Adding Non-Fido Email to Nokia E71 ?

[Carbonman]

My E71 has an email button and a configuration wizard for adding email to the phone.  Can this be done with a Telus email account?

I'm having a horrible time reading my Telus email through MyTelus webmail.  The page layout on my screen is a mess.  The only way I've been able to read the emails is to click on the radio button and click 'reply'. The text content finally shows and I can at least read what's been sent.  

I'm just looking for a way to send and receive email simply while on the road.  

[Paolo]

yes and it means u will need a data plan, plus you will need the mail settings from telis. do u have both of these?

[Carbonman]

I have a data plan (100 MB/mo) but will have to get the mail settings from telus.  

[tccris]

just an ideea...on my nokia c6 i have the email free but for some reassons i have used my old samsung 2g with...an email button on it and every message from email they charge 20 cents ...aaaaawesome....is not the same thing like the messages i think...

[tccris]

Oh...i do have messages free...if you're asking...

[Carbonman]

A clerk at a Fido Kiosk couldn't help me but a clerk at a Telus kiosk set up my email right away.  I now get email notifications and downloads to my E71 but can't send them.  Any suggestions?  I don't have a handle on what all the configuration settings should be.  The E71 manual is useless.  

[silentbuddha · Accepted solution]

go into the email account settings ( search outbound or sending menu )

your smtp maybe incorrect.....if knowledge serves me correctly....the smtp for fido should be gprs.fido.ca...i dont believe a port number is necessary but if the handset ask then try port 25.

let us know

[Carbonman]

Are you suggesting I use GPRS.fido.ca instead of telus.net for the sending smtp?

[silentbuddha]

yup...

did you try using gprs.fido.ca ?

[Carbonman]

I did, and it worked once I changed the port setting to'default'.