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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

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge +
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge +
  • 1
    Find "Email"
    • Press Apps.
    • Press Email.
  • 2
    Enter email address
    • Key in your email address.
    • If an email account has been created already, do the following instead:Press MORE. Press Settings. Press Add account. 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 ACCOUNT.
  • 5
    Enter username
    • Press the field below "User name" and key in the username for your email account.
  • 6
    Enter incoming server
    • Press the field below "POP3 server" and key in the name of your email provider's incoming server.
  • 7
    Turn off encryption of incoming email
    • Press the drop down list below "Security type".
    • Press None.
  • 8
    Enter incoming port
    • Press the field below "Port" and key in 110
  • 9
    Turn deletion of email on server on or off
    • Press the drop down list below "Delete email from server".
    • Press Never or When deleted from Inbox.
    • Press NEXT.
  • 10
    Enter outgoing server
    • Press the field below "SMTP server" and key in the name of your email provider's outgoing server.
  • 11
    Turn off encryption of outgoing email
    • Press the drop down list below "Security type".
    • Press None.
  • 12
    Enter outgoing port
    • Press the field below "Port" and key in 25
  • 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 "User name" 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
    Enter email account name
    • Press MORE.
    • Press Settings.
    • Press the name of the email account you've just set up.
    • Press Account name.
    • Key in the name and press OK.
  • 15
    Enter sender name
    • Press Your name.
    • Key in the required sender name and press OK.
  • 16
    Select setting for retrieval of new email
    • Press Sync schedule.
    • Press Set sync schedule.
    • Press Manual or the required period.
    • Press the required days below "Peak days".
    • Press the fields below "Peak time" and follow the instructions on the display to set the required times.
    • Press the Return key three times.
  • 17
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the Home key to return to the home screen.