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SETUP.md
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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.
The quick setup will add an account and an identity in one go for most major providers.
## Requirements
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## Quick setup
Just enter your name, email address and password and tap *Quick setup*.
Just enter your name, email address and password and tap *Go*.
If you have a Google account, you can use *Select account* instead of entering an email address and a password.
If you have a Google account, preferably use *Select account* instead of entering an email address and a password.
This will work for most major email providers.
If the quick setup doesn't work, you'll need to setup an account and an identity in another way, see below for instructions.
To use Gmail, you'll need to enable access for "less secure" apps,
see [here](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255) for Google's instructions
or go [directy to the setting](https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps).
Less secure is relative and other providers just allow access in the same way,
but if you are concerned you can complete the setup by setting up an account and an identity in another way too, see below.
## Account - to receive email
## Setup account - to receive email
To add an account, tap on *Manage accounts* and tap on the orange *add* button at the bottom.
Select a provider from the list, enter the username, which is mostly your email address and enter your password.
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For more about this, please see [here](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#authorizing-accounts).
## Identity - to send email
## Setup identity - to send email
Similarly, to add an identity, tap on *Manage identity* and tap on the orange *add* button at the bottom.
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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See [this FAQ](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#FAQ9) about using aliases.
## Permissions - to access contact information
## Grant 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
## Setup 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.