Changing Email Account Settings; Account Settings - Google Android 2.3 User Manual

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Changing email account settings

You can change the following settings for each email account when you create it or at
any later time. See "Adding and editing email accounts" on page 218.
These settings apply only to the account you're working with. To change the settings
for another email account, you must switch accounts; see "Opening Email and the
Accounts screen" on page 208.

Account settings

Account name
Folders screens.
Your name
Signature
messages you send from this account. See "Appending a signature to your messages"
on page 217.
Inbox check frequency
checks for new email sent to this account.
Amount to synchronize
where you can set how many days or weeks of email to store on the phone.
Default account
compose and send when you are not currently viewing or working with email from a
specific account.
Email notifications
receive new email sent to this account.
Select ringtone
for this account.
Vibrate
receive an email notification for this account, only when the phone is in Silent mode. or
never.
Incoming settings
receive email for this account. See "Incoming server settings" on page 222.
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The name of the account as it appears in the Accounts and
Your name as it appears to others when they receive email from you.
Opens a dialog where you can enter a signature to append to the
Opens a dialog where you can set how often Email
For Exchange ActiveSync accounts, opens a dialog
Use this account's outgoing email server for the email you
Set whether you want to receive notifications when you
Select a ringtone to sound when you receive an email notification
Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you
Opens a screen where you can configure settings for how you
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