How to configure an email account on the Apple iOS

These settings have been tested and verified for the Apple iOS.

POP Setup

Click on the Home button
Go to Settings
Click on Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Click Add Account...
Choose Other
Click Add Mail Account
Enter your Name, Email Address, Password and Description of the profile
Click Next
Click POP

Incoming mail server

Host Name: [Mail server domain name]
User Name: enter the full email address of the pop account you are accessing
Password: enter the password for that pop account

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)

Host Name: [Mail server domain name]
User Name: enter the full email address of the pop account you are accessing
Password: enter the password for the pop account

Click Next

You will receive a "Cannot Connect Using SSL" "Do you want to try setting up the account without SSL?" message.

Click Yes

Go to Settings and click on the POP account you have just created
Scroll down and select Advanced
Scroll down until you see Settings and insure that Authentication is set to "Password"

IMAP Setup

Click on the Home button
Go to Settings
Click on Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Click Add Account...
Choose Other
Click Add Mail Account
Enter your name, email address, password and description of the profile
Click Next
Select IMAP

Incoming mail server

Host Name: [Mail server domain name]
User Name: enter the full email address of the pop account you are accessing
Password: enter the password for that pop account

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)

Host Name: [Mail server domain name]
User Name: enter the full email address of the pop account you are accessing
Password: enter the password for the pop account

Click Next

You will receive a "Cannot Connect Using SSL" "Do you want to try setting up the account without SSL?" message.

Click Yes
Then Click Save

Go to Settings and click on the IMAP account you have just created
Scroll down and select Advanced
Scroll down until you see Settings and insure that Authentication is set to "Password"

SMTP Authentication

Click on the Home button
Click on Settings
Click on Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Click on the email account you have just created
Click on Account
Scroll down and click on SMTP Under Outgoing Mail Server
Click on mail.YourHostedDomainName.com
Scroll down to Outgoing Mail Server
In Authentication choose "Password"

Article ID: 1001, Created: 1/8/2012 at 2:15 PM, Modified: 7/11/2016 at 3:45 PM

How to configure an email account on the Apple iOS

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