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Set up your mobile phone for IMAP email
You can set up your mobile phone to send and receive email from your email accounts. Using IMAP, your email are kept on the server and are synchronised between all of your devices. It is therefore possible to access your email from different devices. Before you can set up your mobile phone for IMAP email, you need to set up your mobile phone for internet.
Find "Accounts"
Create new email account
Select server type
Enter email address
Enter password
Enter username
Enter incoming server
Enter incoming port number
Turn off encryption of incoming email
Turn off SMTP authentication
Enter outgoing server
Enter outgoing port number
Turn off encryption of outgoing email
Select setting for retrieval of new email
Turn email notifications on or off
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 (IMAP).
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 143.
Tap the drop down list below "Security type".
Tap None to turn off the function.
Tap NEXT.
Tap the indicator next to "Require sign-in" to turn off the function.
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 NEXT.
Tap the drop down list below "Sync frequency:".
Tap the required setting.
Tap the field next to "Notify me when emails arrive" to turn the function on or off.
Tap the field next to "Sync email for 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.
Slide your finger upwards starting from the bottom of the screen to return to the home screen.
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