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Setting up my mobile phone for email
Want to set up your mobile phone for email? It's easy, but remember you need to set up your mobile phone for internet before you can use this function.
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1. Find "Mail"
Tap the menu icon.
Tap Mail.
2. Create new email account
Tap the required provider or Other (POP3/IMAP).
If an email account has been created already, do the following instead:
Tap the menu icon.
Tap Add account.
Tap the required provider or Other (POP3/IMAP).
Tap the menu icon.
Tap Add account.
Tap the required provider or Other (POP3/IMAP).
3. Enter email address
Key in your email address.
4. Enter password
Tap Password and key in the password for your email account.
If the display tells you that your email account has been set up, follow the instructions on the display to select more settings and finish the setup.
Tap NEXT.
If the display tells you that your email account has been set up, follow the instructions on the display to select more settings and finish the setup.
5. Select server type
Tap the field below "PROTOCOL".
Tap POP.
6. Enter username
Key in the username for your email account.
7. Enter incoming server
Tap the field below "POP SERVER" and key in the name or IP address of your email provider's incoming server.
If Optus is your email provider, key in mail.optusnet.com.au as your incoming server.
If Optus is your email provider, key in mail.optusnet.com.au as your incoming server.
8. Turn off encryption of incoming email
Tap the field below "SECURITY TYPE".
Tap None.
9. Enter incoming port
Tap the field below "SERVER PORT" and key in 110
Tap NEXT.
10. Turn off SMTP authentication
Tap Login required until the function is turned off.
11. Enter outgoing server
Tap the field below "SMTP SERVER" and key in smtp.optusnet.com.au
12. Turn off encryption of outgoing email
Tap the field below "SECURITY TYPE".
Tap None.
13. Enter outgoing port
Tap the field below "SERVER PORT" and key in 25
Tap NEXT.
14. Enter account name
Key in the required name.
15. Enter sender name
Tap the field below "YOUR NAME" and key in the required sender name.
16. Finish setup
Tap FINISH SETUP.
Wait while your mobile phone retrieves new email.
Wait while your mobile phone retrieves new email.
17. Select setting for peak schedule synchronisation
Tap the menu icon.
Tap Settings.
Tap Sync, Send & Receive.
Tap Peak time sync.
Tap Smart Sync, Manual or the required interval.
18. Select setting for off-peak schedule synchronisation
Tap Off-peak sync.
Tap Smart Sync, Manual or the required interval.
19. Select period for synchronisation of email
Tap Download options.
Tap the required setting.
Tap the return icon several times to return to the inbox.
20. Return to the home screen
Tap the home icon to return to the home screen.