Set up personal email
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Set up personal email
Add your personal email accounts so you can read and send email on your device.
INSTRUCTIONS & INFO
- To set up a personal email account, tap the Start icon or Windows button.
- Tap the Mail tile.
- Tap Accounts.
- From the menu on the right side of the screen, tap Add account.
- Tap the desired option.
Note: For this demonstration, Google was used.
- Enter your email address and password.
- You may be prompted to allow your device access to your mail and contacts. Â Scroll down and tap Allow.
- Tap Done to finish. Â Your inbox will populate with mail.
Note: To manually configure email settings (such as server settings ans ecurity type), tap the Settings icon, tap the desired account and enter the desired information.