Warid has announced Warid SMS Email service which enables users to send and receive emails any time on their mobile phones without connecting to internet. Through this service, users can get emails instantly from popular email accounts such as Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail. This user-friendly service manages up to 5 email accounts and can be used on all handsets. All new e-mails will be pushed to your phone instantly as e-mail alerts. Users can send the email only from one account but the recipient will get the email from their own account.
The subscription charges are Rs. 25+tax per month and SMS charges are Rs 0.50+tax. The service shall be available for both Warid postpaid and prepaid users.
Subscription:
Write “Sub” and send it to 2200. You will receive a thank you message for subscribing to Warid SMS Email along with an additional message for options of adding email accounts, “Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail”. Reply to the SMS choosing the desired email service by sending ‘1’, ‘2’ or ‘3’ at 2200. Once you receive a confirmation message, reply with User ID and Password. Once the username and password have been verified, user account will be configured against the respective Warid number.
For online subscription login to Warid’s website and enter your Warid’s number in the following format 92321XXXXXXX and click on “Submit” to get subscribed. You will receive a message on your mobile to register for this service from 2200. In order to retrieve the password against the web portal via SMS, click on “Retrieve password by SMS” located on the homepage.
How to manage the email account:
Subscribers will also be provided with a web account at which you can manage your email accounts. To compose an email write COMPOSE<space><recipient’s email address><space><text> and send it as an SMS to 2200. To reply to an email write Reply<space><text> and send it as an SMS to 2200. To forward an email write Forward<space>< recipient’s email address> and send it as an SMS to 2200. To enable email alerts write “Enable” and send it as an SMS to 2200. To disable email alerts write “Disable” and send it as an SMS to 2200. To view all available commands against the SMS Email, type “Help” and send it as an SMS to 2200. To check the status of your subscription type “Account” and send it as an SMS to 2200. In order to delete an e-mail account, simply send “Delete” to 2200. You will receive an SMS with configured for you on your mobile number. Reply with desired e-mail account to be deleted.
After configuration of your Gmail account, you have to follow the below mentioned procedure:
Go to your Gmail Inbox
Click on “Settings”
Click on “Forwarding and POP/IMAP”
Check “Enable POP for mail that arrives from now” option
Click on “Save changes”
