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Set up your mobile phone for POP3 email
You can set up your mobile phone to send and receive email from your email accounts. Using POP3, your email are retrieved and stored locally on your mobile phone and at the same time they're deleted from the server. It is therefore not possible to access your email from different devices. Before you can set up your mobile phone for POP3 email, you need to set up your mobile phone for internet.
Find "Accounts"
Create new email account
Enter email address
Enter password
Enter username
Enter incoming server
Enter incoming port number
Turn off encryption of incoming email
Turn deletion of email on server on or off
Enter incoming server
Enter outgoing port number
Turn off encryption of outgoing email
Turn off SMTP authentication
Select setting for retrieval of new email
Select notification for new email
Turn on email synchronisation
Enter account name
Enter sender name
Return to the home screen
Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top the screen.
Tap the settings icon.
Tap Accounts.
Tap Add account.
Tap Personal (POP3).
Tap the field below "Enter your email address" and key in your email address.
Tap NEXT.
Tap the field below "Password" and key in the password for your email account.
Tap NEXT.
If this screen is displayed, you email account has been recognised and set up automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen to key in more information and finish setting up your mobile phone.
Tap the field below "USERNAME" and key in the username for your email account.
Tap the field below "SERVER" and key in the name of your email provider's incoming server. If Optus is your email provider, key in mail.optusnet.com.au as your incoming server.
Tap the field below "PORT" and key in 110.
Tap the drop down list below "SECURITY TYPE".
Tap None to turn off the function.
Tap the drop down list below "Delete emails from server".
Tap Never to keep email on the server when deleting them on your mobile phone.
Tap When I delete from Inbox to delete email on the server when deleting them on your mobile phone.
Tap NEXT.
Tap the field below "SMTP SERVER" and key in smtp.optusnet.com.au.
Tap the field below "PORT" and key in 25.
Tap the drop down list below "SECURITY TYPE".
Tap None to turn off the function.
Tap Require sign-in to turn off the function.
Tap NEXT.
Tap the drop down list below "Sync frequency".
Tap the required setting.
Tap Notify me when emails arrive to turn the function on or off.
Tap Sync emails from this account to turn on the function.
Tap NEXT.
Tap the field below "Account name (optional)" and key in the required name.
Tap Your name and key in the required sender name.
Tap NEXT.
Tap the Home key to return to the home screen.
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