Huawei P9

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Set up your phone for Telstra Mail

You can set up your phone to send and receive email from your Telstra email account. Remember, you need to set up your phone for internet and create a Telstra email account.
Select an alternative email configuration:
- Set up your phone for POP3 email
- Set up your phone for Exchange email

Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen.

Press the settings icon.

Press Accounts.

Press Add account.

Press Email.

Press Email address and key in your Telstra email address.

Press Password and key in the password for your Telstra email account.

Press Next.

Press IMAP.

Press the field below

Press the field below

imap.telstra.com

Press the field below

993

Press the drop down list below

Press SSL/TLS to turn on the function.

Press the drop down list below

Press Never to keep email on the server when you delete them on your phone.

Press When I delete from Inbox to delete email on the server when you delete them on your phone.

Press Next.

Press the field below

smtp.telstra.com

Press the field below

465

Press Security type.

Press SSL/TLS to turn on the function.

Press Require sign-in to turn on the function.

Press the field below

Press the field next to

Press Next.

Press Sync frequency.

Press the required setting.

Press Notify me when email arrives to turn the function on or off.

Press Sync email from this account to turn the function on or off.

Press Next.

Press the Home key to return to the home screen.

1
Find "Accounts"
- Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen.
- Press the settings icon.
- Press Accounts.
2
Create new email account
- Press Add account.
- Press Email.
3
Enter email address
- Press Email address and key in your Telstra email address.
  E.g. user@bigpond.com, user@bigpond.net.au or user@telstra.com.
4
Enter password
- Press Password and key in the password for your Telstra email account.
- Press Next.
5
Select account type
- Press IMAP.
6
Enter username
- Press the field below "Username" and key in the username for your Telstra email account.
  The username for your Telstra email account is your email address, e.g. user@bigpond.com, user@bigpond.net.au or user@telstra.com.
7
Enter incoming server
- Press the field below "Server" and key in imap.telstra.com.
8
Enter incoming port
- Press the field below "Port" and key in 993.
9
Turn on encryption of incoming email
- Press the drop down list below "Security type".
- Press SSL/TLS to turn on the function.
10
Turn deletion of email on server on or off
- Press the drop down list below "Delete email from server".
- Press Never to keep email on the server when you delete them on your phone.
- Press When I delete from Inbox to delete email on the server when you delete them on your phone.
- Press Next.
11
Enter outgoing server
- Press the field below "SMTP server" and key in smtp.telstra.com.
12
Enter outgoing port
- Press the field below "Port" and key in 465.
13
Turn on encryption of outgoing email
- Press Security type.
- Press SSL/TLS to turn on the function.
14
Turn on SMTP authentication
- Press Require sign-in to turn on the function.
- Press the field below "Username" and key in the username for your Telstra email account.
  The username for your Telstra email account is your email address, e.g. user@bigpond.com, user@bigpond.net.au or user@telstra.com.
- Press the field next to "Password" and key in the password for your Telstra email account.
- Press Next.
15
Select settings for retrieval of new email
- Press Sync frequency.
- Press the required setting.
16
Turn email notifications 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
Return to the home screen
- Press the Home key to return to the home screen.