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Samsung Galaxy J1

Android 5.1.1
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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 your finger 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 MANUAL SETUP.
Press IMAP ACCOUNT.
Press the field below
Press the field below
imap.telstra.com
Press the drop down list below
Press SSL to turn on the function.
Press the field below
993
Press NEXT.
Press the field below
smtp.telstra.com
Press the drop down list below
Press SSL to turn on the function.
Press the field below
465
Press Require sign-in to turn on the function.
Press the field below
Press the field below
Press NEXT.
Press the Home key to return to the home screen.
  • 1
    Find "Accounts"
    • Slide your finger 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 MANUAL SETUP.
  • 5
    Select server type
    • Press IMAP ACCOUNT.
  • 6
    Enter username
    • Press the field below "User name" 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 "IMAP server" and key in imap.telstra.com.
  • 8
    Turn on encryption of incoming email
    • Press the drop down list below "Security type".
    • Press SSL to turn on the function.
  • 9
    Enter incoming port
    • Press the field below "Port" and key in 993.
    • Press NEXT.
  • 10
    Enter outgoing server
    • Press the field below "SMTP server" and key in smtp.telstra.com.
  • 11
    Turn on encryption of outgoing email
    • Press the drop down list below "Security type".
    • Press SSL to turn on the function.
  • 12
    Enter outgoing port
    • Press the field below "Port" and key in 465.
  • 13
    Turn on SMTP authentication
    • Press Require sign-in to turn on the function.
    • Press the field below "User name" 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 below "Password" and key in the password for your Telstra email account.
    • Press NEXT.
  • 14
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the Home key to return to the home screen.