I tried several different options and plugins to try and fix this I even tried resorting to using a plugin to allow SMTP to send the notifications but none of them worked.

I then read this thread over on the WordPress support forums and on page 4, thanks to teknics there is a fix that worked instantly for me. Just a simple addition to my .htaccess file was all that was needed, if you alread have a .htaccess in place please be careful not to mess up anything else in the file as it could prevent your site from working.
Just adding the following line to the end of the .htaccess file was all that was needed:

php_value mail.force_extra_parameters '-f webmaster@example.com'

I have checked the earlier email notifications I received before it all stopped working and my return path was listed as apache@iomart.com (where iomart are my host, aka Easyspace), after adding the line above to my .htaccess file my return path is now showing as webmaster@example.com and notifications are working ok. I’ve since it to be my actual email address of my account I use for my WordPress profile to keep things tidy and all is working well.

UPDATE - Several wordpress updates later and I stopped receiving notifications again and couldn’t figure out why. In Googling the problem I came across my own bloody blog entry and after removing the line above from my .htaccess file it all works again. So if you added the line above to your .htaccess file REMOVE IT if you’ve updated your WordPress installation.

I’m not sure why this works exactly but if you can shed any light on why forcing an extra parameter suddenly gets things working please do so in a comment below.

The email application on most modern Nokia phones is seldom used by many, mainly because when you first try to access it you’ll be presented with an error message saying email not setup. This is where several people give up and assume it’s an upcoming or discontinued feature.

All you need to do though is find out a few email settings from your email service provider and head over to Nokia.com and run through the email settings wizard. After a series of questions about your email account it will then send the settings to your phone free of charge and presto….your email is working. The online wizard at Nokia (click here) has default settings for hundreds of providers, hotmail, gmail, freeserver, demon, aol, bt, etc but should you have your own email host or use an exchange server like me then you need to enter your own custom settings. This can be done with another free program from Nokia which you can download here http://europe.nokia.com/A4144922. Simply enter your IMAP/POP host, username, password, etc and it then sends the settings to the phone via cable or bluetooth.

What’s the point in all this….well once you’ve got the email app setup and running you now have the ability to create a new email message and attach an image from your phones gallery. Unlike sending to an email address via MMS, the image will not be reduced in size and you will also not get charged for sending an MMS, however you may be charged for GPRS data usage if you don’t have any free MBs of data.

NOTE – The above also relies on you having GPRS connectivity setup on your phone, if you can browse WAP pages then don’t worry it’s already setup. If you cannot browse wap pages then again head to Nokia’s site and run the wizard to have your settings sent to your for free, all UK mobile providers (vodafone, O2, t-mobile, Orange, Virgin) are in there.