How to set up email on Android

♦ Replace example.com with your domain name

Note: Your mail application’s display screens may differ to the screenshots below.

First, check your password

Add your mail account

  1. Launch your mail application by selecting the mail icon from your applications screen.

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  1. Enter the email address and email password and then choose Manual Setup.

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  1. Choose your preferred account type: POP or IMAP (default)

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  1. The programme may try to connect to the server, but will fail – you will need to add the full email address as User Name.

Enter the Incoming server settings:

  • POP/IMAP server is mail. followed by the domain name e.g. mail.example.com*
  • The security type is SSL/TLS
  • Port is 993 for IMAP or 995 for POP
  • Select Next

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  1. Enter all the Outgoing server settings:
  • SMTP server is smtp. followed by the domain name e.g. smtp.example.com*
  • Security type is SSL/TLS
  • Port is 465
  • Select Next

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  1. Wait while your settings are tested
  2. Adjust the additional Account Options as preferred
  3. Specify an optional account name (for your reference only), and enter the name you wish to be displayed on outgoing mail, then select Done

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  1. The account has been set up successfully and your messages will now be downloaded