Operation Manual

Stop using an account
m From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, choose an account, then turn
Account off.
If an account is off, iPhone doesn’t display the account, or send or check email from
that account, until you turn it back on.
Adjust advanced settings
m 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 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, you can see them even when iPhone isn’t
connected to the Internet.
 To set when deleted messages are removed permanently from iPhone, 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 iPhone
m From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, tap an account, then scroll down and
tap Delete Account.
Deleting an email account from iPhone doesn’t delete it from your computer.
Settings for Checking and Viewing Email
iPhone checks for and retrieves new email in your accounts whenever your open Mail.
You can also set Mail to regularly check for email and download your messages even
when you don’t have Mail open.
Set whether iPhone checks for new messages automatically
m From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail > Auto-Check, then tap Manual,“Every
15 minutes,”“Every 30 minutes,” or “Every hour.”
If you have a Yahoo! email account, email is instantly transferred to iPhone as it arrives
at the Yahoo! server.
Set whether iPhone plays an alert sound when you have new email
m From the Home screen choose Settings > Sound, then turn New Mail on or off.
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