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