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The Email app on your Android tablet can be configured to pick up mail from multiple sources. If you have a Yahoo! Mail or Windows Live account and maybe an evil corporate account in addition to your ISP’s account, you can add them. Follow through with these steps:
- In the Email app, touch the Action Overflow or Menu icon.
- Choose the Settings command.If you don’t see the Settings command, you probably aren’t at the top level of the Email app: Touch the app icon in the upper left corner of the screen until you see the Email app’s main screen.
- Touch the Add Account button.The Account Setup or Account Options screen appears. Follow the prompts to set up your account.
You can also add new Email accounts by using the Settings app. Obey these directions:
- Start the Settings app.It’s found in the Apps drawer; touch the Apps icon on the Home screen to view the Apps drawer.
- In the Accounts area, choose Add Account.On some Samsung tablets, touch the General tab and then choose the Accounts item. The Add Account command is found on the right side of the screen, near the bottom of the account list.
- Select the type of e-mail account you want to add.If you see the account type listed, such as AOL or Yahoo!, choose it. Otherwise, choose the Email option. If the IMAP or POP3 options are available, choose IMAP for web-based e-mail (such as Yahoo! or Windows Live) and POP3 for an ISP e-mail account. The Corporate option is available for organizations with an Exchange Server.
- Continue working through the e-mail setup.Start with Step 2, where you type your user account name and password.
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You can repeat these steps to add more e-mail accounts. E-mail from the accounts you configure is accessed by using the Email app.
- Be on the lookout for e-mail–specific apps, although not every tablet has them. If you find such an app that’s specific to your e-mail service, be sure to use it.
- Get the necessary information from your organization’s friendly IT people if you decide to add a corporate e-mail account.
- For some corporate accounts, you may be prompted to activate the device administrator. That feature gives your corporate IT overlords remote access to your Android tablet to control e-mail. If you’re shackled to corporate e-mail, you’ve probably already agreed to such a thing when you signed up to be an employee. Otherwise, keep in mind that you can always get your corporate e-mail at work.
The Email app on your Android tablet is used to access web-based e-mail, or webmail, from Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live, and what-have-you. It also lets you read e-mail provided by an Internet service provider (ISP), an office, or another large, intimidating organization. To get things set up regardless of the service, follow these steps:
- Start the Email app.Look for it in the Apps drawer.If you’ve run the Email app before, you see the Email inbox and you’re done.If you haven’t yet run the Email app, the first screen you see is Account Setup.
- Type the e-mail address you use for the account.
- Type the password for that account.
- Touch the Next button.If you’re lucky, everything is connected and you can move on to Step 5. Otherwise, you have to specify the details as provided by your ISP, including the incoming and outgoing server information, often known by the bewildering acronyms POP3 and SMTP. Plod through the steps on the screen, although the tablet really just wants to know the incoming and outgoing server names.Your ISP most likely has a support web page for setting up e-mail accounts. That page may list specific account setup information for an Android device. Use it.
- Set the account options on the aptly named Account Options screen.You might want to reset the Inbox Checking Frequency option to something other than 15 minutes.If the account will be your main e-mail account, place a check mark next to the Send Email from This Account By Default option.
- Touch the Next button.
- Give the account a name and check your own name.The account is given the name of the mail server, which may not ring a bell when you receive your e-mail.The Your Name field lists your name as it’s applied to outgoing messages. So if your name is really, say, Cornelius the Magnificent and not wally78, you can make that change now.
- Touch the Next or Done button.You’re done.
The next thing you see is your e-mail account inbox. Your tablet synchronizes any pending e-mail you have in your account, updating the inbox immediately.