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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 "Manage 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 and backup.


Tap Manage 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.


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.


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 the field below "Your name" and key in the required sender name.


Tap NEXT.


Tap the Home key to return to the home screen.