====== How to setup our mail account using K-9 Mail App ======

Greetings, \\

Here we gonna see step by step tutorial on how to setup our mail account using K-9 Mail android app. \\

**__Step 1:__** \\

Open K-9 Mail, Click on the **+** at the bottom \\

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**__Step 2:__** \\

Provide your **username** and **password** from the credentials and click on **Manual Setup** at the bottom \\

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**__Step 3:__** \\

Incoming Server Settings \\
  - **IMAP Server** is your IMAP Server from the credentials **(e.g : imap.ircnow.org)** \\
  - Select **Security** as **STARTTLS** \\
  - **Port** is your Port from the credentials **(e.g: 143)** \\
  - Your username and password will be there by default as we provided them on previous step, make sure **Authentication** is selected as **Normal Password** \\
  - Rest all can be ignored and click on **Next** at the bottom \\ 

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Upon clicking next, it will check the **incoming server** Settings, \\


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**__Step 4:__**

Outgoing Server Settings \\
  - **SMTP Server** is your SMTP server from the credentials **(e.g: smtp.ircnow.org)** \\
  - Select **Security** as **STARTTLS** \\
  - **Port** is your Port from the credentials **(e.g: 587)** \\
  - Your username and password will be there by default as we provided them on Step 2, make sure **Authentication** is selected as **Normal Password** \\
  - Rest all can be ignored and click on **Next** at the bottom \\ 


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Upon clicking next, it will check the **outgoing server** Settings, \\


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**__Step 5:__** \\

Select **Number of messages to display** as per your choice **(e.g 10,25,50 upto 1000)** and click on **Next** at the bottom \\


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**__Step 6:__** \\

Here you can give a name to your **Server** (optional), and you **Must** provide a **Name** as Signature, after this click on **Done** at the bottom. \\ 


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Voila! That's all, your email account now has been setup and can be accessed via K-9 Mail app. \\

You can **Download K-9 Mail : [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9 |Here]]** \\

 --- //[[the.official.st4lker@gmail.com|Siva]] 2019/11/21 00:59//