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Setting Up Email on your Phone

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Apple iPhone

  1. Open Settings, then scroll down and choose Passwords & Accounts.
  2. Click on "Add Account".
  3. Choose "Microsoft Exchange"
  4. Enter your Downstate email address (usually "firstname.lastname@downstate.edu").
  5. Enter a brief description — for example, "Downstate" — to replace the one ("Exchange") that automatically appears. This description will appear in your list of email accounts.
  6. Click on "Next".
  7. Enter your password.
  8. Click on "Trust".  (We use a self-signed security certificate.)
  9. It will take some time for the initial download of your email to your phone.
  10. After the account has logged in, go to Email in your settings to

Android

  1. You must download the Outlook app from the Google Play store.  The embedded Mail app will not work with your Downstate email account.
  2. Follow the similar steps listed above in the Apple setup.