Setup Mail for iOS

Email account setup in Mail app for iOS (SMTP/IMAP)

Email clients, like ‘Mail’ in Apple iOS, allow you to easily check your emails without Webmail (web-interface). This tutorial will help you to configure your Email accounts in ‘Mail’ for iOS 9.

Step 1. Open Settings app.

Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars

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Step 2. Tap Add Account

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Step 3. Tap Other

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Step 4. Tap Add Mail Account

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Step 5. In the New Account window enter the following details:

  • Name: the name you would like the recipients of your emails to see.
  • Email: your full Email address.
  • Password: password for your Email account (make sure you do not have blank spaces in it).
  • Description: Any information to describe your account

Once all the fields are filled, tap Next

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Step 6. In the succeeding New Account window enter the following details:

Choose IMAP

  • Name: the name you would like the recipients of your emails to see.
  • Email: your full Email address.
  • Description: Any information to describe your account

Incoming Mail Server: Host Name - example.mymailcheap.com (Use your own mailserver hostname instead of ‘example.mymailcheap.com’), Username - your full Email address, Password - password for your Email account

Outgoing Mail Server: Host Name - example.mymailcheap.com (Use your own mailserver hostname instead of ‘example.mymailcheap.com’), Username - your full Email address, Password - password for your Email account

Once all the fields are filled, tap Next

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Step 7. Select the desired options and tap Save.

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Step 8. That’s it! Your account is now set up.