How to setup email on Apple iPhone
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Set up your domain emails address on your Apple iPhone mobile device:
If you would like to know how to setup your email in Apple mail, please read our Help Centre article.
- Open Settings on the iPhone mobile device.
- Scroll down, Select ‘Apps’.
- Scroll down, select ‘Mail’.
- Select ‘Mail Accounts’.
- Select ‘Add Account’.
- Various email options will appear, select ‘Other’.
- Under Mail, select ‘Add Mail Account’.
- Enter your full name.
- Enter your email address.
- Enter the password for your email address.
- Select ‘Next’ at the top right to continue.
- Select the type of mail account you want, IMAP or POP. We suggest you use IMAP.
- Scroll down to enter the 'Incoming mail server’ settings.
Host Name - mail(dot)the domain name. eg:mail.yourdomainname.co.za
Username - enter your email address and the password - enter the password.
- Scroll down to enter the ‘Outgoing mail server’ settings.
- Host Name - mail(dot)the domain name. eg: mail.yourdomainname.co.za
Username - enter your email address and the password - enter the password.
- Select ‘Next’ to proceed.
Find out more on The difference between POP, IMAP & SMTP and which one to use in this article with detailed explanations on each.
- Select ‘Save’.
- Open the ‘Mail’ App.
- The email account should appear in the ‘Mailbox’.
You have successfully added your email account on the Mail App.
Read our Understanding SSL certificates article for more information.
- IMAP uses port 993 with SSL secure encryption and port 143 for non SSL encryption.
- POP uses port 995 with SSL secure encryption and port 110 for non SSL encryption.
- SMTP uses port 465 with SSL secure encryption and port 587 or 25 for non SSL encryption.
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Read our How to set up emails on your Android mobile device article for detailed instructions.