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How to Add an Email Account to Your iPhone

This How.com.vn teaches you how to add an email account to your iPhone's Mail app.

Steps

  1. How.com.vn English: Step 1 Open your iPhone's icon Settings.
    Tap the Settings app icon, which resembles a set of gears on a grey box.
  2. 2
    Scroll down and tap Accounts & Passwords. You'll find this option about a third of the way down the Settings page.
  3. How.com.vn English: Step 3 Tap Add Account.
    It's at the bottom of the list of current accounts.
    • If you have more than a few email accounts on your iPhone, you may need to scroll down to see this option.
  4. How.com.vn English: Step 4 Select a mail service.
    Depending on which email service your email account uses, tap one of the following options:
    • iCloud - Apple Mail email accounts.
    • Exchange - Microsoft Exchange email accounts.
    • Google - Gmail or Google email accounts.
    • YAHOO! - Yahoo email accounts.
    • Aol. - AOL email accounts.
    • Outlook.com - Outlook, Hotmail, and Live email accounts.
    • If your email service isn't listed, tap Other at the bottom of the list.
  5. How.com.vn English: Step 5 Enter your account information.
    You will need to enter the email address and password for the account you are adding.
    • This step will vary depending on the email service you're using.
    • If you are using the "Other" option, you will need to enter in your mail server information. Refer to your mail service's support site for details on the server information.
  6. 6
    Tap the white "Mail" switch
    How.com.vn English: iPhone Switch Off Icon
    .
    It will turn green
    How.com.vn English: iPhone Switch On Icon
    . This will add your email account's inbox to your iPhone's Mail app.
  7. How.com.vn English: Step 7 Determine other account data to sync.
    You can synchronize your email account's contacts and calendar information with your Contacts and Calendar apps respectively by tapping the white switch to the right of each option you want to sync.[1]
    • You can also create an account under your email address in the Notes app by tapping the white switch to the right of the "Notes" heading.
    • A green switch means that data will be synced for your selected heading.
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  • Question
    I added another email account to my iPhone6. I can receive and send messages, although the "sent" messages do not appear in the sent folder. How do I make it happen?
    How.com.vn English: Community Answer
    Community Answer
    You might not be sending emails from your other account. If you send messages from your iCloud account, it will not show up on your Gmail, and vice versa.
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    Where do you find mail server information?
    How.com.vn English: Patrick Hughes Jones
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    Community Answer
    Log into your provider and go to your account settings. There will be pop and Imap settings for your phone.
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      Tips

      • Any inboxes added to the Mail app on your iPhone will also be available on other Apple products on which you're signed into your iPhone's Apple ID.
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      Warnings

      • Adding an account to your iPhone's Mail app does not install an app for the account's mail service (for example, adding a Gmail account doesn't install the Gmail app).
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      About this article

      How.com.vn English: Jack Lloyd
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      How.com.vn Technology Writer
      This article was co-authored by How.com.vn staff writer, Jack Lloyd. Jack Lloyd is a Technology Writer and Editor for How.com.vn. He has over two years of experience writing and editing technology-related articles. He is technology enthusiast and an English teacher. This article has been viewed 46,035 times.
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      Article SummaryX

      1. Open Settings
      2. Scroll down and tap Accounts & Passwords
      3. Tap Add Account
      4. Select an email provider.
      5. Enter your account's email address and password.
      6. Select your account's sync options.

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