How to set up an email account on Android Phones/Tablets

This is a brief and simple Steps on how to set up an email account on Android as shown below.

1. From the phone home screen, tap Applications > Settings > Accounts > Add account > Email
2. Enter your full “Email Address”
3. Enter the password for your “Email Address”
4. Tap “Manual Setup”
5. Choose the type of email account you will be using.
   • POP3: POP3 will download the emails from the server and store them on your phone.
   • IMAP: IMAP will store the emails on the server and show a cached copy on your phone.
   • Exchange: Exchange is not supported as it requires a Microsoft Exchange server

Incoming Server Settings

• Username: Please enter your full email address
• Password: The password for your email address.
• IMAP server: This is typically your domain name preceded by “mail.”
• Port:
  • Non Secure (No SSL): 143
  • Secure (SSL): 993
  Note: Using“SSL (Accept all certificates) will be more compatible.
• Tap Next.

Outgoing Server Settings how to set up an email account on Android

how to set up an email account on Android

• SMTP server: This is typically your domain name preceded by “mail.”
• Port:
  • Non Secure (No SSL): 25 or 26
  • Secure (SSL): 465
  Note: Using“SSL (Accept all certificates) will be more compatible.
• Require sign-in Check this as you will need to authenticate with the SMTP server.
• Username: Please enter your full email address
• Password: The password for your email address.
• Tap Next.

Account Options on how to set up an email account on Android

Account Option on how to set up an email account on Android

• Email Checking Frequency: Set how often you would like your device to check for new emails.

Note: The more often you check your email the more drain it will cause on your battery.

• Send email from thise account by default Check this option if this will be your default email address
• Notify me when email arrives: Leave this checked if you would like to be notified of new email messages.
• Tap Next.

Name the account

• If you would like you can name the email account, this can be helpful if you have multiple accounts on the one device.
• Enter the name you would like to be shown on all outgoing emails that you send from the device.
• Tap Done.