Nokia 9210 Communicator - <$nopage>Short messages, <Emphasis>See <Default Para Font> SMS

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Tip: You can zoom in the

SMS editor. Press the Menu
key and select View > Zoom
> Zoom in or Zoom out

2 Press Recipient to select the recipient, or type the number directly into the

header of the message.

3 Press the Arrows key to move down to the message field and write the short

message.
To view the lenght of the current message, press the Menu key and select View
> Message length.

Tip: To define a specific

date and time when the
short message will be sent,
select Scheduled in the Send
short message option.

4 If you wish to adjust the sending options of the short message, press Sending

options. A dialog with two pages, Sending options and Advanced opens. For
details, see SMS settings on page 185.

5 Press Send.

To receive and read short messages

Tip: Your Inbox shows

the date of received short
messages and the time of
the short messages received
on the current day. To view
when it was sent, open the
message in the SMS viewer.

Short messages are received automatically, provided that this service is available
and that the phone is on and within network coverage.

When a new short message arrives, a tone will sound - unless the device is set to
a silent profile - and an information note is shown on the display.

The SMS viewer shows the message in a read-only state, which means that you
cannot edit it.

Tip: To create a contact

card of the sender of a short
message, press the Menu
key and select Tools > Add to
Contacts….

Received short messages can also contain some special text strings such as URLs.
If a URL is highlighted when you move the cursor over it, you can open the
corresponding link by pressing Go to.

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To reply to short messages

Tip: When replying to a

message, you can choose
whether you want the text
of the received message to
be in the reply. Select No in
Include original in reply in
SMS settings to minimise
the length of the reply.

Select the message, press Reply and write another short message.

If the received message has a reply path, the note Reply via same centre is shown in
the header of the message.

Short messages on the SIM card

To move and copy messages from the SIM card to the Inbox, press the Menu key
and select Receive > Short message > SIM messages. To move, copy or delete
messages, press the corresponding command button.

SMS settings

Any changes you make to SMS settings affect the way in which your short
messages are sent and received.

1 Press the Menu key in the main view of Messaging and select Tools > Account

settings….

2 Select Short message and press Edit. A dialog with two pages opens. Define the

following:

Settings page

Press Service centres, which opens a dialog where you can define new message
centres, as well as edit and delete existing ones. All message centres are listed by
name and number.

Service centre in use: Defines the service centre that is used for delivering the short

messages.

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Tip: To open the system

log, press the Menu key and
select Tools > Log.

Delivery report: When this network service is set to Yes, the status of the sent

message (Pending, failed, Delivered) is shown in the system log. When set
to No, only the status sent is shown in the system log.

Delivery report: You can select when you wish the message to be sent. The options

are Immediately/Upon request/Scheduled. When Scheduled is selected, you
must define a Date.

Validity period: If the recipient of a message cannot be reached within the specified

validity period, the message is removed from the short message service
centre. If Maximum is chosen, the validity period is set to the maximum
value allowed by the message centre. Note that the network must support
this feature. The options are 1 hour/6 hours/1 day/1 week/Maximum.

Advanced page

Reply via same centre: This network service allows the recipient of your short

message to reply using your message centre. By setting this option to Yes,
if the recipient replies to your message, the return message is sent using
the same service centre number. This requires that the recipient subscribe
to the Short Message Service, is able to a reply to a message, and uses a
device which supports this feature. Note also that the network must
support this feature.

Include original in reply: Specifies whether text in the received short message is

quoted when you make a reply. If set to Yes, the contents of the message
body are copied to a new short message.

Concatenation: If set to No, messages longer than 160 characters are sent as

several short messages. If set to Yes, messages that are longer than 160
characters are sent as several messages, but if the recipient has a Nokia
communicator, the messages are received as one long message.