In this article, we’ll show you how to set up Gmail on Android automatically (through mail autodiscover) and manually with Android 6.0.1.
How to set up Gmail on Android automatically
1. Open Gmail.
2. Click on your profile picture.
3. Click Add another account.
4. Click Other.
5. Enter your email address.
6. Click Next.
7. Choose the account type. If you want to keep copies of messages on the server, select IMAP. If you don’t want to keep messages on the server, select POP3.
8. Click Next.
9. Specify your email account password.
10. Click Next.
11. The application will fetch the incoming server settings. Select whether or not deleting emails from the Inbox will also delete them from the Plesk server.
12. Click Next.
Note: You may see the Certificate not valid warning if the mail server or domain is not secured with a valid SSL/TLS certificate. Click Advanced, then PROCEED ANYWAY to proceed via HTTP.
13. Gmail will automatically fetch the outgoing server settings. Click Next.
Note: You may see the Certificate not valid warning again. Click Advanced, then PROCEED ANYWAY to proceed via HTTP.
14. Choose to keep the default Gmail sync settings or change them.
15. Click Next.
16. If you’d like, choose the account name and/or specify which name will be displayed on sent emails.
17. Click Next to exit the setup.
How to set up Gmail on Android manually
1. Open Gmail.
2. Click on your profile picture.
3. Click Add another account.
4. Click Other.
5. Enter your email address and click Manual Setup.
6. Choose the account type. If you want to keep copies of messages on the server, select IMAP. If you don’t want to keep messages on the server, select POP3.
7. Click Next.
8. Specify your email account password.
9. Click Next.
10. The incoming server settings will be displayed. For POP3, specify 993 as the port. For IMAP, specify 995 as the port. The encryption method for both POP3 and IMAP is SSL/TLS.
11. Click Next.
12. The outgoing server settings will be displayed. Specify 465 as the port, and SSL/TLS as the encryption method.
13. Click Next.
14. When all of your data is specified, your device will check the connection to the server and create your email account. The account will be displayed in the list of accounts in Gmail.
If you need help with Plesk, please open a support ticket from your dashboard.
