How to Set Up Email on on iOS Devices

This article will show you how to setup email on your iOS 7 based device. 
These settings will work on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. While the screen shots are from an iPhone running iOS 7 the same settings should work on any iOS device.

 

 

Tap Setting

Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars                                                                  
 

 Add Mail Account   
                                                                                          

    Choose Other       
                                                                                            
 

    New Account Information

                                                                                                                                         

Enter your Name

Enter your email address as the Address

Enter the password for your email address

Tap Next

Incoming Mail Server

                                                                                                                                       

  

Host Name: This is typically your domain name preceded by "mail.". Example: mail.yourdomain.ae

User Name: Your email address.

Password: The password for your email address.

Outgoing Mail Server

                                                                                                                                           

Although iOS may indicate these fields as optional, please enter your full email address and password

Host Name: This is the same as the incoming server.

User Name: This is required and again is your email address.

Password: The password for your email address.

Tap Next.

Cannot Verify Server Identity

                                                                                                                                           

This error message it is due to the SSL certificate being used for the mail server is *.aeserver.com. To use the SSL Certificate simply click Continue.

How to store Sent, Drafts and Trash on the server

To do this please go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars

Choose your email account

Tap Advanced

Under Mailbox Behaviors choose the mailbox you wish to configure     
           
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Choose the corresponding folder on the server you wish to save the email in

Repeat the above steps for any other folders you wish to store on the server.