How to setup IMAP email on iPhone

Updated On:
4 June 2019
Documented By:
Roger

Step: 1 (Add your IMAP email account)

Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Add Account

Select Other > Add Mail Account (to create a new email account)

 

Step: 2 (Enter your Email Address)

Fill in all the required fields, 

 iPhone Settings Passwords and Accounts Add Account screen

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Your Own Name

Email: example@yourdomain.com (Your own email address)

Password: Your own email password

Description: Yourdomain 

 

 

Step: 3 (Account Setup)

Select IMAP, fill in all the required fields for the Incoming and Outcoming mail server then tap Next to verify the email account.

iPhone selecting Other then Add Mail Account option

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Host Name: mail.yourdomain.com 

Username: example@yourdomain.com (Refer to your own email account)

Password: your email password

Verify the email account. After the verification process makes sure to enable the Mail, then tap Save.

 

 

Step: 4 (Configuring SSL)

Go to Setting > Password & Accounts > click the Description (your own email domain account) > Account > Outgoing Mail Server(SMTP) > mail.yourdomain.com.sg > enable Use SSL

Outgoing Mail Server:
iPhone IMAP email account name email password fields

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Server Port: 465

After the verification is done, go back to Account and select Advance. In the Advance setting, there is an Incoming Setting > enable Use SSL 

Incoming Mail Server:
iPhone IMAP incoming and outgoing mail server fields

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Server Port: 993

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