Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7

Set up your tablet for email - Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7

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You can set up your tablet to send and receive email messages from your email accounts. Remember, you need to set up your tablet for internet.

Step 1 of 30

Find "E-mail"

Press E-mail.

Step 2 of 30

Enter email address

Key in your email address.
Press Next.

If an email account has been created already, do the following instead:
Press the menu icon.
Press Settings.
Press Add Account.
Key in your email address.
Step 3 of 30

Enter password

Key in the password for your email account.
Press Next.

If the display tells you that your email account has been set up, follow the instructions on the display to select more settings and finish the setup.
Step 4 of 30

Select server type

Press POP3.

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Step 5 of 30

Enter incoming server

Key in the name or the IP address of your email provider's incoming server.

Step 6 of 30

Enter username

Press the field below "Username" and key in the username for your email account.

Step 7 of 30

Turn deletion of email messages on server on or off

Press the drop down list below "Delete E-Mail from Server".

Step 8 of 30

Turn deletion of email messages on server on or off

Press Never or When I delete from Inbox.

Step 9 of 30

Enter outgoing server

Press the field below "SMTP server" and key in the name or IP address of your email provider's outgoing server.

Step 10 of 30

Turn off encryption of incoming email messages

Press Security Settings and Ports.

Step 11 of 30

Turn off encryption of incoming email messages

Press "Use secure connection (SSL)" below "Incoming Security Settings" until the function is turned off.

Step 12 of 30

Enter incoming port

Press the field below "Port" and key in 110

Step 13 of 30

Turn off encryption of outgoing email messages

Press "Use secure connection (SSL)" below "Outgoing Security Settings" until the function is turned off.

Step 14 of 30

Enter outgoing port

Press the field below "Port" and key in 25

Step 15 of 30

Turn on SMTP authentication

Press Require sign-in until the function is turned on.

Step 16 of 30

Turn on SMTP authentication

Press Save.

Step 17 of 30

Turn on SMTP authentication

Press Use the same username and password for Incoming and Outgoing servers until the function is turned on.

Step 18 of 30

Turn on SMTP authentication

Press Next.

Step 19 of 30

Select email account

Press Go to Inbox.

Step 20 of 30

Select email account

Press the menu icon.

Step 21 of 30

Select email account

Press Settings.

Step 22 of 30

Select email account

Press the name of the email account you've just set up.

Step 23 of 30

Enter sender name

Press Your Name and key in the required sender name.

Step 24 of 30

Enter sender name

Press OK.

Step 25 of 30

Enter email account name

Press Description and key in the required name.

Step 26 of 30

Enter email account name

Press OK.

Step 27 of 30

Select setting for retrieval of new email messages

Press Inbox Check Frequency.

Step 28 of 30

Select setting for retrieval of new email messages

Press Never or the required period.

Step 29 of 30

Finish setup

Press the return icon.

Step 30 of 30

Return to the home screen

Press the home icon to return to the home screen.

Find "E-mail"

Press E-mail.

Enter email address

Key in your email address.
Press Next.
If an email account has been created already, do the following instead:
Press the menu icon.
Press Settings.
Press Add Account.
Key in your email address.

Enter password

Key in the password for your email account.
Press Next.
If the display tells you that your email account has been set up, follow the instructions on the display to select more settings and finish the setup.

Select server type

Press POP3.

Enter incoming server

Key in the name or the IP address of your email provider's incoming server.
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Enter username

Press the field below "Username" and key in the username for your email account.

Turn deletion of email messages on server on or off

Press the drop down list below "Delete E-Mail from Server".
Press Never or When I delete from Inbox.

Enter outgoing server

Press the field below "SMTP server" and key in the name or IP address of your email provider's outgoing server.

Turn off encryption of incoming email messages

Press Security Settings and Ports.
Press "Use secure connection (SSL)" below "Incoming Security Settings" until the function is turned off.

Enter incoming port

Press the field below "Port" and key in 110

Turn off encryption of outgoing email messages

Press "Use secure connection (SSL)" below "Outgoing Security Settings" until the function is turned off.

Enter outgoing port

Press the field below "Port" and key in 25

Turn on SMTP authentication

Press Require sign-in until the function is turned on.
Press Save.
Press Use the same username and password for Incoming and Outgoing servers until the function is turned on.
Press Next.

Select email account

Press Go to Inbox.
Press the menu icon.
Press Settings.
Press the name of the email account you've just set up.

Enter sender name

Press Your Name and key in the required sender name.
Press OK.

Enter email account name

Press Description and key in the required name.
Press OK.

Select setting for retrieval of new email messages

Press Inbox Check Frequency.
Press Never or the required period.

Finish setup

Press the return icon.

Return to the home screen

Press the home icon to return to the home screen.