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Nokia Lumia 820
How to
Setting up my mobile phone for email
Want to set up your mobile phone for email? Follow these easy instructions.
List view
1. Find "email+accounts"
Slide your finger left on the display.
Tap Settings.
Tap Settings.
Tap email+accounts.
2. Create new email account
Tap add an account.
Tap the required provider.
If your email provider isn't on the list:
Tap advanced setup.
Tap advanced setup.
3. Enter email address
Tap the field below Email address and key in your email address.
4. Enter password
Tap the field below Password and key in the password for your email account.
Tap next.
5. Select option
If this image is displayed:
Follow steps 6 through 11.
Follow steps 6 through 11.
If this image is displayed:
Follow steps 12 through 25.
Follow steps 12 through 25.
6. Select synchronisation
Tap Email only or Email, contacts and calendar.
Tap sign in.
7. Edit email account settings
Tap the email account you've just set up.
8. Enter email account name
Tap the field below Account name and key in a name for the email account.
9. Select setting for retrieving new email
Tap the field below Download new content.
Tap the required period or manually.
10. Select period for retrieving email
Tap the field below Download email from.
Tap the required period or any time.
11. Save and exit
Tap the confirm icon.
Tap the Home key to return to standby mode.
12. Select account type
Tap Internet email.
13. Enter email account name
Tap the field below Account name and key in a name for the email account.
14. Enter sender name
Tap the field below Your name and key in the required sender name.
15. Enter incoming server
Tap the field below Incoming email 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.
If Optus is your email provider, key in mail.optusnet.com.au as your incoming server.
16. Select server type
Tap the field below Account type.
Tap POP3.
17. Enter username
Tap the field below Username and key in the username for your email account.
18. Enter outgoing server
Tap the field below Outgoing (SMTP) email server and key in smtp.optusnet.com.au
19. Turn off SMTP authentication
Tap Outgoing server requires authentication to turn off SMTP authentication.
When the box next to the menu item is empty, SMTP authentication is turned off.
20. Edit advanced settings
Tap advanced settings.
21. Turn off SSL encryption
Tap Require SSL for incoming email and Require SSL for outgoing email to turn off SSL encryption.
When the boxes next to the menu items are empty, SMTP authentication is turned off.
22. Select setting for retrieving new email
Tap the field below Download new content.
Tap the required period or manually.
23. Select period for retrieving email
Tap the field below Download email from.
Tap the required period or any time.
24. Activate email account
Tap sign in.
Wait a moment while your email account is activated.
Wait a moment while your email account is activated.
25. Exit
Tap the Home key to return to standby mode.
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