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Set up your phone for email

You can set up your phone to send and receive email from your email accounts, such as Gmail or email accounts using your own email provider. Remember, you need to set up your phone for internet.

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

Huawei Ascend Y300
Huawei Ascend Y300
Huawei Ascend Y300
Huawei Ascend Y300
Huawei Ascend Y300
Huawei Ascend Y300
  • 1
    Find "Others"
    • Press Email.
    • Press Others.
    • If an email account has been created already, do the following instead:Press the Menu key. Press Settings. Press ADD ACCOUNT. Press Others.
  • 2
    Enter email address
    • Key in your email address.
  • 3
    Enter password
    • Press Password and key in the password for your email account.
    • Press 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
    • Press POP3.
  • 5
    Enter username
    • Key in the username for your email account.
  • 6
    Enter incoming server
    • Press the field below "POP3 server" and key in the name of your email provider's incoming server.
  • 7
    Enter incoming port
    • Press the field below "Port" and key in 110
  • 8
    Turn off encryption of incoming email
    • Press the drop down list below "Security type".
    • Press None.
  • 9
    Turn deletion of email on server on or off
    • Press the drop down list below "Delete email from server".
    • Press Never or When I delete from Inbox.
    • Press Next.
  • 10
    Enter outgoing server
    • Key in the name of your email provider's outgoing server.
  • 11
    Enter outgoing port
    • Press the field below "Port" and key in 25
  • 12
    Turn off encryption of outgoing email
    • Press the drop down list below "Security type".
    • Press None.
  • 13
    Turn SMTP authentication on or off
    • Press Require sign-in to turn the function on or off.
    • If you turn on SMTP authentication:
    • Press the field below "Username" and key in your username for your email provider's outgoing server.
    • Press the field below "Password" and key in your password for your email provider's outgoing server.
    • Press Next.
  • 14
    Select setting for retrieval of new email
    • Press the drop down list below "Inbox checking frequency".
    • Press Never or the required period.
  • 15
    Turn use of default email account on or off
    • Press Send email from this account by default to turn the function on or off.
  • 16
    Turn email notification on or off
    • Press Notify me when email arrives to turn the function on or off.
  • 17
    Turn email synchronisation on or off
    • Press Sync email from this account to turn the function on or off.
    • Press Next.
  • 18
    Enter sender name
    • Key in the required sender name.
  • 19
    Enter email account name
    • Press the field below "Give this account a name (optional)" and key in the required name.
  • 20
    Finish setup
    • Press Next.
    • Wait while your phone retrieves new email.
  • 21
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the Home key to return to the home screen.