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1 The Endless Geek endlessgeek.com C onfigure ip hone for c P anel E mail I get as ked this s o many times, I though I would s ave mys elf a bit of time, and publis h a s imple guide to s etting up an ip hone f or a P OP 3 or IMAP account. Although the title s ays f or cp anel, this guide is f ine f or jus t about any P OP 3 or IMAP account where you know the s erver and account details. T he s creens hots were taken f rom my ip hone 4 runnng ios 4.3.x. S o, lets s tart. Tap the S e ttings icon on your ip hone s home s creen. T his will bring you to this s creen (below). Tap the Mail, C ontac ts, C ale ndars icon tp get the f ollowing s creen. OK, now tap the Add Ac c ount icon to get the f ollowing s creen

2 Tap Other You guessed, tap the Add Mail Account icon (not too hard, is it?)

3 The New Account screen takes the basic details of your account: Name This is the f riendly name that will identif y your outgoing s (e.g. Steve Sant). Address this should be your f ull address f or the POP3 or IMAP account. Password This is the password that was conf igured f or the mailbox (NOT your cpanel password). Description this is just to help you identif y the account in your settings later call it anything you like. Then tap Next at the top of the screen, which will bring you to the f ollowing screen.

Password This is the password that was conf igured f or the mailbox (NOT your cpanel password).

4 Choose whether you want to connect using POP3 (messages downloaded locally to your iphone) or IMAP (messages are kept on the server so you can also read them f rom your home PC/Mac). Just remember if you are using IMAP that you will start using up your user account space quota. You will need to f ill in the f ollowing: Incoming Mail Server Host Name This is almost always mail.domain.com so if your address is tommy@f inger.co.uk, then your mail server is almost certainly mail.f inger.co.uk User Name For cpanel accounts, the account username is always the same as the mailbox address if you are not using cpanel then you might have a dif f erent user name, but it will still be provided to you when you create your mailbox. Password This should already be f illed in f or you, but if not, then enter your mailbox password again here. Outgoing Mail Server Host Name Again, this is almost always mail.domain.com, the same as your incoming server. User Name Use the same details as you entered f or your incoming mail server, above. Password This should already be f illed in f or you, but if not, then enter your mailbox password again here. Tap the Next button, at the top to verif y your settings. At this stage, you may get one or two responses f rom your iphone: 1.) The SSL Certificate on the mail server you are trying to connect to, doesn t protect the server name you specif ied It is very likely that at this stage you will receive a Cannot Verif y Server Identity warning. This is because the SSL certif icate that is protecting your mail server is probably assigned to the main server name, and not your individual domain. If you contact your hosting provider, they should be able to tell you the right server names to use, to avoid this error.

5 In all respects, it s probably better to press Continue and ignore the problem. Although, strictly speaking, means that if you accidentally connected to another server (unlikely) or if you were the victim of DNS poisoning you wouldn t know about it, it s still a more secure choice than going with a NON SSL connection (which is still just as vulnerable to DNS poisoning). 2.) Your iphone Cannot Connect Using SSL This simply means that your mail server doesn t of f er the f acility to connect using SSL. To be honest, if you get this, then there is something amis with your hosting provider s server or, inf initely more likely, you have entered the wrong details somewhere. So tap No and go over everything again! If everything worked out (and in most cases it should), then great! If you still can t connect to your outgoing server, then read on Still got problems? Advanced Incoming Mail Server Set t ings If you need to alter advanced settings f or your incoming server, then tap the Advanced button at the bottom of the account settings screen :

choice than going with a NON SSL connection (which is still just as vulnerable to DNS poisoning). 2.

6 This will give you the f ollowing screen : Here you can choose if you want SSL, the type of authentication, and when messages should be deleted f rom the server, if ever. You can also choose to use a non-standard TCP Port. Advanced Out going Mail Server Set t ings If you need to alter advanced settings f or your incoming server, then tap the SMTP button at the bottom of the account settings screen :

You can also choose to use a non-standard TCP Port.

7 This brings you to this screen : You should see your chosen server at the top (as your Primary Server). All of the other servers should say Off (unless you are an expert, in which case you shouldn t be reading this guide!). Tap on your Primary Server at the top, to bring you to the f ollowing screen :

All of the other servers should say Off (unless you are an expert, in which

8 Here you can conf igure the Host Name, User Name, Password, Use SSL, Authentication method, and TCP Port. Many large ISPs block you f rom using SMTP servers outside of their network. You may run up against this problem if your iphone connects to your home WiFi network and your home broadband is with one of the big providers in the UK or USA. This is usually circumvented by connecting to your mail server using a dif f erent Port other than 25 (the def ault). For example, ziphost.co.uk use Port 525 as well as 25, so just change your Server Port to 525 and you you should get round the problem.

You may run up against this problem if your iphone connects to your home WiFi network and your home broadband is with one of the big providers in the

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