Do you have GPRS service activated?
If not, then there would be no purpose of sending the file to email. Ok you're thinking that the phone should flash on the screen "One Email Message Received". Usually, that's not possible, except for phones with email clients built in.
:looks towards the 6800, T310, p900 etc:
If GPRS is activated then you should not have a problem accessing mail through them. Note: Hotmail is not accessible through WAP, but yahoo(i think), rediffmail(that's www.rediff.com on PC and http://rediff.com on cell), and indiatimesmail(www.indiatimes.com on PC and http://indiatimes.com on cell). You need the PC to signup(obvious!), and send the actual mail.
Why can't you check mail there? If WoG(that's Wap over Gprs) is active then theoretically (and practically) you can check mail anywhere in the world.