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Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7

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Set up your tablet for Telstra Mail

You can set up your tablet to send and receive email from your Telstra email account. Remember, you need to set up your tablet for internet and create a Telstra email account.

Select an alternative email configuration:
Set up your tablet for email
- Set up your tablet for Exchange email

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7
  • 1
    Find "Email"
    • Press Apps.
    • Press Email.
  • 2
    Enter email address
    • Key in your Telstra email address.
    • E.g. user@bigpond.com, user@bigpond.net.au or user@telstra.com.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 Telstra email account.
    • Press MANUAL SETUP.
  • 4
    Select server type
    • Press IMAP ACCOUNT.
  • 5
    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.
  • 6
    Enter incoming server
    • Press the field below "IMAP server" and key in imap.telstra.com
  • 7
    Turn off encryption of incoming email
    • Press the drop down list below "Security type".
    • Press SSL (Accept all certificates).
  • 8
    Enter incoming port
    • Press the field below "Port" and key in 993
  • 9
    Enter outgoing server
    • Press the field below "SMTP server" and key in smtp.telstra.com
  • 10
    Turn off encryption of outgoing email
    • Press the drop down list below "Security type".
    • Press SSL (Accept all certificates).
  • 11
    Enter outgoing port
    • Press the field below "Port" and key in 465
  • 12
    Turn on SMTP authentication
    • Press Authentication required before sending emails until the display tells you that the function is turned on.
    • Press the field below "User name" and key in the username for your Telstra email account.
    • Press the field below "Password" and key in the password for your Telstra email account.
    • Press SIGN IN.
    • The username for your Telstra email account is your email address, e.g. user@bigpond.com, user@bigpond.net.au or user@telstra.com.
  • 13
    Enter email account name
    • Press MORE.
    • Press Settings.
    • Press the name of the required account.
    • Press Account name.
    • Key in the name and press OK.
  • 14
    Enter sender name
    • Press Your name.
    • Key in the required sender name and press OK.
  • 15
    Select settings for retrieval of new email
    • Press Sync schedule.
    • Press Set sync schedule.
    • Press Manual or the required period.
    • Press the Return key twice.
  • 16
    Turn email notification on or off
    • Press Notifications.
    • Press the name of your email account.
    • Press the indicator below your email address to turn the function on or off.
  • 17
    Finish setup
    • Press the Return key the necessary number of times.
  • 18
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the Home key to return to the home screen.