Changing email account settings, Account settings, Account name, Your name

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 The name of the account as it appears in the Accounts and Folders screens.

Your name Your name as it appears to others when they receive email from you.

Signature Opens a dialog where you can enter a signature to append to the messages you send from this account. See “Appending a signature to your messages” on page 217.

Inbox check frequency Opens a dialog where you can set how often Email checks for new email sent to this account.

Amount to synchronize For Exchange ActiveSync accounts, opens a dialog where you can set how many days or weeks of email to store on the phone.

Default account Use this account’s outgoing email server for the email you compose and send when you are not currently viewing or working with email from a specific account.

Email notifications Set whether you want to receive notifications when you receive new email sent to this account.

Select ringtone Select a ringtone to sound when you receive an email notification for this account.

Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you receive an email notification for this account, only when the phone is in Silent mode. or never.

Incoming settings Opens a screen where you can configure settings for how you receive email for this account. See “Incoming server settings” on page 222.