Setup Email on Android
How to Setup Email on Android phones, tablets and devices. Note: This guide is compatible from Android 4.0 and upwards.
To set up an email account on an Android device, follow these steps:
- Open the email app on your device.
- Tap on the "Add account" button.
- Select the type of email account you have.
- Enter your email address and password.
- Tap on the "Next" button.
- Enter the incoming and outgoing server settings for your email account.
- Tap on the "Next" button.
- Review the settings and tap on the "Finish" button.
The email account will now be set up on your device.
Applications
Find the Applications icon on your device's main screen.
The Applications screen will appear.
Email Account Setup
On the Applications screen, click Email.
The Email account setup interface will appear.
Manual setup
Enter your full email address and password in the account setup interface's text boxes.
*Click Manual setup to proceed to the next screen of the email account setup interface.
Account Type
Click the desired account type.
The next screen of the Account setup interface will appear.
Note: We recommend that you select the IMAP mailbox type. If you select the POP3 mailbox type, the mobile device's email client will download all of the account's email messages, and then remove the messages from the server. You will not be able to access those messages from any other email client.
Email Account Information
Enter the following information in the Account setup interface's text boxes:
- In the Username text box, enter your email address.
- In the Password text box, enter the password for the email account.
- In the IMAP server text box, enter the mail domain for your email account.
- In the Security type text box, select None.
Note: Do not configure the IMAP path prefix setting.
Click Next to proceed to the next screen in the Account setup interface.
Email Server Information
Enter the following information in the Account setup interface's text boxes:
- In the SMTP server text box, enter the mail subdomain for your email account.
- In the Security type text box, select None.
- Select the Require sign-in checkbox.
- In the Username text box, enter your email address.
- In the Password text box, enter the password for your email account.
Click Next to proceed to the next screen in the Account setup interface.
Android Email Preferences
Select the checkboxes that correspond to your desired email preferences.
Click Next to proceed to the next screen in the Account setup interface.
Enter your account and Display Name
Enter an account name and display name in the interface's text boxes.
Click Next to complete the setup process.
