POP3 Email Access on 02 PAYG SIM?

#1 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 05:15 AM

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

#2 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 06:37 AM

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

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<section.xiv@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>

#3 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 07:21 AM

section.xiv@ntlworld.com writes:

> 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?
>
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.

#4 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 07:24 AM

section.xiv@ntlworld.com wrote:
> 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
>

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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Dave C

#5 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 08:07 AM

Hi,

Dave C wrote:

> 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.

#6 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 09:54 AM

section.xiv@ntlworld.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Dave C wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
Doesn't that only work if you access sites through google ,which can be
a bit limiting.

--
Dave C

#7 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 10:23 AM

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

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

David

#8 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 07:01 AM

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

> 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

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

#9 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 04:11 PM

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