the Xda to
use the O2 WAP proxy (193.113.200.195:9201) and I can use Google etc,
which I could not do with the standard O2 settings.

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Dave C - 02 Nov 2006 11:54 GMT

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> use the O2 WAP proxy (193.113.200.195:9201) and I can use Google etc,
> which I could not do with the standard O2 settings.

Doesn't that only work if you access sites through google ,which can be
a bit limiting.

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section.xiv@ntlworld.com - 02 Nov 2006 12:23 GMT

> Doesn't that only work if you access sites through google ,which can be a bit limiting.
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> Dave C

No, I can access sites directly, like http://news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/ as
well as google etc..

David

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Phil - 02 Nov 2006 09:21 GMT

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> Is anyone aware of a workaround to enable POP3 Email access on an O2
> PAYG SIM?

This was the major reason I ditched them and went to orange.

I was on an old contract tarrif and as far as gprs was concerned I was treated
as PAYG.

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Stew Pid - 03 Nov 2006 09:01 GMT

On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:15:04 -0800, section.xiv wrote:

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If you definately have complete web access, you can use
http://www.mail2web.com/pda/ to check your pop3 email.

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section.xiv@ntlworld.com - 03 Nov 2006 18:11 GMT

Stew,

Re: "If you definitely have complete web access, you can use
http://www.mail2web.com/pda/ to check your pop3 email."

Thanks for the suggestion, I currently have webmail access to my pop3
account, but find it a real pain to use on a small screen, which is why
I would like to get pop3 working on the XDA as it does using WiFi.

David

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