E-Mail

E-Mail Accounts

5.9.2. Setting up and editing external E-Mail accounts

The following options are available:

How to set up an external email account:

  1. Click on Add E-Mail Account in the folder tree. The Add E-Mail Account window opens.

  2. Click an icon. The next procedure depends on the E-Mail account provider.

    • For some providers, a new browser window opens. Log in with your credentials to grant access to the E-Mail account.

    • If the provider asks you for the permission to access the data, grant this permission.

    • For some providers, enter your credentials in the Add E-Mail Account window. Then, click on Add.

    You can also manually enter the required data by clicking on Manually.

  3. If the E-Mail messages in this account are also to be shown in the Unified Mail folder, enable Use Unified Mail for this account.

An entry for the E-Mail account appears in the folder tree.

How to edit an E-Mail account:

  1. Click the System menu icon on the right side of the menu bar. Click the Settings menu item.

  2. In the side bar, click on Accounts.

  3. Click on Edit next to an account in the display area. The settings are displayed in a window.

    If you use multiple services of the selected provider e.g., E-Mail and cloud storage, select the service you want to edit.

  4. Change the settings. Notes:

    • If you enter a name in the Your name field of the Account settings, this name overwrites the preset sender name.

    • The options for Incoming server and Outgoing server cannot be changed for your primary E-Mail account.

  5. Click on Save at the bottom of the window.

How to remove an external E-Mail account:

  1. Click the System menu icon on the right side of the menu bar. Click the Settings menu item.

  2. In the side bar, click on Accounts.

  3. Click the Delete icon

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Parent topic: E-Mail Accounts