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 in iTunes.
Creating new account
1. Select "Settings" on the home screen of your iPhone or iPod Touch
2. Select "Mail" from the list
3. Touch "Add Account"
4. Select "Other" and then "IMAP":
Basic account settings
5. 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
6. When you are done configuring your account touch "Save" at the top of the screen and you will be directed back to the "Mail Settings" page.
Security settings
7. Touch the "GAC e-mail" account which you just saved
8. Touch "Advanced" at the bottom to configure security options.
9. The Advanced Settings screen will appear Fill out the information fields as follows:
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
10. You are done configuring your mobile device for e-mail access. Push your home button to get back to the home screen and start using the Apple Mobile Mail application.