Adding an email account to Android

Email User Guide for Android

Please note that depending on the version of software you are running on your Android device, some images may look slightly different to your own but the settings will remain the same.

To start you will need the following information:

POP3/IMAP - incoming server address (mail.yourhostname.co.uk)

Where yourhostname.co.uk is, replace with the domain that you have registered. For example if you registered joeblogs.co.uk the resulting address will be mail.joeblogs.co.uk

SMTP - outgoing server address (mail.yourhostname.co.uk)

This should be the same as the previous address

E-mail Address - address of the account you are setting up

This will be the address you chose when signing up in the following format: accountname@yourhostname.co.uk, replacing accountname with your account name and yourhostname.co.uk with the domain that you registered. For example info@joeblogs.co.uk

Username – Same as the full email address

Password – The password you received or chose upon making the account

Please note the first step of this guide will vary from device to device but will have fairly similar steps, the most common have been listed below

Acer: Applications or Apps then tap Email

Asus: Email icon

HTC: Mail icon

LG: Apps > Settings > General Tab > Accounts & Sync > Add Account

Motorola: Settings > Add Account > Email

Samsung: Email icon or Settings > Accounts > Add Account > Email

Sony: Applications icon > Email

First of all locate your Email icon (refer to the above list for the most common ways to do this), tap Add Account and then tap Email, if it asks for a type tap Other

Once this is done, you should see a screen similar to the one below:

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Email Address: Enter the email Address of the account you are setting up

Password: Enter the password of the account you are setting up

Once you have filled in the above information tap Manual Setup

Next choose between either POP3 or IMAP, if you don’t know which one to pick IMAP is recommended as it has more features

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After choosing your account type you should see a new page with your account settings as shown below:

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Username: The email address of the account you are setting up

Password: The password of the account you are setting up

POP3/IMAP Server: The server address as described in the first part of this guide

Security Type: Default is SSL if supported

Port: Enter 993 if the Security type is SSL otherwise enter 143

Once the information has been filled in tap Next to be taken to the next screen for the Outgoing server settings as shown below

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SMTP server: The SMTP server address as described in the first part of this guide

Security Type: Default is SSL

Port: Enter 465 if Security type is SSL otherwise enter 587

Username: The email address of the account you are setting up

Password: The password of the account you are setting up

Tap Next when this information has been entered, your device should verify the settings and if setup fails you will be asked to edit your settings and try again. If successful you will be taken to a screen with additional options for your account as shown below

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Finally you will be asked to enter some additional settings for your account

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Account Name: The name of the account as shown on your Android device

Your Name: The name displayed to the recipients of your mail

Once entered tap Done, your account is now setup and should be shown in your list of email accounts