Android Phone Configuration for RPI Email (IMAP)

Overview

Use the instructions given below for configuring your e-mail client on an HTC, Galaxy S, or Motorola Android phone.

Procedures

NOTE:  Prior to configuring email on your phone you must first have the Cisco Anyconnect App working with Duo.  If you do not have that yet please go to this article:VPN - Mobile Device Android

Samsung

1. Open the Mail application; a list of mail providers should appear
2. Select Other (POP3/IMAP)
3. In the Email Address field, enter RPI email 
4. In the password field, enter RCS password
5. Choose Manual Setup, IMAP account
6. In the Email Address field, enter RPI email address
7. Enter your RCS username in the Username field
8. Enter your RCS password in the Password field
9. Enter mail.rpi.edu for the IMAP Incoming Server name
10. Set security type to StartTls
11. Make sure the server port is set to 143
12. Enter mail.rpi.edu into the SMTP  Outgoing Server field
13. Set security type to StartTls
14. Set the port to 587

Motorola

1. Choose either the Email or Messaging application.
2. Press the phone's menu button (not the home, back, or search buttons) and select Manage accounts.
3. Select the account type you would like to set up. If you are setting up your RPI e-mail, select Email.
4. Remove the checkmark from the Automatically Configure account option, and enter your RPI e-mail address in the field.
5. Enter your RCS password in the Password field, and click Next.
6. Under General Settings, set both the account name (the name that will appear on the phone) and your name (the name that will appear on the message when you send e-mail).
7. Under Incoming Server, select IMAP mail server, set the server name to mail.rpi.edu, Username to your RCS userID, and Password to your RCS password.
8. Place a checkmark next to the Use a secure connection option and make sure the port number is set to 143.
9. On the Outgoing Server page, set the SMTP server to mail.rpi.edu, Your Username to your RCS userID and Password to your RCS password. Place a checkmark next to the Use a secure connection option and make sure the port number is set to 587.
10. Under Other Settings, choose when you wish to delete messages, or set this to Never delete messages. (However, if you regularly receive large files by e-mail, remember that your phone has limited data storage.) You can choose to manually delete e-mails if you don't want this to happen automatically.
11. Click OK.

Last Reviewed: 03-Feb-2023