HP iPAQ hw6500 Unlocked Mobile Messenger series - Manual (Page 122)

Using Messaging 12–1
12 Using Messaging
NOTE: To access Messaging Help on your HP iPAQ, from the Start
menu, tap Help > Messaging.
Understanding Messaging
When using Messaging, you can send and receive messages in three
ways: Internet e-mail, text messages, and Multimedia Message Service
(MMS) messages. These accounts are already created in your HP iPAQ
and are described more later in this chapter. The different types of
messages can be:
•
Internet e-mail ---- messages sent and received by using the e-mail
address you received from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or
your employer.
• Text messages ---- messages sent and received through your mobile
phone service provider by using a phone number as the
message address.
• MMS messages --- messages sent and received through your mobile
phone service provider by using a phone number or an
e-mail address as the message address.
Additional accounts can be set up on your HP iPAQ such as a Post Office
Protocol 3 (POP3) or an Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4)
account. POP3 and IMAP4 are protocols used to retrieve
e-mail from a mail server. The newer version, IMAP4, is similar to POP3
but supports some additional features. For example, with IMAP4, you can
search through your e-mail messages using keywords while the messages
reside on the mail server. You then can choose which messages to
download to your HP iPAQ.
Using Folders
Each e-mail account, text message account, and MMS account has its own
folder hierarchy with five default folders: Inbox, Outbox, Deleted Items,
Drafts, and Sent Items. The messages you send and receive through the
mail account are stored in these folders. Also, you can create additional
folders within each hierarchy. The Deleted Items folder contains messages
that have been deleted on the HP iPAQ. The behavior of the Deleted
Items and Sent Items folders depends on the Messaging options you
have chosen.
The behavior of the folders you create depends on whether you are using
ActiveSync, MMS, text messages, or a POP3 or IMAP4 mail server.
If you use ActiveSync, e-mail messages in the Outlook Inbox folder will
automatically be synchronized with your HP iPAQ. You can select to
synchronize additional folders by designating them for ActiveSync;
however, when you synchronize wirelessly over the air using Exchange
ActiveSync, only the Calendar, Contacts, and E-mail folders will