Set up your phone for IMAP email

You can set up your phone to send and receive email from your email accounts. Using IMAP, your email are kept on the server and are synchronised between all of your devices. It is therefore possible to access your email from different devices. To set up your phone for IMAP 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 POP3 email

Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen.
Press the settings icon.
Press Users & Accounts.
Press Add Account.
Press IMAP/POP3.
Press the field below
Press Account Password and key in the password for your email account.
Press Sign In.
Press Sender Name and key in the required sender name.
Press OK.
Press Done.
Slide your finger right starting from the left side of the screen.
Press Settings.
Press Notifications.
Press the indicator next to
Press the Return key.
Press the required email account.
Press Account and key in the required name.
Press OK.
Press Sync Frequency.
Press the required setting.
Press Manual Setup.
Press Advanced Settings.
Press Username and key in the username for your email account.
Press Incoming Server and key in the name of your email provider's incoming server.
Press Port and key in 143.
143
Press Outgoing Server and key in the name of your email provider's outgoing server.
Press Port and key in 25.
25
Press Username and key in the username for your email provider's outgoing server.
Press Password and key in the password for your email provider's outgoing server.
Press Sign In.
Press the Home key to return to the home screen.
  • 1
    Find "Users & Accounts"
    • Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen.
    • Press the settings icon.
    • Press Users & Accounts.
  • 2
    Create new email account
    • Press Add Account.
  • 3
    Select server type
    • Press IMAP/POP3.
  • 4
    Enter email address
    • Press the field below "Email Account" and key in your email address.
  • 5
    Enter password
    • Press Account Password and key in the password for your email account.
    • Press Sign In.
  • 6
    Key in sender name
    • Press Sender Name and key in the required sender name.
    • Press OK.
    • Press Done.
  • 7
    Turn email notifications on or off
    • Slide your finger right starting from the left side of the screen.
    • Press Settings.
    • Press Notifications.
    • Press the indicator next to "Allow Notifications" to turn the function on or off.
    • Press the Return key.
  • 8
    Enter email account name
    • Press the required email account.
    • Press Account and key in the required name.
    • Press OK.
  • 9
    Select setting for retrieval of new email
    • Press Sync Frequency.
    • Press the required setting.
  • 10
    Enter username
    • Press Manual Setup.
    • Press Advanced Settings.
    • Press Username and key in the username for your email account.
  • 11
    Enter incoming server
    • Press Incoming Server and key in the name of your email provider's incoming server.
  • 12
    Enter incoming port
    • Press Port and key in 143.
  • 13
    Enter outgoing server
    • Press Outgoing Server and key in the name of your email provider's outgoing server.
  • 14
    Enter outgoing port
    • Press Port and key in 25.
  • 15
    Turn on SMTP authentication
    • Press Username and key in the username for your email provider's outgoing server.
    • Press Password and key in the password for your email provider's outgoing server.
    • Press Sign In.
  • 16
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the Home key to return to the home screen.