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Tips to setup an email account on Samsung s8500 wave

how to set up email account - easy tips

1. Press Menu
2. Select My Accounts
3. Choose the type of email account you want to configure . For Gmail, select "Google "
4. Enter your e - mail address and password and click " Next "
5. A new window pops up. Select apply without making any changes.

And ,,

You will need to configure your Gmail for IMAP or POP pushing first before authorization is given to your Wave to accept the pushed mail.

Login to Gmail -> Setting (top right hand corner) -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP -> Check Enable POP for all mail arriving from now on and check Enable IMAP.

You are done with configuring GMail side.

Now, add your google mail account under "My Account".

Enter your email (username will be filled up automatically), then your password.

Next, when you hit the next screen, DO NOT CONFIGURE ANYTHING. Simply "Set".

You're done.

For Gmail, the configuration is
SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP port: 587
Secure Connection: TLS

Incoming server type: IMAP4
IMAP4 Server: imap.gmail.com
IMAP4 Port: 993
Secure Connection: SSL

In your Gmail account, go to
Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP > IMAP Access > Enable IMAP

For Yahoo,
Incoming (pop3)
pop.mail.yahoo.co.XX
Port: 995
Use SSL

Outgoing(SMTP)
smtp.mail.yahoo.co.XX
Use SSL
Port 465

For all who did not succed:

Use the following guide and you will succeed with push.

1. Delete the previously not working Gmail account in your phone
2. Press Menu
3. Select My Accounts
4. Choose the proper type of email account: Do NOT select "Google", but Exchange ActiveSync!
5. On the next screen fill out the Email address:
do not write yourusername@gmail.com, instead use yourusername@googlemail.com!
6. The username will be typed in automatically
7. Type in the password
8. Press Next
9. Press OK for the activation
10. On the next screen type in the server URL: m.google.com
11. Set Use SSL to ON (button turns green)
12. Press Set (left below)
13. On the next screen set the options you need: Email sync, Calendar sync, Contact sync, Task sync (below is another option in case of conflicts between data on the phone and the server)
14. There are further more options if you press the gear icon (sync: push/manual, push days/hours)
15. Press Done (left below)
16. Wait and see