K-9 Mail

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K-9 Mail is an open source, lightweight mail client for Android, with GPG support.

Add an account

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Tap the menu button, and tap + Add Account.

Enter your email address.

Tap NEXT and enter the password.

Incoming server settings

Select IMAP account type
IMAP settings

For What kind of account is this? tap IMAP.

Enter the following settings:

IMAP server: imap.imaginet.co.za

Security: SSL/TLS

IMAP Port: 993

Tap NEXT.

Outgoing server settings

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Enter the following Outgoing server settings:

SMTP server: smtp.imaginet.co.za

Security: SSL/TLS

Port: 587

Require sign-in: enabled

Username: your full email address

Authentication: Normal password

Password: Your email password

Tap NEXT

Finish setup

After successfully setting up the incoming and outgoing servers, you can now configure some basic settings on how often K-9 Mail checks for new messages, if you want to be notified of new mail, etc. These settings are specific to each account/mailbox you configure; you can set them differently for different mailboxes.