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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.
Find "Accounts"
Create new email account
Enter email address
Enter password
Select server type
Enter username
Enter incoming server
Turn off encryption of incoming email
Enter incoming port number
Turn deletion of email on server on or off
Enter incoming server
Turn off encryption of outgoing email
Enter outgoing port number
Turn off SMTP authentication
Return to the home screen
Find "Email"
Turn on email synchronisation
Enter account name
Enter sender name
Select settings for retrieval of new email
Return to the home screen
Slide your finger downwards starting from the top of the screen.
Tap the settings icon.
Tap Accounts.
Tap Add account.
Tap Email.
Tap Email address and key in your email address.
Tap Password and key in the password for your email account.
Tap SIGN IN.
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 POP3 ACCOUNT.
Tap the field below "User name" and key in the username for your email account.
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.
Tap the drop down list below "Security type".
Tap None to turn off the function.
Tap the field below "Port" and key in 110.
Tap the drop down list below "Delete email from server".
Tap Never to keep email on the server when deleting them on your mobile phone.
Tap When deleted from Inbox to delete email on the server when deleting them on your mobile phone.
Tap the field below "POP3 server" and key in smtp.optusnet.com.au.
Tap the drop down list below "Security type".
Tap None to turn off the function.
Tap the field below "Port" and key in 25.
Tap Authentication required before sending emails to turn off the function.
Tap SIGN IN to turn off the function.
Tap the Home key to return to the home screen.
Tap Apps.
Tap Samsung.
Tap Email.
Tap MORE.
Tap Settings.
Tap the required email account.
Tap Sync account to turn on the function.
Tap Account name and key in the required name.
Tap OK.
Tap Your name and key in your name.
Tap OK.
Tap Sync schedule.
Tap Set sync schedule.
Tap the required setting.
Tap the Home key to return to the home screen.
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