How To Customize Email Account Settings On Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
Learn how to customize email account setting on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. Account settings lets you configure handling of email on your device.
Note: Available settings may depend on the email account and include setting how much email to synchronize, creating signatures for email you send, and other handling options.
- From the Home screen, touch Email.
- Touch Menu > Settings, then touch General Preferences. The following options display:
- Display after deleting message: Set the screen to show after deleting a message. Choices are: Next message, Previous message, or Message list.
- Message preview line: Choose a message preview line amount. Options are: None or 1, 2, or 3 lines.
- Email title: Set whether the Subject or Sender of the email is shown as the time.
- Quick responses: Edit text that you frequently use in emails.
- Touch an email account to display the following settings:
Common settings
- Account name: Enter a name to identify this account.
- Your name: Enter a name to be used on emails.
- Signature: Touch the OFF / ON icon to turn Signature on or off. Touch Signature and enter a signature to add to email from this account.
- Default account: When enabled, email from your device is automatically sent from this account.
- Always Cc/Bcc myself: Lets you manage whether your email address is included in the Cc or Bcc lines.
- Forward with files: Touch the check box to include any file attachments when you forward an email.
- Recent messages: Limit the number of recent messages that are displayed on your device. Options are: 25, 50, 75, 100, 200, or Total.
- Show images: Display images in an email.
Data usage for Email on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
- Email check frequency: Set how often to check for new email sent to this account during. Options are: Never, every 5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes, every hour, every 4 hours, or once a day.
- Auto download attachments: Enable or disable auto-download of files attached to recent messages when connected through Wi-Fi.
- Size to retrieve emails: Set the maximum email retrieval size. Options are: 2, 50, or 100 KB.
Exchange ActiveSync settings on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
- Period to sync email: Set whether to store All, 1 or 3 days, 1 or 2 weeks, or 1 month of email on the tablet.
- Empty server trash: If available, indicates whether to delete the contents in the server trash.
- Sync schedule: Set up your peak and off-peak schedule controls, which determines when your tablet checks the email service for new email.
- Out of office settings: Lets you set how email is handled for a defined period of time, while you are unable to check your email.
- Size to retrieve emails: Set the maximum email retrieval size. Options are: Headers only, 0.5, 1, 2, 5,10, 20, 50, or 100 KB, or All.
- Period to sync Calendar: When enabled, events from your account are synchronized with your devices Calendar.
- Security options: Set various security options for the account.
- In case of sync conflict: Set whether to update the server or your tablet if there is a conflict of information between them.
- Auto resend times: Set the number of auto send times. Options are: No limit or 1, 3, 5, or 10 times.
Notification settings for Email on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
- Email notifications: When enabled, the New Email icon appears in the Status Bar when a new email arrives.
- Select ringtone: Choose a ringtone for email notifications for this account.
Server settings on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
- Exchange server settings: Configure incoming server settings.
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- Incoming settings: Configure incoming server settings. For more information, refer to Incoming Server Settings below.
- Outgoing settings: Configure outgoing server settings. For more information, refer to Outgoing Server Settings below.
- Sync Email: When enabled, email from your account is synchronized with your devices email.
- Sync Contacts: When enabled, contacts from your account are synchronized with your devices Contacts.
- Sync Calendar: When enabled, events from your account are synchronized with your devices Calendar.
- Sync task: When enabled, tasks from your account are synchronized with your devices tasks.
Incoming Server Settings on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
Your accounts exchange or incoming server settings are different, depending on the kind of email service for the account: POP3, IMAP, or Exchange ActiveSync.
- Domain user name: If your Exchange ActiveSync server requires that you specify a domain, enter it before the backslash. Otherwise, just enter your username (the part before @emailprovider.com in your email address) after the backslash. The backslash is optional when only entering your username. The Email app enters the correct syntax for domains and usernames when communicating with the server.
- Password: The password for your email account, which should be filled in.
- Exchange server / IMAP server: The fully resolved domain name of your email service providers server, for example, mail.emailprovider.com.
- Use secure connection (SSL) / Security type: Check this option if your server requires you to connect to the server securely, or if you prefer to connect securely.
- Use client certificate: Use a client certificate for messaging security.
- Port: Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically. Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it.
- IMAP path prefix: Enter an IMAP path prefix, if required.
Outgoing Server Settings on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
If you use an IMAP or POP3 account for receiving email, you typically use an SMTP server to send email from that account. Exchange ActiveSync accounts do not have separate outgoing server settings.
- SMTP server: The fully resolved domain name of your email service providers SMTP server, for example, smtp.emprovider.com.
- Security type: Select the security type required by your email service provider. Select the SLL (Accept all certificates) option for your security type to accept a server certificate from your SMTP server that is self-signed, out of date, or in some other way not accepted by the Email application.
- Port: Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically. Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it.
- Require sign-in: Check this option to enter a username and password for your SMTP server, if your email service provider requires that you enter them to send email.
- User name: Your username on the SMTP server (this may not be the same as your username on the POP3 or IMAP server for incoming mail). Visible only if Require sign-in is checked.
- Password: Your password on the SMTP server (this may not be the same as your username on the POP3 or IMAP server for incoming mail). Visible only if Require sign-in is checked.
Note
This article will work on both Samsung Galaxy Tabs; including Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1.