HTC Pro2 - Manual (Page 168)

158 Section 3B. Web and Data Services
Email Messaging
Types of Email Accounts
You can set up the following types of email accounts on your device:
ⅷ Outlook email messages that you sync with your computer or the Exchange Server.
ⅷ Email accounts that you have with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other email provider.
ⅷ Web-based email accounts such as Yahoo! ® Mail Plus, AOL ® , and others.
ⅷ Work accounts that you access using a VPN connection. See the Set Up Your Email guide for details.
ⅷ Custom domain email accounts. The email domain name is hosted by a different email provider. For more
information, tap
Start > All Programs > Help and then search for custom domain e-mail in Help.
Synchronizing Outlook Email with the Computer
If you have installed the synchronization software on your computer and created a partnership with your
device, and then your device is ready to send and receive Outlook email messages.
If you have not yet installed the synchronization software nor created a partnership, see “Setting Up Windows
Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista” on page 70 or “Setting Up ActiveSync on Windows XP” on page
71 for instructions.
Setting Up an Internet Email Account
Use Mail Setup to easily add Web-based email accounts such as Yahoo! Mail Plus, AOL, and more.
1. From the Home screen, slide to the Mail tab.
2. If this is your first time to set up an email account, tap New Account . If you are setting up subsequent
accounts, tap Menu > Accounts > New Account . The Mail Setup screen then opens, guiding you to set up
your email account.
3. Enter your email address and password, and then tap Next .
4. Enter your name and the account display name, and then tap Next . Mail Setup then searches for the
email provider settings on your device.
If the settings are not found on your device, you will be prompted to enter the email account settings
manually, such as the
Incoming mail server and Outgoing mail server . Obtain the email account settings from
your email provider.
5. Tap the Automatic send/receive box, and then choose how frequent you want email messages to be
automatically sent and downloaded on your device.
6. Under Advanced settings , select the desired preferences.
7. Tap Done .
Tip To set up your company email account so that you can access Outlook email messages wirelessly, you must set
up your device to synchronize via an over-the-air connection with your company’s Exchange Server. For more
information about synchronizing with your company email server, see “Setting Up an Exchange Server
Connection” on page 162.