To add an account, do the following while in the Email application:
- From the Browse Email screen, press MENU
then select Settings > Accounts. The Email Accounts screen opens. - From the Accounts screen, press MENU
then select New Accounts [
N]. The New Accounts screen opens: - Select the Protocol from the pop-up menu. If you aren't sure what protocol your email server uses, select Auto-detect (the default selection) or select one of the email services listed at the bottom of the pop-up menu. The following pop-up menu is an example:
- Complete the Mail Server field.
This is the name of your mail server. If you selected a specific email service in the
Protocol field, then the
Mail Server field will auto-fill. If you don't know the name of your email server, your email provider will be able to tell you, or you can reference the table below for samples. If you have an email account through your ISP, contact them for more assistance.
Web Email Provider
| Email Server
|
| Yahoo®Mail | pop.mail.yahoo.com |
| Gmail | pop.gmail.com |
| Mail.com | pop1.mail.com |
| Softhome.net | mail.SoftHome.net |
- Complete the Port field. Unless your email provider has specified otherwise, leave the port at 110. If you selected a specific email service in the Protocol field, then the Port field will auto-fill correctly.
- Complete the Username field. This is the name you use to log in to your account.
- Complete the Password field. This is the password you use for your external email account.
- Select an Email Folder. Open the pop-up menu by pressing the TRACKBALL, then select the folder in which you would like all retrieved mail to be placed. Select New Folder to create a new one.
- Select Create
to have the system set up the email account so you can view it on your device and the Email Desktop Interface. Select the More Options button to open the Edit Account screen to set options such as:
- Collect/not collect email from the account.
- Remove retrieved email from mail server as it's fetched to the device or the Email Desktop Interface.
- From Name/Address - All messages sent from this account will use this Name/Address.
- Reply-To Name/Address - All messages sent from this account will specify this Reply-To Name/Address.
- Copy Outgoing Messages (CC or BCC) - All messages sent from this account will be CC'd or BCC'd to the email address you specify.
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