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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.
List view
1. Find "Email"
Tap Apps.
Tap Email.
2. Enter email address
Key in your email address.
If an email account has been created already, do the following instead:
Tap MORE.
Tap Settings.
Tap Add account.
Key in your email address.
Tap MORE.
Tap Settings.
Tap Add account.
Key in your email address.
3. 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.
4. Select server type
Tap POP3 ACCOUNT.
5. Enter username
Tap the field below "User name" and key in the username for your email account.
6. Enter incoming server
Tap the field below "POP3 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.
7. Turn off encryption of incoming email
Tap the drop down list below "Security type".
Tap None.
8. Enter incoming port
Tap the field below "Port" and key in 110
9. Turn deletion of email on server on or off
Tap the drop down list below "Delete email from server".
Tap Never or When deleted from Inbox.
Tap NEXT.
10. Enter outgoing server
Tap the field below "SMTP server" and key in smtp.optusnet.com.au
11. Turn off encryption of outgoing email
Tap the drop down list below "Security type".
Tap None.
12. Enter outgoing port
Tap the field below "Port" and key in 25
13. Turn off SMTP authentication
Tap Require sign-in until the function is turned off.
Tap NEXT.
14. Enter email account name
Tap MORE.
Tap Settings.
Tap the name of the email account you've just set up.
Tap Account name.
Key in the required name of the email account and tap OK.
15. Enter sender name
Tap Your name.
Key in the required sender name and tap OK.
16. Select settings for retrieval of new email
Tap Sync schedule.
Tap Set sync schedule.
Tap Manual or the required period.
Tap the required days below "Peak days".
Tap the fields below "Peak time" and follow the instructions on the display to set the required times.
Tap the Return key three times.
17. Return to the home screen
Tap the Home key to return to the home screen.
Key in your email address.
If an email account has been created already, do the following instead:
Tap MORE.
Tap Settings.
Tap Add account.
Key in your email address.
Tap MORE.
Tap Settings.
Tap Add account.
Key in your email address.
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