Tutorial on Adding an Email Account to K-9 Mail on Android Using Autodiscover (or Manual Configuration)

Prerequisites:

• An Android device with the K-9 Mail app installed
• Your email address and password
• The IMAP and SMTP server settings for your email account

To add an email account to K-9 Mail using Autodiscover:

1. Open the K-9 Mail app.
2. Tap the menu button (three dots in the top right corner of the screen).
3. Tap Accounts.
4. Tap the + button.
5. Tap Other.
6. Enter your email address and password.
7. Tap Next.
8. K-9 Mail will try to automatically configure your email account using Autodiscover. If Autodiscover is successful, you will see a confirmation message. Tap Done to finish adding your account.

If Autodiscover fails:

Tap Manual.

Enter the following IMAP server settings:

• Server: morwen.planetnoc.net
• Port: 993
• Security type: SSL
• Authentication: Required

Enter the following POP3 server settings:

• Server: morwen.planetnoc.net
• Port: 995
• Security type: SSL
• Authentication: Required

Enter the following SMTP server settings:

• Server: morwen.planetnoc.net
• Port: 465
• Security type: SSL
• Authentication: Required

Tap Next.

K-9 Mail will test your email settings. If the settings are correct, you will see a confirmation message. Tap Done to finish adding your account.

Once your email account has been added to K-9 Mail, you can start sending and receiving emails.

Note: K-9 Mail does not currently support SRV record discovery for Autodiscover. This means that Autodiscover will only work if your email provider has published SRV records for their Autodiscover server. If your email provider does not have published SRV records, you will need to manually configure your email account settings.

To manually configure your email account settings in K-9 Mail:

Open the K-9 Mail app.

Tap the menu button (three dots in the top right corner of the screen).

Tap Accounts.

Tap the account that you want to configure.

Tap Edit.

Enter the following IMAP server settings:

• Incoming server: morwen.planetnoc.net
• Incoming port: 993
• Incoming security type: SSL
• Incoming authentication: Required

Enter the following POP3 server settings:

• Incoming server: morwen.planetnoc.net
• Incoming port: 995
• Incoming security type: SSL
• Incoming authentication: Required

Enter the following SMTP server settings:

• Outgoing server: morwen.planetnoc.net
• Outgoing port: 465
• Outgoing security type: SSL
• Outgoing authentication: Required

Tap Save.

Your email account should now be configured correctly.