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Set up your phone for POP3 email

You can set up your phone to send and receive email from your email accounts. Using POP3, your email are retrieved and stored locally on your phone and at the same time they're deleted from the server. It is therefore not possible to access your email from different devices. To set up your phone for POP3 email, 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

Slide your finger downwards starting from the top of the screen.
Press the settings icon.
Press General.
Press Accounts & sync.
Press ADD ACCOUNT.
Press E-mail.
Press Other.
Press the field below
Press the field below
Press NEXT.
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 phone.
Press POP3.
Press NEXT.
Press the field below
Press the field below
110
Press the field below
Press DELETE FROM SERVER.
Press Never to keep email on the server when you delete them on your phone.
Press When I delete from trash box to delete email on the server when you delete them on your phone.
Press NEXT.
Press the field below
Press the field below
25
Press the indicator next to
Press the field below
Press the field below
Press NEXT.
Press the field below
Press the field below
Press DONE.
Press the Home key to return to the home screen.
  • 1
    Find "Accounts & sync"
    • Slide your finger downwards starting from the top of the screen.
    • Press the settings icon.
    • Press General.
    • Press Accounts & sync.
  • 2
    Create new email account
    • Press ADD ACCOUNT.
    • Press E-mail.
    • Press Other.
  • 3
    Key in email address and password
    • Press the field below "E-MAIL ADDRESS" and key in your email address.
    • Press the field below "PASSWORD" and key in the password for your email account.
    • Press NEXT.
    • 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 phone.
  • 4
    Select server type
    • Press POP3.
    • Press NEXT.
  • 5
    Enter incoming server
    • Press the field below "POP3 SERVER" and key in the name of your email provider's incoming server.
  • 6
    Enter incoming port
    • Press the field below "PORT NUMBER" and key 110.
  • 7
    Enter username
    • Press the field below "USERNAME" and key in the username for your email account.
  • 8
    Turn deletion of email on server on or off
    • Press DELETE FROM SERVER.
    • Press Never to keep email on the server when you delete them on your phone.
    • Press When I delete from trash box to delete email on the server when you delete them on your phone.
    • Press NEXT.
  • 9
    Enter outgoing server
    • Press the field below "SMTP SERVER" and key in the name of your email provider's outgoing server.
  • 10
    Enter outgoing port
    • Press the field below "PORT NUMBER" and key 25.
  • 11
    Turn on SMTP authentication
    • Press the indicator next to "Sign-in required" to turn on the function.
    • Press the field below "USERNAME" and key in the username for your email account.
    • Press the field below "PASSWORD" and key in the password for your email account.
    • Press NEXT.
  • 12
    Enter email account name
    • Press the field below "ACCOUNT NAME" and key in the required name.
  • 13
    Key in sender name
    • Press the field below "YOUR NAME" and key in the required sender name.
    • Press DONE.
  • 14
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the Home key to return to the home screen.