How to Use My iPod to Read Email
With an iPod Touch, you can check and read email messages from multiple accounts or mailboxes. In order to read e-mail on your iPod Touch, your device's Wi-Fi must be turned on and connected to an active wireless network. The iPod Touch can connect to most typical types of email accounts, including POP and IMAP. Reading email on your iPod does not interrupt music playback.
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Instructions
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Ensure that your iPod Touch is connected to an active wireless network.
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Go to the iPod home screen and click on the "Settings" icon.
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Click on "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" and then choose the "Add Account" option.
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If you are using a popular email service, such as Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, then click on the appropriate button and follow the instructions to finish setting up the account. Otherwise, click on the "Other" option.
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Hit the "Add Mail Account" option.
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Enter your full name, email address, password and a description for the account. Then hit the "Save" button.
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Choose the "IMAP" or "POP" option at the top of the screen depending on what type of mail server your account is hosted on.
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Enter the incoming and outgoing server information for the email address and then hit the "Save" button to finish configuring the mail setup.
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Go back to the home screen and click on the "Mail" icon to begin reading your email.
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