Mail Settings:Mail settings let you customize your email account for iPhone and iPod touch. Changes you make to accounts settings are not synced to your computer, allowing you to configure email to work with iPhone and iPod touch without affecting email on your computer.
Account Settings:
The specific account settings that appear on iPhone and iPod touch depend on the type of account you have — POP or IMAP.
Note: Exchange email accounts must be configured for IMAP to work with iPhone and iPod touch.
Stop using an account
From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, choose an account, then turn Account off.
If an account is off, iPhone and iPod touch don't display the account, or send or check email from that account, until you turn it back on.
Adjust advanced settings
From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail > Accounts, choose an account, then do one of the following:
To set whether drafts, sent messages, and deleted messages are stored on iPhone and iPod touch or remotely on your email server (IMAP accounts only), tap Advanced and choose Drafts Mailbox, Sent Mailbox, or Deleted Mailbox.
If you store messages on iPhone and iPod touch, you can see them even when iPhone and iPod touch isn't connected to the Internet.
To set when deleted messages are removed permanently from iPhone and iPod touch, tap Advanced and tap Remove, then choose a time: Never, or after one day, one week, or one month.
To adjust email server settings, tap Host Name, User Name, or Password under Incoming Mail Server or Outgoing Mail Server.
Ask your network administrator or Internet service provider for the correct settings.
To adjust SSL and password settings, tap Advanced. Ask your network administrator or Internet service provider for the correct settings.
Delete an email account
From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, tap an account, then scroll down and tap Delete Account.
Tip: Deleting an email account from iPhone and iPod touch doesn't delete it from your computer.
Setting up VPN:VPNs (virtual private networks) are often used within organizations to allow you to communicate private information securely over a non-private network. You may need to configure VPN, for example, to access your work email on iPhone or iPod touch.
iPhone or iPod touch devices with iPhone 2.0 software or later can connect to VPNs that use the L2TP, PPTP or Cisco IPSec VPN protocols. VPN works over both Wi-Fi and cellular data network connections.
For basic information on how to configure iPhone or iPod touch to use VPN, see "Chapter 8: Settings" in the iPhone User's Guide. To learn how iPhone integrates seamlessly into enterprise environments, see the deployment scenarios and device configuration overview here.
Configure VPN:
Choose General > Network > VPN and then choose Add VPN Configuration. Ask your network administrator which settings to use. In most cases, if you've set up a similar VPN on your computer, you can use the same VPN settings for iPhone or iPod touch.*
Turn VPN on or off:
Once you've created a VPN configuration, the VPN switch at the top of the VPN Configurations list can be used to turn VPN on or off.
Choose your desired VPN configuration and tap or slide the switch to turn VPN on or off.
Troubleshooting VPN:
If you see a message that says Shared Secret is missing, check with your network administrator for assistance. See document HT1288, "iPhone and iPod touch: Supported protocols for VPN" for additional information.
Setting up a corporate email server for iPhone and iPod touch:
This article explains the key steps for setting up a corporate mail server which can be accessed by iPhone and iPod touch. These key steps will need to be completed by the IT support team or network administrator to enable access from iPhone to the corporate mail server.
If you have or are setting up a Microsoft Exchange server, please see the iPhone Enterprise Deployment Guide for further information regarding the required configuration of Exchange for iPhone or iPod touch access to Mail, Calendaring, and Contacts. iPhone and iPod touch, running iPhone 2.0 software or later, allow for access to Exchange servers and data via Microsoft ActiveSync and EAS.
The following information, from Microsoft's TechNet Library, may be useful when setting up or configuring Exchange servers for iPhone and iPod touch mail access:
For Exchange 2003 documentation:
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123755(EXCHG.65).aspx
For Exchange 2007 documentation:
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124234(EXCHG.80).aspx
For non-Exchange mail server configurations, or for Exchange server access via IMAP, use the following settings to enable secure iPhone and iPod touch access:
Step 1
Open port 993 to allow email to be received through the firewall.
The proxy server must be set to IMAP over SSL only. SSL ensures that mail is securely encrypted during wireless transmission.
Step 2
As a best practice and for additional security protection, install a digital certificate on the server from a trusted certificate authority such as Verisign.
Installing a certificate from a certificate authority (CA) is an important step in ensuring that your proxy server is a trusted entity within your corporate infrastructure.
Step 3
Either port 587, 465, or 25 must be opened to allow email to be sent from iPhone.
Additional Information
When sending a message, iPhone automatically checks first for port 587, then 465, and then 25. Apple recommends opening 587 as the most reliable, secure port because it requires user authentication. Port 25 is considered to be the least secure because it's been around the longest and is subject to more attacks by hackers. It's also the port that some ISPs block by default to prevent unsolicited spam.
For more information about integrating iPhone in Enterprise click here.
Windows Live, Hotmail or MSN email Accounts:
Using Mail on the iPhone or iPod touch requires an account that supports POP3, IMAP, or Exchange ActiveSync. To use an MSN, Windows Live, or a Hotmail account with POP3 or IMAP mail, you'll need to upgrade that service to a Plus or Premium account.
To use Windows Live or Hotmail email accounts with the Mail app on iPhone or iPod touch upgrade to a Windows Live Hotmail Plus subscription.
To use a MSN account with the Mail app on iPhone or iPod touch, upgrade to a MSN Premium subscription.
If you don't have one of the subscriptions above, you can still check your email at mail.live.com using Safari on iPhone or iPod touch.
