Email

The Email settings configure email account settings on a Windows device.

The following table describes the email settings that you can configure on a Windows device:

Table 1. Email settings
Policy setting Description Supported devices
Configure for type The protocol (IMAP or POP) that is used to retrieve email messages from the mail server.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Account display name The name of the email account.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Username The user account name. Leave this field blank to use the enrollment information to populate the user's user name. If the account user name is the same as the email address (such as Office365 or HCL Traveler), use %email% as the variable.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Email address The email account that is configured for the device. Leave this field blank to use enrollment information to populate the user's email address.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
User display name The name of the user of the device.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Mail server host name (for incoming mail) The host name of the mail server that is used for incoming email messages.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Use SSL (for incoming mails) Incoming email messages can use SSL encryption.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Mail server hostname (for outgoing mail) The host name of the mail server that is used for outgoing email messages.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Use SSL (for outgoing emails) Outgoing email messages can use SSL encryption.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Authentication required (for outgoing) Whether authentication is needed for a device to send outgoing email messages.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Download emails from Download emails on the device from the past seven days, past two weeks, past month, or download emails anytime.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Email sync frequency Synchronizes the email mailbox on the device every fifteen minutes, thirty minutes, 1 hour, two hours, or manually synchronizes the email mailbox on the device as needed.
  • Windows Phone 8+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Maximum email size (KB) for auto download Select the maximum email size that can be downloaded automatically. Supported email size values are 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 20, 50 KB. Emails that exceed the specified limit are truncated. Windows Phone 10+
Maximum attachment size (KB) for auto download Select the maximum email attachment size that can be downloaded automatically. Supported attachment mail size values are 0, 25, 50, 125, 250 KB. Email attachments that exceed the specified limit are truncated. This setting applies to the IMAP email profile.
  • Windows Phone 10+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Always use cellular data for sync If this setting is enabled, devices use only the cellular data network for synchronization. A wifi network is not used for synchronization.
  • Windows Phone 10+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Calendar server host name The host name of the calendar server.
  • Windows Phone 10+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Use SSL (For calendar server connections) Calendar server connections can use SSL encryption.
  • Windows Phone 10+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Contact server host name The host name of the contact server.
  • Windows Phone 10+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Use SSL (For contact server connections) The contact server can use SSL encryption.
  • Windows Phone 10+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise
Sync all email content All email content is synchronized on the device.
  • Windows Phone 10+
  • Windows 10+ Professional, Education, Enterprise