Choose your account

  1. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Then tap Add Account.
  2. If you see your email provider, tap it to add your account automatically. If you don't see your email provider, tap Other to add your account manually.

Add an account automatically

After you choose your email provider, follow these steps:

  1. Enter your email address and password.
  2. Tap Next and wait for Mail to verify your account.
  3. Choose the content you want to sync. Tap Save.

Add an account manually

Make sure that you know your email settings. If you don’t know them, you can look then up or contact your email provider.Then follow these steps:

  1. Tap Add Account, tap Other, then tap Add Mail Account.
  2. Enter your name, email address, password, and a description for your account.
  3. Tap Next. Mail will try to find the email settings and finish your account setup. If Mail finds your email settings, tap Done to complete your account setup.

If Mail can't find your email settings, you need to enter them manually. After you enter your email address and password, tap Next, then follow these steps:

  1. Choose IMAP or POP for your new account. If you aren’t sure which one to choose, contact your email provider.
  2. Enter the information for Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server. Then tap Next. 

  3. If your email settings are correct, tap Save to finish. If the email settings are incorrect, you'll be asked to edit them.