How To Setup iPhone To Receive Email


These are the steps to setup a POP3 mail account on your iPhone.

1. Add email account on iPhone.

  • If this is the first account you are setting up on this iPhone, tap Mail and then select Other.
  • If you already have another email account set up, go to the home screen and navigate to Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account > Other.

2. Enter account information.

Select POP and then add the following information:

  • Name: The user’s Display Name.
  • Address: The user’s email address.
  • Description: How you want to identify the specific email account. For example: “my office email”.

Incoming Mail Server

  • Host Name: mail.yourdomainname.com
  • Username: your email address
  • Password: your email password

Outgoing Mail Server

  • Host Name: mail.yourdomainname.com
  • Username: your email address
  • Password: your email password

Note: The iPhone will auto detect the port settings. The settings should show something like below:

 

Incoming Settings (POP3)
Use SSL: ON
Authentication: Password
Delete from server: Never (you can set as you wish)
Server Port: 110

Outgoing Settings (SMTP)
Use SSL: ON
Authentication: Password
Server Port: 2525 (if you are out of Malaysia, please use 25)

3. Complete the setup process.

Click SAVE and wait for the iPhone to test your incoming and outgoing mail settings and connect to your mailbox.