Add an email account to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

In that location are two means yous can gear up an email account in the Postal service app on your iOS device – automatically or manually. Notice out which option is best for you.

How to set up your email account automatically

If you're using an electronic mail provider such as iCloud, Google or Yahoo, Mail can set up your e-mail account automatically with simply your email address and password. Here's how:

  1. Go to Settings > Mail service, then tap Accounts.
    iPhone showing how to set up email account automatically
  2. Tap Add together Business relationship, then select your email provider.
  3. Enter your email accost and password.
  4. If you lot see Next, tap information technology and wait for Post to verify your business relationship.
  5. If you see Save, tap it.

If you can't see your email provider, tap Other to add together your account manually.

How to prepare your email account manually

If you need to ready up your email business relationship manually, make sure you know the email settings for your account. If yous don't know them, you tin can wait them upward or contact your email provider. Then follow these steps:

  1. Become to Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts.
  2. Tap Add Business relationship, tap Other, so tap Add Postal service Account.
  3. Enter your proper noun, email address, countersign and a clarification for your account.
    iPhone screen showing how to set up an email account manually
  4. Tap Next. Post will endeavour to find the email settings and finish setting up your account. If Mail finds your e-mail settings, tap Done to finish the business relationship setup process.

Enter account settings manually

If Postal service tin't find your e-mail settings, y'all will demand to enter them manually. Tap Next, then follow these steps:

  1. Cull IMAP or Popular for your new business relationship. If yous're not sure which one to choose, contact your e-mail provider.
  2. Enter the information for Incoming Postal service Server and Outgoing Mail Server. Then tap Next. If y'all don't take this information, try looking it up.
    iPhone showing how to enter account settings manually
  3. If your email settings are correct, tap Relieve to terminate. If the electronic mail settings are incorrect, you'll be asked to edit them.

If you lot still can't set up your email business relationship or save your email settings, contact your email provider.

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