How to Set Up Email on iPhone

Learn how to set up your email on IPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

To begin, make sure that you've already signed up for an email account with (Yahoo, AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, etc).

The iPhone does not allow you to sign up for an email account; it just allows you to add an existing account to your phone.

Once you've done that, if your iPhone does not have any email accounts set up on it yet, do the following:

Tap the Mail app in the bottom row of icons on your home screen.
You'll be presented with a list of common types of email accounts:Exchange, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc.
Tap on the kind of email account you want to set up
You'll be presented with a list of common types of email accounts: Exchange, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc.
On the next screen, you'll need to enter your name, the email address you set up previously, the password you created for your email account, and a description of the account. Then tap the

Next button in the top right corner

The iPhone automatically checks your email account to ensure you've entered the correct information. If so, check marks appear next to each item and you'll be taken to the next screen. If not, it will indicate where you need to correct information
You can also sync calendars and notes. Move the sliders to On if you want to sync them, though it's not necessary. Tap the Next button
You'll then be taken to your email inbox, where messages will start downloading immediately from your account to your phone.

If you've already set up at least one email account on your phone and want to add another, do the following:

Tap the Settings app on your home screen
Scroll down to the Mail, Contacts, Calendars item and tap it
You'll see a list of the accounts already set up on your phone. At the bottom of the list, tap the Add Account item
From there, follow the process for adding a new account detailed above.