O2 PAYG limited GPRS access - POP3 options?

Hi,

I'm using O2 PAYG and was overjoyed to discover that the GPRS
connection (referred to as O2 Active) is in fact limited to just the
o2.co.uk portal.

The APN I'm using is the standard O2 PAYG one (payandgo.o2.co.uk).
Does anyone know of a proxy that I can use with my web browser, that is
accessible with the restrictions imposed by the PAYG APN, and which
allows unlimited access to the internet?

It would be great if I could access the mail.o2.co.uk POP3 account, but
from what I understand, this is reserved for subscribers to O2's Mobile
Web service, for which a contract is required.

Any thoughts, input, etc. would be much appreciated.

Regards, Duncan

I have a PAYG O2 account and can access O2Mail from mail.o2.co.uk.
Remember and ensure the username is the full email address including the
@o2.co.uk

--
Gerry (The MOTH)
"Duncan" <bduncanj@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165229019.653723.21080@79g2000cws.googlegrou ps.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm using O2 PAYG and was overjoyed to discover that the GPRS
> connection (referred to as O2 Active) is in fact limited to just the
> o2.co.uk portal.
>
> The APN I'm using is the standard O2 PAYG one (payandgo.o2.co.uk).
> Does anyone know of a proxy that I can use with my web browser, that is
> accessible with the restrictions imposed by the PAYG APN, and which
> allows unlimited access to the internet?
>
> It would be great if I could access the mail.o2.co.uk POP3 account, but
> from what I understand, this is reserved for subscribers to O2's Mobile
> Web service, for which a contract is required.
>
> Any thoughts, input, etc. would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards, Duncan
>

Gerry,

Are you able to access this through your mail client or is this a web
mail intereface?

Could you send through the GPRS APN, username and password details that
you use to connect?

Thanks, Duncan

On Dec 4, 1:13 pm, "Gerry \(The MOTH\)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote:
> I have a PAYG O2 account and can access O2Mail from mail.o2.co.uk.
> Remember and ensure the username is the full email address including the
> @o2.co.uk
>
> --
> Gerry (The MOTH)"Duncan" <bdunc...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1165229019.653723.21080@79g2000cws.goo glegroups.com...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm using O2 PAYG and was overjoyed to discover that the GPRS
> > connection (referred to as O2 Active) is in fact limited to just the
> > o2.co.uk portal.
>
> > The APN I'm using is the standard O2 PAYG one (payandgo.o2.co.uk).
> > Does anyone know of a proxy that I can use with my web browser, that is
> > accessible with the restrictions imposed by the PAYG APN, and which
> > allows unlimited access to the internet?
>
> > It would be great if I could access the mail.o2.co.uk POP3 account, but
> > from what I understand, this is reserved for subscribers to O2's Mobile
> > Web service, for which a contract is required.
>
> > Any thoughts, input, etc. would be much appreciated.
>
> > Regards, Duncan

Gerry,

Cancel that last request! Just got it working with default
payandgo.co.uk APN (user payandgo password is password).

Now, if only I could get that proxy that someone mentioned to work
giving me full access to the web..

Duncan

On Dec 4, 1:13 pm, "Gerry \(The MOTH\)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote:
> I have a PAYG O2 account and can access O2Mail from mail.o2.co.uk.
> Remember and ensure the username is the full email address including the
> @o2.co.uk
>
> --
> Gerry (The MOTH)"Duncan" <bdunc...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1165229019.653723.21080@79g2000cws.goo glegroups.com...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm using O2 PAYG and was overjoyed to discover that the GPRS
> > connection (referred to as O2 Active) is in fact limited to just the
> > o2.co.uk portal.
>
> > The APN I'm using is the standard O2 PAYG one (payandgo.o2.co.uk).
> > Does anyone know of a proxy that I can use with my web browser, that is
> > accessible with the restrictions imposed by the PAYG APN, and which
> > allows unlimited access to the internet?
>
> > It would be great if I could access the mail.o2.co.uk POP3 account, but
> > from what I understand, this is reserved for subscribers to O2's Mobile
> > Web service, for which a contract is required.
>
> > Any thoughts, input, etc. would be much appreciated.
>
> > Regards, Duncan

To follow up on my own post:

The following thread makes reference to these proxy settings, the HTTP
on 8080 works just fine in Blazer on the Treo 600:

HTTP: 193.113.200.195 port 8080
WAP: 193.113.200.195 port 8080
SOCKS: 193.113.200.195 port 1080 (not sure if this works as I've never
had to use it)

http://www.expansys.com/ft.aspx?i=10...read=150&m=614

Duncan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using O2 PAYG and was overjoyed to discover that the GPRS
> connection (referred to as O2 Active) is in fact limited to just the
> o2.co.uk portal.
>
> The APN I'm using is the standard O2 PAYG one (payandgo.o2.co.uk).
> Does anyone know of a proxy that I can use with my web browser, that is
> accessible with the restrictions imposed by the PAYG APN, and which
> allows unlimited access to the internet?
>
> It would be great if I could access the mail.o2.co.uk POP3 account, but
> from what I understand, this is reserved for subscribers to O2's Mobile
> Web service, for which a contract is required.
>
> Any thoughts, input, etc. would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards, Duncan

I know nothing about phones. But www.mail2web.com give pop3 access
through the web.
A Yahoo account may let you retreive pop3 mail from another account.
Yahoo recently discontinued pop3 access to their yahoo accoutn (Though
this is irrelevant to retreiving from another accoutn through it).

Gmail I think offer pop3, not sure. + probably retreiving from another
account. So that may be a good option . Though yahoo has some very good
features, like a web notepad.

jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Duncan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using O2 PAYG and was overjoyed to discover that the GPRS
> > connection (referred to as O2 Active) is in fact limited to just the
> > o2.co.uk portal.
> >
> > The APN I'm using is the standard O2 PAYG one (payandgo.o2.co.uk).
> > Does anyone know of a proxy that I can use with my web browser, that is
> > accessible with the restrictions imposed by the PAYG APN, and which
> > allows unlimited access to the internet?
> >
> > It would be great if I could access the mail.o2.co.uk POP3 account, but
> > from what I understand, this is reserved for subscribers to O2's Mobile
> > Web service, for which a contract is required.
> >
> > Any thoughts, input, etc. would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Regards, Duncan
>
> I know nothing about phones. But www.mail2web.com give pop3 access
> through the web.
> A Yahoo account may let you retreive pop3 mail from another account.
> Yahoo recently discontinued pop3 access to their yahoo accoutn (Though
> this is irrelevant to retreiving from another accoutn through it).
>
> Gmail I think offer pop3, not sure. + probably retreiving from another
> account. So that may be a good option . Though yahoo has some very good
> features, like a web notepad.

just reading your post again. If you can't access their pop3 server, it
amy be they haven't given you an accoutn (user/pass) on it.

Yahoo for example, nowadays, only give pop3 access to paying users, or
people that got their accoutns before they discontinued free pop3
access.

proxy server is irrelevant if this is the case. Because nobody is
blocking an ip or port. You can attempt to connect to the server you
just don't have a(well, your) user/pass on it, an account on it. you
don't have permission. You aren't being stopped by a firewall. So a
peoxy won't help.

Consider just not using you O2 address. Maybe gmail accoutns have pop3
access. Find one that does. I had a dial up account with an ISP I
don't use to connect to. And that offered me access to their pop3
server to receive email. I've used it for years. Sometimes when there
is a fault with a comp getting online, I use their dial up account But
I dont' have to. Email access with them has lasted about 10 years and
keeps going!