Setting up IMAP Email Accounts on Your iPhone
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February 23, 2009 5:55 PM
- If this is the first email account you're setting up on your iPhone®, tap Mail. Otherwise, from the Home screen, tap Settings.
- On the Settings screen, tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
- On the Mail, Contacts, Calendars screen, under Accounts, tap Add Account...
- On the Add Account... screen, tap Other
- Enter your account information using your keypad.
- Name
- Enter your name as you want it to display on email messages you send.
- Address
- Enter your email address.
- Password
- Enter your password for your email account.
- Description
- Enter a description of this email address. The description displays in your email account list on your iPhone.
- Tap Save.
- Make sure that IMAP is pre-selected and enter your Incoming Mail Server information.
- Host Name
- Enter imap.secureserver.net.
- User Name
- Enter your full email address as your user name.
- Password
- Enter your password for your email account.
- Enter your Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) information.
- Host Name
- Enter smtpout.secureserver.net.
- User Name
- Enter your full email address as your user name.
- Password
- Enter your password for your email account.
Note: The user name and password for your outgoing server is the same as the user name and password you have entered for the incoming server.
- Tap Save and confirm settings.
Enabling SSL
After completing your iPhone POP setup, we recommend using SSL for your security. For more information about adding SSL, see Enabling SSL on Your iPhone.
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