Setting up Email on your Samsung Tocco

One of the most asked questions on the Mobile Fun Blogs and Forums at the moment is “How do I set up email on my Tocco” and although there are suggestions and a settings spread across the site, I thought I’d bring it all together into one post to make setting up your Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo email accounts on your Samsung Tocco F480, Samsung Tocco Lite or Samsung Tocco Ultra quick and easy.

Now, before I start I just want to say that these settings should work on all phones, not just the Tocco’s. You may find that they need a little tweaking depending on your network – particularly the SMTP settings.  Without getting too technical on you, the SMTP server is similar to your local sorting office, you send your letters there and they then get sorted and sent on to the person you sent the email to. In an attempt to cut down on the amount of spam being sent, some mobile networks restrict the SMTP servers that you can use and in most cases force you to use their own.

So, if you set your phone up using the same SMTP server as your email provider, but find that you get an error message when you try and send a message, go back to the account settings and change the SMTP server to that of your network. Don’t panic if you don’t know what they are – I’ve listed them all for you at the end of this post.

Ok, on to setting the phone up then.  All 3 Tocco handsets use the same menu system, so the process for setting them up is exactly the same. Make sure that the time and date on your phone are set correctly and then go to the  standby screen on your phone and then select/touch the following:

Messages -> Settings -> Email -> Email Accounts

Depending on your phone and network, you may already find some accounts listed on this screen.  If you have got some listed here, you should reset them to avoid any confusion and prevent any errors. To do this:

Highlight the account -> press options -> press ‘Reset’ -> press ‘Reset’ again when asked for confirmation -> Press ‘OK’

Once you’ve done this for each of the account listed, select the top one (Account 1) press ‘Options’ and select ‘Edit’

Now for the fun bit! You need to enter the settings listed below into your phone.  I’ve tried to keep the running order the same as is on the phone so it should be easy to follow. Where I’ve put ‘mypassword’ or ‘myemail@’ you should replace this with your password and email address.

Hotmail

• Account Name: Hotmail
• SMTP Server: smtp.live.com
• SMTP Port: 587
• Secure Connection: TLS
• Incoming Server: POP3
• POP3 Server: pop3.live.com
• POP3 Port: 995
• Secure Connection: SSL
• My Address: myemail@hotmail.com
• Username: myname@hotmail.com
• Password: mypassword
• Use SMTP Authentication: Ticked
• Same as POP3 & IMAP4: Not Ticked
• Username: myname@hotmail.com
• Password: mypassword

Yahoo

• Account Name: Yahoo
• SMTP Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk
• SMTP Port: 587
• Secure Connection: SSL
• Incoming Server: POP3
• POP3 Server: pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
• POP3 Port: 995
• Secure Connection: SSL
• My Address: myyahooid@yahoo.co.uk
• Username: myyahooid
• Password: mypassword
• Use SMTP Authentication: Ticked
• Same as POP3 & IMAP4: Ticked

Gmail
There are 2 possible set up’s for Gmail, POP3 and IMAP. POP3 email is stored on the email server and is then downloaded to your phone or PC at set intervals. IMAP email is stored on the server permanently, and when you access email through your phone or PC, you’re actually looking at your emails on the server. It’s personal preference as to which is better, but if you’re accessing your email on more than one device I’d opt for IMAP.  This way you’ll be able to see all of your emails no matter where you log on.  Which ever option you go for you need to remember to activate POP and IMAP email in the settings panel of your Gmail account.

POP Access

• Account Name: Gmail
• SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com
• SMTP Port: 587 or 465
• Secure Connection: ssl
• Incoming Server: pop3
• POP3 Server: pop.gmail.com
• POP3 Port: 995
• Secure Connection: ssl
• My Address: myemail@gmail.com
• Username: myemail@gmail.com
• Password: mypassword
• Use SMTP Authentication: Ticked
• Same as POP3 & IMAP4: Ticked

IMAP Access

• Account Name: Gmail
• SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com
• SMTP Port: 587 or 465
• Secure Connection: SSL
• Incoming Server: IMAP4
• IMAP Server: imap.gmail.com
• IMAP Port: 993
• Secure Connection: SSL
• My Address: myemail@gmail.com
• Username: myemail@gmail.com
• Password: mypassword
• Use SMTP Authentication: Ticked
• Same as POP3 & IMAP4: Ticked

All being well, you should now be able to send and receive your emails. To test it, go into your Email Inbox, press ‘Options’ and ‘Download’. It might take a few minutes to connect for the first time, and you may well be presented with a security alert that says ‘Certificate Validation Failed’. This is perfectly normal, so press accept and your phone will continue to check for new messages. To check that you can send emails, send yourself a quick email.  If it fails or you get a “no response” message, you’ve either got some of the settings wrong, or you need to change the SMTP settings to those of your network.

Network SMTP Settings:
Before you try changing the SMTP server, double check the settings you have entered match the settings listed above. If they all match and you still can’t send, you’ll need to change the SMTP server to your networks’ server.

Vodafone

• SMTP Server: send.vodafone.net
• SMTP Port: 25
• Secure Connection: Off
• Use SMTP Authentication: Not Ticked

Orange

• SMTP Server: smtp.orange.co.uk
• SMTP Port: 25
• Secure Connection: Off
• Use SMTP Authentication: Not Ticked

O2
To send email on the O2 network, you will need to have an O2 Webmail username and password.  You will need these details to be able to use the O2 SMTP server.

• SMTP Server: smtp.o2.co.uk
• SMTP Port: 25
• Secure Connection: SSL
• Same as POP3 & IMAP4: Not Ticked
• Username: myo2username@o2.co.uk
• Password: myo2password

T-Mobile

• SMTP Server: smtp.t-email.co.uk
• SMTP Port: 25
• Secure Connection: Off
• Use SMTP Authentication: Not Ticked

3
I’ve heard of some people having problems accessing Hotmail on 3 so these may not work and you may need to subscribe to ‘Email on 3’

• SMTP Server: smtp.three.co.uk
• SMTP Port: 25
• Secure Connection: Off
• Use SMTP Authentication: Not Ticked

I’ve closed this post to any comments due as it’s quite a technical post, but if you have any problems using these settings or something isn’t working, please let me know using the Mobile Fun Forums and I’ll see what I can do to get your emails working.