Set up POP3 email on Windows Phone

Please follow the following instructions to set up a POP email on a Windows Phone

NOTE: If you are setting up a POP account, only your email will sync to your device. All your calendar and contacts remain stored on your local computer / device.

  1. In the App list, tap Settings > email+account > add an account > other account.
  2. Windows Phone will try to set up your email automatically, but if it can't, make sure your username and password are correct, then select Try again. If it still cannot connect, select Advanced > Internet email.
  3. In Account type, select POP and enter your incoming and outgoing server names which are mail.yourdomainname.com where yourdomainname.com is the name of your own domain hosted with QSS. 
  4. Select Advanced and unselect the boxes Require SSL for incoming mail and Require SSL for outgoing mail, then select sign in.

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