Sony Xperia 1 VI

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Setting up your phone for IMAP email

You can set up your phone to send and receive email messages from your email accounts. To set up your phone for IMAP email, you need to set up your phone for internet.

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Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen.

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Press the settings icon.

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Press Passwords and accounts.

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Press Add account.

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Press Personal (IMAP).

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Press the field below "Enter your email address" and key in your email address.

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Press NEXT.

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Press the field below "Password" and key in the password for your email account.

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Press NEXT.

If this screen is displayed, you email account has been recognised and set up automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen to key in more information and finish setting up your phone.

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If this screen is displayed, you email account has been recognised and set up automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen to key in more information and finish setting up your phone.

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Press the field below "Username" and key in the username for your email account.

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Press the field below "Server" and key in the name of your email provider's incoming server.

993

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Press the field below "Port" and key in 993.

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Press the drop down list below "Security type".

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Press SSL/TLS.

It's recommended that you turn on encryption of incoming email messages so that all email messages you receive are encrypted and secured in the best possible way.

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Press NEXT.

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Press the indicator next to "Require sign-in" to turn on the function.

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Press the field below "Username" and key in the username of your email provider's outgoing server.

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Press the field below "Password" and key in the password of your email provider's outgoing server.

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Press the field below "SMTP server" and key in the name of your email provider's outgoing server.

587

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Press the field below "Port" and key in 587.

If you're having problems sending email messages, try keying in 465 instead or ask your email provider for the correct outgoing port.

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Press the drop down list below "Security type".

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Press SSL/TLS.

It's recommended that you turn on encryption of outgoing email messages so that all email messages you send are encrypted and secured in the best possible way.