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# Setup help
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Setting up FairEmail is fairly simple.
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You'll need to add at least one account to receive email and at least one identity if you want to send email.
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## Requirements
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An internet connection is required to setup accounts and identities.
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## Quick setup
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Just enter your name, email address and password and tap *Quick setup*.
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If you have a Google account, you can use *Select account* instead of entering an email address and a password.
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This will work for most major email providers.
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If the quick setup doesn't work, you'll need to setup an account and an identity in another way, see below for instructions.
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To use Gmail, you'll need to enable access for "less secure" apps,
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see [here](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255) for Google's instructions
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or go [directy to the setting](https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps).
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Less secure is relative and other providers just allow access in the same way,
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but if you are concerned you can complete the setup by setting up an account and an identity in another way too, see below.
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## Account - to receive email
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To add an account, tap on *Manage accounts* and tap on the orange *add* button at the bottom.
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Select a provider from the list, enter the username, which is mostly your email address and enter your password.
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If you use Gmail, tap *Select account* to fill in the username and password.
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Tap *Check* to let FairEmail connect to the email server and fetch a list of system folders.
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After reviewing the system folder selection you can add the account by tapping *Save*.
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If your provider is not in the list of providers, select *Custom*.
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Enter the domain name, for example *gmail.com* and tap *Get settings*.
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If your provider supports [auto-discovery](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6186), FairEmail will fill in the host name and port number,
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else check the setup instructions of your provider for the right IMAP host name and port number.
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For more about this, please see [here](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#authorizing-accounts).
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## Identity - to send email
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Similarly, to add an identity, tap on *Manage identity* and tap on the orange *add* button at the bottom.
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Enter the name you want to appear in de from address of the emails you send and select a linked account.
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Tap *Save* to add the identity.
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See [this FAQ](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#FAQ9) about using aliases.
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## Permissions - to access contact information
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If you want to lookup email addresses, have contact photos shown, etc, you'll need to grant read contacts permission to FairEmail.
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Just tap *Grant permissions* and select *Allow*.
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## Battery optimizations - to continuously receive email
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On recent Android versions, Android will put apps to sleep when the screen is off for some time to reduce battery usage.
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If you want to receive new emails without delays, you should disable battery optimizations for FairEmail.
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Tap *Disable battery optimizations* and follow the instructions.
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## Questions
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If you have a question or problem, please [see here](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md).
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