Configure your Mailbox in your Symbian Phone

Ever wondered how you could access your email directly on your Symbian phone? Here's a quick step-by-step Symbian Email guide.

Configure your Mailbox in your Symbian Phone

This tutorial will show you How to setup the Email mailbox on your Symbian phone and configure it to use your Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail account.

If you want to send or receive email on your Symbian phone, you can either use the web browser built in, or you can use the default email mailbox. You can also use third party software like Profimail if you wish to. However, the second option is the easiest to use and also makes it easier for you to access your SMSes and Email from one place.

To setup your Mailbox, just go to

Messages > Options > Settings > Email.

Click Options and create a New Mailbox. Select the type IMAP4 / POP3 and proceed. Enter your email address and click Next. Next enter your Incoming Mail server and Outgoing Mail server. Select a default access point to use and then give your mailbox a name.

When you are done with the above settings, just select the mailbox you just created and go to Options > Edit > Connection Settings.

GMAIL POP3 SETTINGS:

In Incoming Mail,

User Name: username
Password: password
Incoming Mail server: pop.gmail.com
Mailbox Type: POP3
Security: SSL / TLS
Port: 995

In Outgoing Mail,

Email Address: emailid@gmail.com
User Name: username
Password: password
Outgoing Mail server: smtp.gmail.com
Security: Start TLS
Port: 465

GMAIL IMAP4 SETTINGS:

In Incoming Mail,

User Name: username
Password: password
Incoming Mail server: imap.gmail.com
Mailbox Type: IMAP4
Security: SSL / TLS
Port: 993

In Outgoing Mail,

Email Address: emailid@gmail.com
User Name: username
Password: password
Outgoing Mail server: smtp.gmail.com
Security: Start TLS
Port: 465

These are the settings for Gmail. Remember to first enable POP/IMAP 4 on your account. You can also configure Yahoo and Hotmail is a similar manner if you have POP3/IMAP4 enabled on your account. You can also use the bundled Nokia Settings Wizard for configuring your Email client. But in case, your host isn't supported by the Settings Wizard, you will have to do it manually as detailed above. To access your mail, just go to Messaging > Select Mailbox > Retrieve Email.