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Install the Gmail app on your smartphone (available on Google Play Store and App Store).
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Open the app and click on the menu in the top-left corner
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Select Settings, and then click Add Account
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Select Other
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Enter Alternmail email adress
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For the account type, select IMAP
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Enter the password for your Alternmail account
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A page for configuring the incoming mail server will open. Enter your Alternmail email address as the username, your Alternmail account password as the password, and "mail.alternmail.com" as the server.
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Next step is configuring the outgoing mail server will open. Enter your Alternmail email address as the username, your Alternmail account password as the password, and set the SMTP server to "mail.alternmail.com."
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Next, a window will open with options to configure the account. You can set the synchronization frequency and also check the following options: "Notify me when an email arrives," "Sync email for this account," and "Automatically download attachments when connected to a Wi-Fi network."
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In the next step, select the account name that will appear in outgoing emails.
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Gmail will handle the server configuration automatically, completing the setup of your email account.
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Alternatively, for manual configuration of server settings, tap on Settings in main menu. All your accounts will appear. Click on the desired account (example@alternmail.com). At the bottom of the screen, you will find options to manually configure the incoming and outgoing mail servers.
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Here, you can input the required details for the incoming and outgoing mail servers:
Configure incoming mail server:
1. Username: yourmail@alternmail.com
2. Password: Alternmail account password
3. Server: mail.alternmail.com
4. Port: 993
5. Security Type: SSL/TLS
Configure outgoing mail server:
1. Username: yourmail@alternmail.com
2. Password: Alternmail account password
3. Server: mail.alternmail.com
4. Port: 465
5. Security Type: SSL/TLS