Apple Mobile Mail

Manually Creating a New Account in Mobile Apple Mail For iPhone & iPod Touch Use these instructions only if you have not synced your mail settings.

Creating new account

1. Select "Settings" on the home screen of your iPhone or iPod Touch

Select "Mail" from the list

Touch Add Account

Select Other and then IMAP:

Basic account settings

A page with account information fields appears: Fill out the information fields as follows:

Account information Name: Enter your full name as you would like it to appear on the messages that you send. Address: Enter your full email address i.e. johndoe@gac.edu Description: Name your account something descriptive such as "GAC e-mail". Incoming Mail Server Host Name: imap.gac.edu User Name: yourusername i.e. johndoe Password: your email password Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) Host Name: smtp-auth.gac.edu User Name: yourusername i.e. same as "User Name" above Password: your email password i.e. same as "Password" from above

Touch "Save" at the top of the screen

When the account is finished being saved you will be brought back to the Mail Settings page.

Basic account settings

Touch the GAC e-mail account which you just saved Touch Advanced at the bottom to configure security options.

The Advanced Settings screen will appear. Make these settings:

Mailbox Behaviors Drafts Mailbox: Drafts Sent Mailbox: Sent Messages Deleted Mailbox: Trash Deleted Messages Remove: Never Incoming Settings Use SSL: On Authentication: Password IMAP Path Prefix: / Server Port: 993 Outgoing Settings Use SSL: On Authentication: Password Server Port: 465