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Set up your phone for web-based email

You can send and retrieve email from a web-based email account, such as Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail. Follow these instructions to set up your phone for web-based email.

Select an alternative email configuration:
- Set up your phone for PO3 email
- Set up your phone for Telstra Mail
- Set up your phone for Exchange email

Sony Xperia Z
Sony Xperia Z
Sony Xperia Z
Sony Xperia Z
  • 1
    Find "Access Point Names"
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press Settings.
    • Press More....
    • Press Mobile networks.
    • Press Access Point Names.
  • 2
    Create new data connection
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press New APN.
  • 3
    Enter data connection name
    • Press Name.
    • Key in Telstra Mail and press OK.
  • 4
    Enter APN
    • Press APN.
    • Key in telstra.wap and press OK.
    • An APN is used to establish a data connection.
  • 5
    Enter country code
    • Press MCC.
    • Key in 505 and press OK.
  • 6
    Enter network code
    • Press MNC.
    • Key in 01 and press OK.
  • 7
    Select authentication type
    • Press Authentication type.
    • Press None.
  • 8
    Select APN type
    • Press APN type.
    • Key in default and press OK.
  • 9
    Save and activate data connection
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press Save.
    • Press the field next to Telstra Mail to activate the data connection.
    • When the field is marked, the data connection is activated.
    • Press the home icon to return to standby mode.
  • 10
    Find "Email"
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press Email.
    • If email accounts have been created already, press the menu icon. Press Settings. Press ADD ACCOUNT.
  • 11
    Create new email account
    • Press Other email account.
  • 12
    Enter email address
    • Key in your email address (such as name@provider.com).
  • 13
    Enter password
    • Press Password and key in the password for your email account at your email provider.
    • Press Next.
    • The email account is created.
  • 14
    Select setting for retrieving new email
    • Press the drop down list below Inbox check frequency.
    • Press Manual or the required setting.
  • 15
    Select default email account
    • Press Send email from this account by default to select a default email account.
    • When the box next to the menu item is ticked (V), the function is turned on.
  • 16
    Turn email notification on or off
    • Press Notify me when email arrives to turn the function on or off.
    • When the box next to the menu item is ticked (V), the function is turned on.
  • 17
    Turn email synchronisation on or off
    • Press Sync email from this account to turn the function on or off.
    • When the box next to the menu item is ticked (V), the function is turned on.
    • Press Next.
  • 18
    Enter email account name
    • Key in a name for the email account.
  • 19
    Enter sender name
    • Press the field below Your name (displayed on outgoing messages) and key in the required sender name.
  • 20
    Retrieve email
    • Press Next.
    • Wait while your phone retrieves new email.
  • 21
    Exit
    • Press the home icon to return to standby mode.