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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.
List view
Find "Passwords & accounts"
Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top the screen.
Tap the settings icon.
Tap Passwords & accounts.
Create new email account
Tap Add account.
Select server type
Tap Personal (POP3).
Enter email address
Tap the field below "Enter your email address" and key in your email address.
Tap NEXT.
Enter password
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.
Enter username
Tap the field below "Username" and key in the username for your email account.
Enter incoming server
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.
mail.optusnet.com.au
Enter incoming port number
Tap the field below "Port" and key in 110.
110
Turn off encryption of incoming email
Tap the drop down list below "Security type".
Tap None.
Turn deletion of email on server on or off
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.
Turn off SMTP authentication
Tap the indicator next to "Require sign-in" to turn off the function.
Enter outgoing server
Tap the field below "SMTP server" and key in smtp.optusnet.com.au.
smtp.optusnet.com.au
Enter outgoing port number
Tap the field below "Port" and key in 25.
25
Turn off encryption of outgoing email
Tap the drop down list below "Security type".
Tap None.
Tap NEXT.
Select setting for retrieval of new email
Tap the drop down list below "Sync frequency:".
Tap the required setting.
Turn email notifications on or off
Tap the field next to "Notify me when emails arrive" to turn the function on or off.
Turn on email synchronisation
Tap the field next to "Sync email for this account" to turn on the function.
Tap NEXT.
Enter account name
Tap the field below "Account name (optional)" and key in the required name.
Enter sender name
Tap Your name and key in the required sender name.
Tap NEXT.
Return to the home screen
Slide your finger upwards starting from the bottom of the screen to return to the home screen.
mail.optusnet.com.au
mail.optusnet.com.au
110
110
smtp.optusnet.com.au
smtp.optusnet.com.au
25
25