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44 Chapter 4 Mail
Syncing Email Accounts to iPhone
You use iTunes to sync your email accounts to iPhone. iTunes supports Mail and
Microsoft Entourage on a Mac, and Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express on a PC.
See “Setting Up Syncing” on page 6.
Note: Syncing an email account to iPhone copies the email account setup, not the
messages themselves. Whether the messages in your inbox appear on both iPhone and
your computer depends on the type of email account you have and how it’s
configured.
If You Don’t Have an Email Account
Email accounts are available from most Internet service providers. If you use a Mac, you
can get an email address, along with other services, at www.mac.com. Fees may apply.
Free accounts are also available online:
 www.mail.yahoo.com
Yahoo! provides free “push” email accounts. With a push email account, email is
transferred to iPhone as soon as it is received by the mail server.
 www.google.com/mail
 www.aol.com
Setting Up an Email Account on iPhone
You can set up and make changes to an email account directly on iPhone. Your email
service provider can provide the account settings you need to enter.
Changes you make on iPhone to a email account synced from your computer are not
copied to your computer.
Enter account settings directly on iPhone
1 If this is the first account you’re setting up on iPhone, tap Mail. Otherwise, from the
Home screen choose Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account.
2 Choose your email account type: Y! Mail (for Yahoo!), Gmail, .Mac, AOL, or Other.
3 Enter your account information:
If you’re setting up a Yahoo!, Gmail, .Mac, or AOL account, enter your name, email
address, and password. After that, you’re done.
Otherwise, click Other, select a server type—IMAP, POP, or Exchange—and enter your
account information.
 Your email address
 The email server type (IMAP, POP, or Exchange)
 The Internet host name for your incoming mail server (which may look like
“mail.example.com”)