Setting up an email account

Before you can send and receive email messages, you need an email account such as a free one through Gmail or Yahoo, or one provided through your work. When adding a popular and common email account, such as Gmail, your iPhone can set up the email account with little more than your email address and password. When adding a work or unusual email account, you may need to manually enter technical details, such as POP or IMAP server names.

Setting up a common email account

Your iPhone can automatically recognize and set up the following types of email accounts:

• iCloud
• Microsoft Exchange
• Google (Gmail)
• Yahoo
• AOL
• Outlook

To set up an email account through one of these email providers, follow these steps:

1. Tap the Settings app on the Home Screen. The Settings screen appears.
2. Tap Mail. A Mail screen appears.
3. Tap Accounts. An Account screen appears.
4. Tap Add Account. An Add Account screen appears, as shown...