Setting up Gmail on Nokia E71

Published in Nokia by Aditi Tuteja

With the E71 you don’t need to do all settings to set up Gmail imap, which you need to do with other S60 devices from Nokia. On Nokia E71, it is pretty dynamic, it will find all on its own, when you enter your username and password.

But if your having problems like I was when outgoing messages or anything else you can go into your settings for that email account and make sure they all look like what you see below. Make sure your security ports are set right.

To configure IMAP for your Symbian S60 device, just follow these steps:

  • Enable IMAP in your Gmail settings.
  • Select ‘Messaging’ > ‘Options’ > ‘Settings’ > ‘E-mail’ > ‘Mailboxes.’
  • If you have never set up email on your phone before, select ‘Yes’ to define a new mailbox. If you already have other mailboxes, select ‘Options’ and then ‘New mailbox.’
  • Select ‘Start’ to begin the setup wizard.

  • Select ‘IMAP4′ and then ‘Next.’
  • Enter your full email address (including ‘@gmail.com’) as the email address and select ‘Next.’ Google Apps users, enter your full address in the format ‘username@your_domain.com.’
  • Enter ‘imap.gmail.com’ as the incoming mail server and select ‘Next.’
  • Enter ’smtp.gmail.com’ as the outgoing mail server and select ‘Next.’
  • Select the appropriate access point and then ‘Next.’
  • Enter a descriptive name for the email account mailbox name.
  • Once your mailbox is set up, select it from the email mailbox settings screen.
  • Select ‘Connection settings’ > ‘Incoming e-mail.’
  • Enter your address (including ‘@gmail.com’ or ‘@your_domain.com’) and password.
  • Select ‘SSL/TLS’ for your security (ports) and define your port as ‘993.’
  • Select ‘Back.’
  • Select ‘Outgoing e-mail.’
  • Enter your email address (including ‘@gmail.com’ or ‘@your_domain.com’) and password.
  • Select ‘StartTLS’ for your security (ports) and define your port as ‘587.’
  • Select ‘Back’ and change any other settings according to your preferences.

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This article was written by Aditi Tuteja on 18 August 2008
Aditi is the founder and Chief Editor of RealGeek.com


4 Comments For This Post

  1. Alam says:

    Great information, in 5 min i was able to set up my email connections. Many thanks for such a good infmation.

    Regards/Alam

  2. sushaantu says:

    Thanks Alam for dropping by, we at RealGeek strive to make technology and web as simple as we can so that every kind of user can make the sense out of it.

  3. Paul says:

    This was a breeze.
    One follow-up question: how do you create the gmail icon for the main screen of an e71?
    tkx

  4. pkj says:

    Hi,

    Gmail in IMAP times out while trying to connect to the server.

    Gmail app works like a charm but sadly no alarms on new emails for that.

    Any help would be much appreciated.

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