Introduction
Apple has continuously released products which have not only changed the entire picture of the technological world, but it has also imposed a significant affect onto our lives. The iPhone in this regard is an incredible smartphone by Apple and has all the features through which you can perform everyday tasks. Setting up an email on the iPhone is not a very difficult task and involves several steps, which are outlined as follows:
Step 1
Setting up email on the iPhone
Step 1: Go to the option of Mail in your iPhone, which can be accessed by going to the option of Mail, Contacts and Calendars. Then select the tab of ‘Add new account’ so as to create a new email on your iPhone.
Step 2
Step 2: iPhone offers the possibility of selecting between several known services of email on itself and there will be populated several options on the list such as Yahoo, Gmail, and Exchange. Your requirement is to select the option of ‘Others’.
Step 3
Step 3: Under the ‘Mail’ menu, which will be located on the top most position of the screen, select the option of ‘Add Mail account’ to set up an email on the iPhone.
Step 4
Step 4: There will be several fields under this option, which are required to be filled. These fields will include the name of the account, the complete address of your mailbox account, the required password, as well as the description of the account, which can be selected as the default settings or can be customized.
Step 5
Step 5: Click on the ‘Save’ option to give effect to the setting up of an email on iPhone.
Step 6: Make a decision whether you want the default settings of the IMAP option or you want to go with the POP option. Details of POP and IMAP are mentioned below and might not differ from each other.
Tips
Step 7: The name, description and address are automatically filled up with the process carried out in step 4.
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Step 8: Incoming Mail server also has some fields such as
• Name of the host: It is the domain name for your server, which should exclude www.
• The complete name and address of your mailbox.
• The password of the mailbox even if it has been generated.
Step 9: Outgoing mail server is the next step in the series, which includes all the options that are a part of the incoming mail process in the procedure of setting up email on iPhone.
Step 10: Now click on the option ‘Save’ to get in affect all the changes.
Step 11: There might occur an error message due to the difference in the certificate that is being registered for the domain name. Ignore the message as it might not affect your email on iPhone.
Step 12: Click on the option of continue.
Step 13: As soon as the POP or IMAP server has been verified, another error message similar to the first one will appear. Ignore it and move ahead.
Step 14: Select the option of ‘Continue’.
Step 15: The setting up of email on an iPhone is now complete.
These settings are standard and can also work on any other device, which supports POP and IMAP. In case you are experiencing issues with your email on iPhone, you can go through the manual provided on the official website of Apple for further details.
