Email on Android: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 23:53, 17 August 2018

This page is here to help you configure your A&A E-mail address on an Android phone

Default applications will not work

To use an A&A email address on android you need to use a third party app; Google/G-mail, in their infinite wisdom do not allow you to change the settings that you need to for it to work. Below is a list of apps, as of writing (2017-09-26) do in fact support A&A e-mail addresses:

All of these applications were tested and confirmed working on the following devices:

Sony Xperia ZX, android version 7.1.1, 2017-08-01 security patch
Samsung Galaxy A5, android version 5.0.2

Blue mail Configuration

select "add another account"	select "other email"	enter the email address and password of your account, then UNCHECK "automatic"
select "IMAP"	fill in the details as shown then click next	fill in the details as shown then click next
fill in these fields with anything you want then click done

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+<indicator name="Faults">[[File:Menu-email.svg|link=:Category:Email Clients|30px|Back up to the Email Clients Category]]</indicator>
-[[Category:Email Client]]
-[[Category:Email]]
+[[Category:Email Clients|Android]]
+This page is here to help you configure your A&A E-mail address on an Android phone
+== Default applications will not work ==
+To use an A&A email address on android you need to use a third party app; Google/G-mail, in their infinite wisdom do not allow you to change the settings that you need to for it to work. Below is a list of apps, as of writing (2017-09-26) do in fact support A&A e-mail addresses:
+* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.bluemail.mail&hl=en_GB Blue mail (requires configuration)]
+* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.my.mail&hl=en_GB MyMail]
+All of these applications were tested and confirmed working on the following devices:
+* Sony Xperia ZX, android version 7.1.1, 2017-08-01 security patch
+* Samsung Galaxy A5, android version 5.0.2
+=== Blue mail Configuration ===
+{|
+|-
+| [[File:Bluemail 1.png|thumb|select "add another account"]] || [[File:Bluemail 2.png|thumb|select "other email"]] ||[[File:Bluemail 4.png|thumb|enter the email address and password of your account, then UNCHECK "automatic"]]
+|-
+|  [[File:Bluemail 3.png|thumb|select "IMAP"]] || [[File:Bluemail 5.png|thumb|fill in the details as shown then click next]] || [[File:Bluemail 6 FIX.png|thumb|fill in the details as shown then click next]]
+|-
+|  [[File:Bluemail 7.png|thumb|fill in these fields with anything you want then click done]]
+|}