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Setting up FairEmail is fairly simple.
You'll need to add at least one account to receive email and at least one identity if you want to send email.
## Requirements
An internet connection is required to add accounts and identities.
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For security reasons, your account need to have a non empty password set.
## Account - to receive email
To add an account, tap on *Manage accounts* and tap on the orange *add* button at the bottom.
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else check the setup instructions of your provider for the right IMAP host name and port number.
For more about this, please see [here](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#authorizing-accounts).
## Identity - to send email
Similarly, to add an identity, tap on *Manage identity* and tap on the orange *add* button at the bottom.
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See [this FAQ](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#FAQ9) about using aliases.
## Permissions - to access contact information
If you want to lookup email addresses, have contact photos shown, etc, you'll need to grant read contacts permission to FairEmail.
Just tap *Grant permissions* and select *Allow*.
## Battery optimizations - to continuously receive email
On recent Android versions, Android will put apps to sleep when the screen is off for some time to reduce battery usage.
If you want to receive new emails without delays, you should disable battery optimizations for FairEmail.
Tap *Disable battery optimizations* and follow the instructions.
## Questions
If you have a question or problem, please check [the FAQ](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md) first.
If you have a question or problem, please [see here](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md).