Setting up your primary email account on the iPhone will make your life that much easier rather than trying to check it on the Web. Trust us. Not only will you not have to launch Safari to check your email, but automatic notifications will keep you up-to-date at all times. Setting up an email account on the iPhone is incredibly easy. Just follow these steps:
1. Open the Mail app.
2. Tap the email provider you wish to use. If you want to set up an email account that is not with Microsoft Exchange, MobileMe, Gmail, Yahoo or AOL, tap ‘other.’ I set up a Hotmail account on my iPhone, which is considered an ‘other’ account.
3. Enter your name, email address, password, and description of your email account. When you’re finished, tap ’save.’
4. After you tap ’save,’ your emails will start importing into the Mail app, and your inbox will be the primary display when you open the application.
For POP/IMAP Email Accounts:
Things get a little more complicated if you’re setting up a POP or IMAP email account. For these types of accounts, you need to know your incoming and outgoing mail server details, including your host name. For some POP/IMAP accounts, the Mail app can discover the info automatically after you enter your username and password, but it’s not guaranteed. If the application prompts you to enter your incoming or outgoing mail server details, this means that the app couldn’t find it automatically.
In this scenario, the best place to get this information is from your email provider. Many email providers list these details under their help or settings sections.
More iPhone Email Basics and Hints:
- To check for new email messages, tap the refresh icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. To compose a new message on your iPhone, tap the compose icon on the right-hand side.
- To delete or move multiple emails, tap the edit icon in the top right-hand corner of your inbox.
- To change any of your mailbox settings, go to your iPhone’s main settings tab.
And then tap ‘Mail, Contacts, Calendars.’
- It’s always a good idea to enable SSL (Secure Sockets Layers) on your iPhone mail accounts to increase your account’s security. To enable SLL, go back into ‘Mail, Contacts, Calendars’ in your main iPhone settings and tap ‘advanced.’
Next, make sure that the display next to ‘Use SSL’ says ‘on.’
