Step 1: Open Gmail application on your Android mobile.

Step 2: For configuring an account, enter the email address and click “Next”.

Step 3: Click the option “Personal (IMAP)” for configuration and then click OK.

Step 4: For the given email address, enter the password and then click “Next”.

Step 5: Enter the server hostname in the incoming mail settings and then click “Next”.

Step 6: Enter the SMTP or Outgoing server settings in the outgoing mail settings and then click “Next”.

Step 7: Select the Account Options in the configuration settings and click “Next”.

Step 8: The account will be set up and enter your name as username or email address and click “Next”.

Step 9: The configuration is done and the inbox can be viewed.

Configure Email Account on Android Mobile using Gmail

This article is about the configuration of an Email account on Android mobile using Gmail. To configure an email account, download Gmail from Google Play Store. Open the application and perform the following steps for configuring an Email account.

Step 1 Open Gmail application on your Android mobile.
Gmail Application on Android Mobile

Open Gmail Application on Android Mobile

Step 2 Enter your email address and click “Next”.
Enter your E-mail Address

Enter your E-mail Address

Step 3 Click the radio button “Personal (IMAP)” for configuration and click “Ok”.
select IMAP settings

Select Personal (IMAP) radio button

Step 4 Enter the password for the given email address and click “Next”.
Enter your Email Password

Enter your E-mail Password

Step 5 In the Incoming server settings, enter the server hostname as your.hostname.com and then click “Next”.
Enter your Hostname

Enter your server hostname on Server Field

Step 6 In the Outgoing server settings, enter the SMTP or Outgoing Server Hostname as your.hostname.com and then click “Next”.
Enter SMTP Outgoing Server Hostname

Enter SMTP or Outgoing Server Hostname

Step 7 Select the Account Options for the configuration of email settings.
Select Account Options

Select Account Options

Step 8 The account had been set up and enter Your name as username or email address and then click “Next”.
Enter Username

Enter your name as Username or Email name

Step 9 The account configuration was done and the inbox can be viewed.

Gmail Inbox with Emails

Step 10 Done.

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