You can configure any email account directly on the iPhone or the iPod Touch. You will simply need the standard email account information: username, password, and the incoming and outgoing mail server host information for your domain, e.g. mail.yourdomain.com. This guide is written for Magical Productions only. Details will vary slightly for our other hosting plans.
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The following tutorial uses POP as the incoming method. If you wish to use IMAP simply select that option and make sure the port is set to 143. All other settings are the same.
Follow these steps to set up your email account on your iPhone or any other iOs device.
1. Select Settings from your iOs home menu and then select Mail, Contacts, Calendars
2.Click the Add Account option
3. Scroll down and select Other
4. Select Add Mail Account
5. Enter Your Name, email address, password and a description or nickname for your account (Note: it just needs to describe the particular email account you’re adding in case you have multiple accounts on your iOs device)
6. Select the POP option at the top, and proceed to enter in all of the settings below, obvioulsy using the correct info that pertains to your email/hosting account. When you are finished entering in your information, click Save at the top right corner of the screen. Your iPhone or iOs device will attempt to connect your mail server and verify your settings. Often this can take a while and you may even receive a notice saying that iOs cannont verify the account and asking ‘would you like to continue?’, choose yes until your device verifies your settings. (It may take several tries initially…don’t blame us, we didn’t write their software)
Congratulations! You’ve successfully added your email account to your iOs device.
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Now, having said that…
1. Go back to the Settings menu from your iOs home menu and choose Mail, Contacts, Calendars
2. Select your email account (Note: it’s labeled with the description you gave it in Step 5 above)
3. Under the Outgoing Mail Server section, select the SMTP option that has your mail server’s name beside it
4. Select your mail server under the Primary Server section (We agree that some of these steps seems redundant but we didn’t write Apple’s software)
5. VERY IMPORTANT: Make sure Server is set to ON, SSL is set to OFF and that Authentication is set to Password. You will not be able to send email if any of these settings are incorrect. Select Done when you have verified that all settings are correct.
6. Go back to your account screen and this time, select Advanced
7. You have to once again verify that SSL is OFF, Authentication is set to Password and additionally verify that S/MIME is OFF. (Again, don’t blame us, we didn’t write Apple’s software)