The following steps will assist you in adding an e-mail account to your Sony Xperia C handset:
1. From the Home screen, select the Applications tab (located at the bottom of the screen).
2. If this is not the first e-mail account that you are adding to your phone, then you will need to click on the Add account button. If it is your first account, proceed to Step 3.
3. You will be prompted for your e-mail address and password. Once you have entered this information you can also specify whether your phone should send from the new account by default.
Once you have made your selection, tap Manual setup.
4. On the What type of account is this? page, select POP3.
5. On the Incoming server settings page, enter the following:
- Username: Enter your entire e-mail address using lowercase characters (e.g.: mail@example.com).
- Password: Enter the password for this account.
- POP3 server: mail.yourdomain (e.g.: mail.example.com)
- Port: 110
- Security type: None
- Delete email from server: Never
6. On the Outgoing server settings page, enter the following:
- SMTP server: mail.yourdomain (e.g.: mail.example.com)
- Port: 587
- Security type: None
- Require sign-in: this must be selected.
- Username: Enter your entire e-mail address using lowercase characters (e.g.: mail@example.com).
- Password: Enter the password for this account.
7. On the Account options page you will be prompted to configure the following:
- Inbox Checking frequency: this determines how often your phone will check for new messages.
- Send email from this account be default: this setting configures your phone to automatically send new messages from this account.
- Notify my when email arrives: when enabled, you will be alerted when a new message is downloaded.
8. You will be prompted for two more settings on the Set up email page:
- Give this account a name (optional): this is a description of the account (useful if you have multiple accounts on your phone).
- Your name (displayed on outgoing messages): this is the name that recipients will see next to your e-mail address.
