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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

LG Nexus 5
LG Nexus 5
  • 1
    Open the email application
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press Email.
  • 2
    Enter email address
    • Press Email address and key in your email address.
    • If an email account has been created already, do the following instead:Press the menu icon. Press Settings. Press ADD ACCOUNT. Press Email address and 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
    • Press the field below "Username" and key in the username for your email account.
  • 6
    Enter incoming server
    • Press the field below "Server" and key in the name or the IP address 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
    • Press the field below "SMTP server" and key in the name or IP address 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.
    • Press Next.
  • 15
    Enter email account name
    • Press the field below "Give this account a name (optional)" and key in the required name.
  • 16
    Enter sender name
    • Press the field below "Your name (displayed on outgoing messages)" and key in the required sender name.
  • 17
    Finish setup
    • Press Next.
    • Wait while your phone retrieves new email.
  • 18
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the home icon to return to the home screen.