Setting up a personal email account

You can setup your email account from your BlackBerry smartphone or your computer:

To set up your personal email account from your BlackBerry smartphone:

Add email accounts, including Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail®, AOL, and Windows Live™ Hotmail®, directly from your smartphone in just a few easy steps.

To set up your personal email account on a BlackBerry smartphone with BlackBerry® 7 OS or BlackBerry® 6 OS:

• From the Home screen click the Setup icon
• Select Email Accounts
• Select Internet Mail Account, and follow the screens to set up your email address.

To set up your personal email account on a BlackBerry smartphone with BlackBerry® Device Software v5:

• From the Home screen click the Setup icon.
• Select Setup Wizard.
• On the email setup screen, select I want to create or add an email address.
• Follow the screens to set up your email address.

Learn how to use the Email Account Validation Tool

You can also view an interactive demo or get step-by-step instructions by selecting your smartphone from the list below:

BlackBerry® Bold™ 9930 smartphone
BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone
BlackBerry® Bold™ 9780 smartphone
BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700 smartphone
BlackBerry® Bold™ 9650 smartphone
BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphone
BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360 smartphone
BlackBerry® Curve™ 9350 smartphone
BlackBerry® Curve™ 3G smartphone (Model: 9330)
BlackBerry® Curve™ 3G smartphone (Model: 9300)
BlackBerry® Curve™ 8530 smartphone
BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone
BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300 Series
BlackBerry® Pearl™ 3G smartphone (Model: 9100)
BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 Series
BlackBerry® Storm2™ 9550 smartphone
BlackBerry® Storm™ 9530 smartphone
BlackBerry® Style™ 9670 smartphone
BlackBerry® Torch™ 9860 smartphone
BlackBerry® Torch™ 9850 smartphone
BlackBerry® Torch™ 9810 smartphone
BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone
BlackBerry® Tour™ 9630 smartphone
BlackBerry® 8800 Series
Other BlackBerry smartphone models