You can easily add an email account to your smartphone. Follow the steps below to find out how.

Automatic Setup

To set up your email account, you will need to:

Open Settings

Settings icon
Tap Accounts and back up

Accounts and backup selected
Tap Manage accounts

Manage accounts selected
Tap + Add account

Add account selected
Tap Email

Email selected
Choose which type of email you would like to add

Different email providers displayed
Enter your Email address and password, then tap Sign in

Enter email address and password, then select sign in

Please note:

  • if you’re having trouble connecting, you may need to follow the steps in Manual Setup
  • screenshots may look different depending on the email provider used
Confirm your preferences with regard to notifications and settingsYou can choose how often to sync (check for email) or whether you are notified onscreen when you have a new email here, amongst other options

Your email account should now be set up and ready to access from either the Samsung email app or the app from your email provider.

Manual Setup

To set up your email manually, you will need to:

Open Settings

Settings icon
Tap Accounts and back up

Accounts and backup selected
Tap Manage accounts

Manage accounts selected
Tap + Add account

Add account selected
Tap Email

Email selected
Choose which type of email you would like to set up

Email providers displayed
Enter your Email address and password, then tap Manual setup

Manual setup selected
Choose either POP3 or IMAP

Configuration details for Hotmail:
Type: Web & POP3
email format username@live.com
Username format: Full email address
Incoming mailserver: pop3.live.com
Outgoing mailserver: smtp.live.com
You may need to configure your email account within its settings. You can find more details on Microsoft and Hotmail email here.

Configuration details for Google Gmail
:
Type: Web & POP3
email format: username@gmail.com
Username format: Full email address
Incoming mailserver: pop.gmail.com
Outgoing mailserver: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP port: 465
TLS/SSL required: Yes

You may need to configure your email account within its settings to allow the app to access your Gmail. You can get support from Gmail on Gmail account settings here.

Your email account should now be set up and ready to access from either the Samsung email app or the app from your email provider.

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