Email setup on iOS Devices

Summary

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.

New Account Information
Incoming Mail Server
Outgoing Mail Server
Cannot Verify Server Identity
How to store Sent, Drafts and Trash on the server

How to configure your iOS device

Tap Settings
Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Add Mail Account
Choose Other

New Account Information

Enter your Name
Enter your email address as the Address
Enter the password for your email address
Tap Next

Incoming Mail Server

Host Name: This is typically your domain name preceded by "mail.". This can be found in the E-mail Accounts section of the cPanel, under More > Configure Mail Client.
User Name: Your email address.
Password: The password for your email address.

Outgoing Mail Server

Host Name: This is the same as the incoming server.
User Name: This is required and again is your email address.
Password: The password for your email address.
Tap Next.

Cannot Verify Server Identity

This error message it is due to the SSL certificate being used for the mail server is *.BlueHost.com. To use the SSL Certificate simply click Continue.

How to store Sent, Drafts and Trash on the server

To do this please go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars

Choose your email account
Tap Advanced
Under Mailbox Behaviors choose the mailbox you wish to configure.
Choose the corresponding folder on the server you wish to save the email in.
Repeat the above steps for any other folders you wish to store on the server.

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