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title: How to Set Up Your Email on iPhone and iPad (IMAP)
description: "**In short:** On iPhone or iPad go to Settings, then Mail, then Accounts (on older iOS: Passwords & Accounts, or Mail, Contacts, Calendars), then Add Account, then Other, then Add Mail Account. Choose IMAP and use mail.yourdomain.com as both the…"
url: "https://www.hyyat.com/en/knowledgebase/set-up-email-on-iphone-ipad/"
updated: "2026-09-29"
category: "E-mail"
---

# How to Set Up Your Email on iPhone and iPad (IMAP)

**In short:** On iPhone or iPad go to Settings, then Mail, then Accounts (on older iOS: Passwords & Accounts, or Mail, Contacts, Calendars), then Add Account, then Other, then Add Mail Account. Choose IMAP and use mail.yourdomain.com as both the incoming and outgoing server, with your full email address and password. We recommend IMAP, because POP deletes messages from the server after downloading them.

## Steps

**1.** Tap **Settings** on the home screen.

![Set up email on iPhone - step 1](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1-ios.png)

**2.** Open **Mail**, then **Accounts**. On older iOS versions choose **Passwords & Accounts**, or **Mail, Contacts, Calendars**.

![Set up email on iPhone - step 2](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2-ios.png)

**3.** Tap **Add Account**.

![Set up email on iPhone - step 3](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/3-ios.png)

**4.** Choose **Other** at the bottom of the list.

![Set up email on iPhone - step 4](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/4-ios.png)

**5.** Tap **Add Mail Account**.

![Set up email on iPhone - step 5](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/5-ios.png)

**6.** On the **New Account** screen enter:

- **Name:** the name recipients will see.
- **Email:** your full email address.
- **Password:** your email password.
- **Description:** any label you like.

Then tap **Next**.

![Set up email on iPhone - step 6](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/6ios.png)

**7.** Choose **IMAP** (recommended) or **POP**.

**Note:** with POP, your phone downloads all messages and then removes them from the server, so you will not see them in webmail or on your other devices. With IMAP, messages stay on the server and sync across all your devices.

**8.** Under **Incoming Mail Server** enter:

- **Host Name:** mail.yourdomain.com (replace yourdomain.com with your domain)
- **User Name:** your full email address
- **Password:** your email password

![Incoming mail server settings on iPhone](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/7ios.jpg)

**9.** Under **Outgoing Mail Server** enter the same details:

- **Host Name:** mail.yourdomain.com
- **User Name:** your full email address
- **Password:** your email password

![Outgoing mail server settings on iPhone](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/8-ios.jpg)

**10.** Tap **Next**, then **Save**.

![Save the email account on iPhone](https://hyyathost.com/images/2017/07/30/09-168x300.png)

**11.** Your account now appears in the **Accounts** list.

![Email account added on iPhone](https://hyyathost.com/images/2017/07/30/10-168x300.png)

**12.** Go back to the home screen and open the **Mail** app to use your account.

![Mail app on iPhone](https://hyyathost.com/images/2017/07/30/11-168x300.png)

If iOS does not detect the settings automatically, use SSL with port **993** for IMAP (or 995 for POP) and port **465** for SMTP.

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