Apple® iPhone® IMAP Email Step-by-step Instructions

This page contains step-by-step instructions for Sensical.net customers on how to setup email accounts on Apple® iPhone®. These instructions have been optmised for iOS 3.0, but should be suitable for other iOS versions. You should read the general email instructions from the Sensical.net FAQ first.

Contents

1.Create a new IMAP account
2.Optimise your IMAP settings

 

1. Create a new IMAP account on Apple® iPhone®to top

  1. From Apple® iPhone® click on the Settings icon on the homepage as per the picture below.

    Settings

  2. Select the Mail, Contact, Calendars option in the list as per the picture below; you may have to move down the page a bit to see it.

    Mail Contact Calendars

  3. Select Add Account... as per the picture below.

    Add Account

  4. Select Other as per the picture below.

    Other

  5. Select Add Mail Account as per the picture below.

    Add Mail Account

  6. The following scren will now be diplayed. Complete the following information as per the picture below:

    • Name: Your name. Email sent using this email account will appear to be from this name. For example, enter a personal name such as John Smith or the name of a business department such as My Company Accounts Department.
    • Address: Your email address. This must be a valid email address as configured by Sensical.net. Emails will be sent from this addres and any replies will come to this address.
    • Password: Your Sensical.net password; as assigned to the above Sensical.net username.
    • Description: The description of this email account; enter something to identify this account from others on your iPhone, for example your email address.

    Then click the Save button.

    New Account Settings

  7. The phone will display Looking up information for a short while, after which you will be presented with a screen asking for additional account information.

    Ensure the IMAP button is pressed as per the picture below.

    IMAP

  8. Then ensure that the following settings are correct under the Incoming Mail Server section as per the picture below:

    • Host Name: Must be set to mail.sensical.net
    • User Name: Your Sensical.net username, for example s12345
    • Password: Your Sensical.net password; as assigned to the above Sensical.net username.

    Then click the Save button.

    Incoming Mail Server

  9. Then ensure that the following settings are correct under the Outgoing Mail Server section as per the picture below:

    • Host Name: Must be set to relay.sensical.net
    • User Name: Your Sensical.net username, for example s12345
    • Password: Your Sensical.net password; as assigned to the above Sensical.net username.

    Then press the Save button once you have entered all the information.

    Outgoing Mail Server

  10. The phone will display Verifying IMAP account Information for a short while.

    If everything is working correctly then you will be returned to the list of mail accounts and the newly created account will be listed with the Description you entered earlier.

    Select the newly created account in the list and then the following picture will be displayed. Click the Advanced button.

    Advanced

  11. As per the picture below, make sure that Server Port is set to 993 and Use SSL is set to ON. Then press the back arrow in the top left.

    Advanced Incoming

  12. Now select SMTP under Outgoing Mail Server as per the picture below.

    IMAP

  13. You will then be taken to the SMTP screen. On this screen select relay.sensical.net under Primary Server.

  14. Then, as per the picture below, ensure that Use SSL is set to ON and that Server Port is set to 465.

    Advanced Outgoing

  15. Now we are done, so to exit settings click the Done button in the top right or the back arrow in the top left until you return to the Settings screen. Then press the Home button to return to the home screen.

  16. You can now access your email by clicking the Mail icon from the home screen as per the picture below.

    Home Mail

 

2. Optimise your IMAP settings on Apple® iPhone®to top

  1. You may want to adjust the check interval to strike the right balance between up-to-date email and battery life. On iOS 4.x, click Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calandars and scroll down to and click on Fetch New Data. Then choose your preferred interval under the Fetch section.

  2. If required you can change the folders that Sent and Deleted items are moved to. On iOS 4.x, click Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendar, click on the Sensical.net IMAP account under the Accounts section, click on the Account button, click on the Advanced button, then change the entries for Drafts Mailbox, Sent Mailbox and Deleted Mailbox.

 

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Sensical.net Apple® iPhone® IMAP Email Step-by-step Instructions
Sensical.net Apple® iPhone® IMAP Email Step-by-step Instructions