Owner`s manual

Email Messaging
October 21, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual 111
Add an External Account
To add an account, do the following while in the Email application:
1 From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select Settings > Accounts. The Email Accounts screen
opens.
2 From the Accounts screen, press Menu then select New Accounts [ + N]. The New Accounts screen
opens:
3 Complete the Mail Server field.
This is the name of your mail server. 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.
4 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).
5 Complete the Port field. Unless your email provider has specified otherwise, leave the port at 110.
6 Complete the Username field. This is the name you use to log in to your account.
7 Complete the Password field. This is the password you use for your external email account.
8 Select an Email Folder. Open the pop-up menu by pressing the wheel, then scroll to highlight the folder in
which you would like all retrieved mail to be placed. Press the wheel to select it.
Tip: You can create a folder specifically for this purpose; read
Manage Email Folders on page 107 for
instructions on creating email folders. If you do create a new folder for this account later, you can edit this
account and change the Email Folder. Read more in
Edit an Email Account on page 112.
9 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.
Web Email Provider Email Server
Yahoo
®
Mail
pop.mail.yahoo.com
Mail.com pop1.mail.com
Softhome.net mail.SoftHome.net