How to Setup E-mail on Your iPhone

You use iTunes to sync your email accounts to iPhone. iTunes supports Mail and Microsoft Entourage on a Mac, and Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express on a PC. See article “iPhone: Setting Up Syncing” for further details.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• iphone
• 10-15 minutes

1. If this is the first account you’re setting up on iPhone, tap Mail. Otherwise, from the Home screen choose Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account.
2. Choose your email account type: Y! Mail (for Yahoo!), Gmail, .Mac, AOL, or Other.
3. Enter your account information:
   
   If you’re setting up a Yahoo!, Gmail, .Mac, or AOL account, enter your name, email address, and password. After that, you’re done.
   
   Otherwise, click Other, select a server type—IMAP, POP, or Exchange—and enter your account information.
   
   * Your email address
   * The email server type (IMAP, POP, or Exchange)
   * The Internet host name for your incoming mail server (which may look like “mail.example.com”)
   * The Internet host name for your outgoing mail server (which may look like “smtp.example.com”)
   * Your user name and password for incoming and outgoing servers (you may not need to enter a user name and password for an outgoing server)

Tips & Warnings

• Exchange email accounts must be configured for IMAP in order to work with iPhone. Contact your IT organization for more information.