How to Setup Shaw Email on your Android Phone

Looking for instructions on how to setup your Shaw email account on your Android device? Here are the instructions, via Shaw:

Android

Setting Up an Email Account

1. Select the Application icon.
2. Select Email icon.
3. If this is your first email account you will be presented with an email setup screen. Otherwise, press the Menu button, and tap the ‘Add Account’ button.
4. In the Type your account email address box, enter your full email address.
5. In the second box, enter your email account password.
6. Select the Manual setup button.
7. Choose the POP3 account button.
8. Enter the following information in the spaces provided:
   1. Username – Enter your full email address.
   2. Password – Enter your email account password.
   3. POP server – pop.shaw.ca
   4. Port – 110
   5. Security type – None
9. Select Next. The device will connect to the internet and check your incoming settings.
10. On the Outgoing server settings screen, enter the following information in the spaces provided:
    • SMTP server – mail.shaw.ca
    • Port – 587
    • Security – TLS (accept all certificates)

    Note: Ensure Port is still 587.

11. Select Require sign-in checkbox.
12. In the Username box, enter your full email address.
13. In the Password box, enter your email account password.
14. Select the Next button. The device will connect to the Internet and check your outgoing settings.
15. On the Account options screen, select your Email checking frequency.
    Note: Changing frequency will impact battery life.
16. Under Notify me when email arrives checkbox to see an alert on the status bar when you have new email.
17. Name your account as desired.
18. Enter your name as you want it displayed in email.

Let us know how this works for you!

[Shaw]