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Set up your phone for POP3 email

If you're using a POP3 email account in your email application on your computer, you can also set it up on your phone. Follow these instructions to set up your phone for POP3 email. Remember, you need to set up your phone for internet.

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

Nokia Lumia 920
Nokia Lumia 920
Nokia Lumia 920
Nokia Lumia 920
  • 1
    Find "email+accounts"
    • Slide your finger left on the display.
    • Press Settings.
    • Press email+accounts.
  • 2
    Create new email account
    • Press add an account.
    • Press advanced setup.
  • 3
    Enter email address
    • Press the field below Email address and key in your email address.
  • 4
    Enter password
    • Press the field below Password and key in the password for your email account.
    • Press next.
  • 5
    Select account type
    • Press Internet email.
  • 6
    Enter email account name
    • Press the field below Account name and key in a name for the email account.
  • 7
    Enter sender name
    • Press the field below Your name and key in the required sender name.
  • 8
    Enter incoming server
    • Press the field below Incoming email server and key in the name of your email provider's incoming server.
  • 9
    Select server type
    • Press the field below Account type.
    • Press POP3.
  • 10
    Enter username
    • Press the field below Username and key in the username for your email account.
  • 11
    Enter outgoing server
    • Press the field below Outgoing (SMTP) email server and key in the name of your email provider's outgoing server.
  • 12
    Turn SMTP authentication on or off
    • Press Outgoing server requires authentication to turn SMTP authentication on or off.
    • When the box next to the menu item is ticked (V), SMTP authentication is turned on.
    • If you turn on SMTP authentication:
    • Follow the instructions on the display to key in the username and password for your email account.
  • 13
    Edit advanced settings
    • Press advanced settings.
  • 14
    Turn off SSL encryption
    • Press Require SSL for incoming email and Require SSL for outgoing email to turn off SSL encryption.
    • When the box next to the menu items is empty, SSL encryption is turned off.
  • 15
    Select setting for retrieving new email
    • Press the field below Download new content.
    • Press the required period or manually.
  • 16
    Select period for retrieving email
    • Press the field below Download email from.
    • Press the required period or any time.
  • 17
    Activate email account
    • Press sign in.
    • Wait while the email account is activated.
  • 18
    Exit
    • Press the Home key to return to standby mode.