Using a Palm Pre with Your Email
You can always use Web-Based Email to send and receive email messages. But you also can view your email with an email client. To access your email through a Palm Pre®, add an account with the settings outlined below.
BEFORE YOU START: To set up your Palm Pre with your email, you need to know your POP or IMAP Email Server Settings and ports. To find them, got to the InfoCenter and write down the information that displays under Email Server Settings.
To Use a Palm Pre® with Your Email
- Tap the Mail icon on the home dock.
NOTE: If there are no email addresses created, the Palm Pre prompts you to log into the phone using Palm Pre credentials.
- From the Email menu, select Preferences & Accounts.
- Tap Add Account.
- From the Email menu, select Manual Setup.
- From the Mail Type list, select IMAP or POP.
- In the Email Address field, enter your full email address.
- Complete the Incoming Mail Server information as follows:
- Server Name
- Your POP or IMAP Server
- Username
- Your full email address
- Password
- The email account password
- Port
- IMAP without SSL - 143
IMAP with SSL - 993
POP without SSL - 110
POP with SSL - 995 - Encryption
- No encryption - None
Encryption - SSL
- Complete Outgoing Mail Server information as follows:
- Server Name
- Your Outgoing Server
- Use Authentication
- On
- Port
- Without SSL - one of the following: 25, 80, 3535
With SSL - 465 - (Optional) Encryption
- No encryption - None
Encryption - SSL - Root Folder
- Leave blank
- Tap the Sign In button to save the new account and sign in.
For information on setting up your Palm Pre, see Setting up email accounts
NOTE: As a courtesy, we provide information about how to use certain third-party products, but we do not endorse or directly support third-party products and we are not responsible for the functions or reliability of such products. Palm Pre® is a registered trademark of the Palm Trademark Holding Company, LLC. All rights reserved.
