Setting up an iPhone with IMAP email account
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The document is a technical manual for setting up an IMAP email account on an iPhone, detailing the configuration steps, including entering user information and server settings. It also compares IMAP and POP protocols, highlighting their differences and use cases. The instructions ensure users can successfully send and receive emails after proper setup.
Setting up an iPhone with IMAP email account
- 1. ™ Setting Up iPhone Email Technical Manual:Configuration and Setup Document Updated: 2/09 Setting Up an IMAP Email Account 9. You will be returned to the Mail, Contacts, Calendars screen. Tap the name of the account you just created. 1. Tap the Settings icon. 10. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, and tap the Advanced button. 11. In the Mailbox Behaviors section, you can “map” your iPhone email 2. Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars. mailboxes to the associated folders stored on the email server. For each 3. Tap Add Account. of the following mailboxes, tap the 4. Tap Other, located at the bottom of the list. arrow next to the folder name. A 5. Enter the following information in the spaces provided: new window will appear, where you can select the associated “On the • Name—Enter full your and last name, as you want it Server” folder: to be displayed in the email you send. • Drafts Mailbox—Select “Drafts” • Address—Enter entire email address your (e.g., myname@mydomain.com). • Mailbox—Select “Sent” Sent • Password—Enter email account password. your • Deleted Mailbox—Select “Trash” • Description—Enter a descriptive name for your account 12. After completing these steps, you (e.g., My Work Account). This description will be visible should be able to send and receive only to you. email successfully. 6. Tap the Save button. 7. On the next screen, make sure IMAP is selected. In both the Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server sections, enter the following information: Using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) • Name—Enter the name of the secure email server: Host The iPhone turns on SSL by default. SSL provides additional secure.emailsrvr.com security to your email communication. SSL encrypts your • Name—Enter your entire email address User messages between your email client and our servers. SSL (e.g., myname@mydomain.com). is optional. The addresses provided will work without SSL turned on. If you decide not to use SSL, please change your • Password—Enter the password associated with your email incoming server port to 143 and the outgoing server port to account. 587 or 8025. 8. Tap the Save button. Comparing POP and IMAP POP IMAP • when you will be primarily accessing your email Best • when you will be accessing your email from multiple Best from a single location, like your or home. When locations. you leave your or home, you can still access your • Allows create portable folders. These folders you to email from a web browser. will appear in each email client you use to access your • Messages are downloaded to your computer, so you account. Your account will look the same at work, at home, don’t need to worry about exceeding the size of your and at your friend’s house. mailbox. • Because email messages are stored on the server, your • When accessing your email account through a web you must monitor your mailbox size and delete messages browser, you may not see previous messages that to avoid exceeding your mailbox size. were downloaded to your desktop email client. . Copyright © 2010 Document Authors. Some Rights Reserved. www.thexyz.com