How to sync mail to iPhone: Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, Hotmail

How to sync mail to iPhone: Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, Hotmail

If you want to synchronise your chosen mail account, be it Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, AOL, Exchange, Hotmail, or any other accounts to your iPhone, iTouch or other iOS device, without using other mail clients or other applications, follow the steps in this article.

To add a new account:

  • Go to: Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Add Account

  • In the next page select your chosen mail provider. This method works for all of the accounts displayed below.
  • You will then be prompted to connect to your chosen account, for this example an Outlook (hotmail) Account.

Manual Account Setup:

If this does not work for you, or you cannot see your email provider in the above list you can Manually add your email address and mailbox.

  • Once again, go to: Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Add Account</bold>. This time instead of selecting one of the preselected email accounts, select Other at the bottom of the page.
  • Select Add Mail Account
  • Enter your account details: Name / Email / Password / Description
  • Select POP at the of the page, and then proceed to enter the remainder of the details.

Detailed Example

Here is an example of what you would need to do for an Outlook (hotmail) account.

  • Click on POP
  • In "Server received", enter this: Hostname: pop3.live.com
  • Username: Your Hotmail/Live address
  • Password: password
  • In "Mail Server", enter this: Hostname: smtp.live.com
  • Username: Your Hotmail/Live address
  • Password: password

Once this is filled, click Save in the upper right and now the setup is complete.

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