Send/Receive e-mail using Wifi OR GPRS - help!

[citygent1911]

Going away next week so I want to bea ble to check my POP3 NTL email via GPRS.

At the moment I have my XDA iiS set up so I can check the email via my WiFi connection at home. This works ok, and I can send or receive with no problems.

However, when I try to create a new Messaging account, I'm really struggling.

FYI, my mobile company is Virgin and my email ISP is NTL.

I've already created the standard GPRS connection through Virgin, which works for for internet browsing etc.

So far i've:

1 - created a new messaging account called "NTL via GPRS" (to differentiate from the wifi account)

2 - Input my NTL email address

3 - User Information - my usual NTL user name & password

4 - Account type is set to POP3

5 - Incoming Mail Server is set to POP.NTLWORLD.COM

6 - Outgoing Mail Server is set to SMTP.T-EMAIL.CO.UK (i believe this is because Virgin actually runs on the T-Mobile network?)

When I click on the send/receive button, the GPRS conection is made, but then all that happens is the progress indicator just says, "connecting..." for ages, then I get 2 error messages - "timed out waiting for server - please retry" - and "Messages cannot be dwnloaded to your mobile device. Make sure you are connected and that your email account settings are correct."

Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong? Any help would be massively appreciated - thanks.

[Ludo.u]

3 - User Information - my usual NTL user name.... did you set name only? try set name@domain.

[mobilecat]

Was anyone able to help here. I have exactly the same robelm with Tmobile in the UK. I would like to be able to send mail via GPRS but can't. I can receive it and I can do both on wifi.

[xdaradar]

The problem is some weard logic from the ISP's. You probably have an email account with the ISP that gets you your internet connections as well at home.

When using WiFi @ home you still send your email via your own ISP.

When you send email via GPRS, the email will be send via your GSM/GPRS provider of your sim-card which will be another telco/isp.

For some reason telco's/ISP won't allow you to send mail, using the smtp (outgoing mail) server of your own ISP. This is why it won't work via GPRS.

It very much depends on your telco company to get this working. I know the trick for vodafone in the Netherlands, but that won't help you I think. Most of the time some smart "googling" will help.

I my case the trick was to get an free account via the website of MyVodafone.nl

and on the PDA I defined an email account with an outgoing mail server that requires autentication and as autentication I used the u/p I created on the vodafone website. And the address of the outgoing mailserver in my case is authsmtp.vodafone.nl