This article will show you how to setup email on your iOS 7 based device. These settings will work on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. While the screen shots are from an iPhone running iOS 7 the same settings should work on any iOS device.

Have the following details ready before you start:

  • Your domain name
  • Your email address
  • Your email password

How to configure your iOS device

  1. Go to Settings
  2. Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars
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  3. Add Account
  4. Choose Other

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  5. Add Mail Account
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  6. You will go to New Account Information Set up page
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  7. Enter your Name
  8. Enter your email address.
  9. Enter the password for your email address
  10. Tap Next
  11. Select POP
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  12. Under the Incoming Mail Server Section
  13. Host Name: Your incoming mail server is mail.yourdomain.com
    replacing yourdomain.com with your own domain url.
  14. Enter your full email address as the User Name.
  15. Enter the password for your email address
  16. Under the Outgoing Mail Server Section. Although iOS may indicate these fields as optional, please enter your full email address and password
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  17. Host Name: Outgoing Mail Server is the same as your incoming mail server.
  18. Enter your full email address as the User Name.
  19. Enter the password for your email address
  20. Tap Next.
  21. A pop up might show: Cannot Verify Server Identity. The reason this is prompted is because SSL is enabled in iPhone mail setting. You can just ignore it.
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  22. Simply click Continue.

Your IOS Device (iPhone, iPad) is now configured to send and receive email using your E-mail address.