Sometimes you may not know how to add different email accounts on your iOS device, or you may be a new user and recently they gave you or bought an iPhone or iPad and you look confused when synchronizing them with these devices.
In some cases it is very useful to have your email accounts linked to your mobile devices, to be able to respond immediately and comfortably or be aware of the information that arrives and then respond to it appropriate form.
In this tutorial we will explain step by step how you can configure and add your different e-mail accounts on your device, regardless of the version of the device. We will also show you how to have several synchronized emails to be able to view them without any inconvenient, so that you can manage them correctly without having to use a specific application for each domain you use.
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Steps to add and configure an email account on your iPhone or iPad device
It is very important to know the steps that are essential to configure and link an email account on iOS devices, since if you perform them incorrectly you will find yourself with the inconvenience that they will not reach your computer.
Add an email account on iPhone and iPad
Adding an email is very easy to do, as long as the steps are followed correctly there should be no problem. There are two methods to add email accounts, the automatic method and the manual method.
Automatically
It allows us to add different accounts as they are; ICloud, Exchange, Google, Yahoo! , AoI. , Outlook.com.
In order to add them you must do the following:
- Go to the “Settings” option.
- Choose “ Accounts and Passwords” , you will choose “ Add account ».
- Now you will look for your email provider.
- Enter your email address and password.
- Click on « Next» and wait for the confirmation to arrive via email.
- Then you will proceed to configure the information belonging to your email that you want to observe on your device, such as contacts.
- Press « Save» and you will have finished.
Manually
This option allows us to add different emails, such as those belonging to our work, Hots provider or even our own web domain if we have any. This is a more complicated option than the one explained above, so we ask you to pay more attention to the steps that we will explain below.
The steps to add them manually are as follows:
- Go to the “ Settings” option.
- Choose the option “ Accounts and Passwords” , you will choose « Add account ».
- In the option where different providers appear, you will choose« Other ».
- Then press the option « Add account».
- You are going to put your name, your email, password and a brief description of the functionality of this. Example : business, staff, work, friends, etc.
- Press « Next».
- Mail will try to add the configuration automatically, finishing this, if it manages to get the right one, You will see the option of « Accept» to finish.
- If Mail fails to find the correct configuration, you will have to add it manually. Press « Next».
- Select POP or IMAP for the new account you want to add, if you are not sure what type to choose , contact your mail provider.
- Enter the incoming mail server, as well as the outgoing server and password for both fields. Press « Next».
What applications allow you to synchronize emails on iOS?
There are different applications that allow you to manage your mails from your iOS devices, such as Gmail , Outlook , Yahoo !, Triage, Spark etc. Some of these, such as Google Gmail, make it easier for you to manage other profiles from yourself, without opening a section through another tool or website.
In this case we will talk about Spark, a platform designed exclusively for iPhone and iPad, in order to unify several email providers in one place. Allowing its users to manage various profiles from one place and with the ease of having them automatically added to the device, just by following a series of steps that We’ll show you next.
The interface is available directly from the App Store and it works for free. Although it also has a paid version which provides additional service to its users.
These are some of the email providers available for Spark:
- Gmail
- Yahoo!
- GoDaddy
- AolMail
- Hotmail
- Outlook
- Office365
- Exchange
- iCloud
- GMX
- Zoho
- FastMail
To add a service in Spark you just have to follow the following steps:
- Open Spark on your device.
- The application introduction screen will appear, you can read it or click on «Skip» to skip it.
- Enter your personal or work email address . Keep in mind that in this field you must add the email of the account you wish to synchronize with Spark. Press « Next».
- Enter the password of the account you want to synchronize and then press the option « Allow» so you can use your Gmail profile from Spark.
To add other mail providers just follow the same steps with another alternative address.
How to configure Spark to be able to see Gmail mail on iPhone?
In order to view and manage your Gmail as well as other accounts using Spark, you just have to follow a series of simple steps that we will explain in detail below.
- Open Spark.
- In the upper left you can find the option of « A jousts» , click on it.
- You will choose the option « Settings».
- You will choose « Mail accounts» , and then « A dd account».
- Click on the «Gmail» icon.
- Sign in to Gmail and allow the application to access it.
- Select the way you want Spark handle your notifications.
- You can choose between:
- All (all)
- Do not notify (no notifications)
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Can you set up a POP3 / IMAP email account on your smartphone or iPad?
It is possible to set up your POP3 and IMAP email account on your iPhone and iPad without having problems performing this action. Previously we explained what steps you have to take to be able to execute the configuration. You can read a little higher.
Is it possible to have 2 or more email accounts added to my iPhone phone ?
It’s entirely possible that you can manage two or more email addresses from your iOS devices without complications, and there are even applications like Spark that allow you to manage your accounts from one place, without the need to move from tool to manage your mail from another provider.
There is also configure Gmail , which has the function of adding and synchronizing other e-mail so you can manage it from one place . Although it should be noted that these options have a limit to how many accounts you can synchronize. But it is certainly a great alternative to unify all your work.