Apple iPhone 4 (iOS4)

Apple iPhone 4

iOS 4

Set up your phone for web-based email - Apple iPhone 4 (iOS4)

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You can send and retrieve email messages from a web-based email account, such as Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail. Follow these instructions to set up your phone for web-based email.
Before you can set up your phone for web-based email, you need an account with the required email provider. If you don't have an account, you can set one up on the web page of the email provider.

Please note that the steps below are based on a web-based email account. If you have a POP3 email account, you need to use the settings for POP3 email. Click here for more information.

Step 1 of 12

Find "Mail, Contacts, Calendars"

Press Settings.

Step 2 of 12

Find "Mail, Contacts, Calendars"

Press Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Step 3 of 12

Create new email account

Press Add Account....

Step 4 of 12

Create new email account

Press the required provider.

Step 5 of 12

Enter sender name

Press Name and key in the name you want to use as sender name in your email messages.

Step 6 of 12

Enter email address

Press Address and key in your email address (such as name@provider.com).

Step 7 of 12

Enter password

Press Password and key in the password for your email account at your email provider.

Step 8 of 12

Enter email account name

Press Description and key in a name for your email account (such as "Private" or "Work").

Step 9 of 12

Enter email account name

Press Next.

Step 10 of 12

Choose synchronisation settings

Press the indicator next to the required data type to turn synchronisation of the specific data types on or off.

Step 11 of 12

Save and exit

Press Save.

Step 12 of 12

Save and exit

Press the Home key to return to standby mode.

Find "Mail, Contacts, Calendars"

Press Settings.
Press Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Create new email account

Press Add Account....
Press the required provider.

Enter sender name

Press Name and key in the name you want to use as sender name in your email messages.

Enter email address

Press Address and key in your email address (such as name@provider.com).

Enter password

Press Password and key in the password for your email account at your email provider.

Enter email account name

Press Description and key in a name for your email account (such as "Private" or "Work").
Press Next.

Choose synchronisation settings

Press the indicator next to the required data type to turn synchronisation of the specific data types on or off.

Save and exit

Press Save.
Press the Home key to return to standby mode.

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