Detailed step-by-step instructions
- Go to Settings
- Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars
- Select Add an Account
- Select Other (usually at the end of the list)
- Select Add Mail Account and it will display a New Account screen
- Enter the following information:
Name: the name you wish to have displayed as Sender.
Email: the email address you have set up with your ISP.
Password: the one relevant to the above email address.
Description: a pertinent one, especially if you have more than one email address registered to your phone.
- Select Next
- Select the protocol IMAP (preferred) or POP3.
- Enter the following information for either of them:
Incoming Mail Server:
Host Name: mail.yourdomain.co.za (as sent through by superbhosting.co.za)
User Name: this will be your email address
Password: your email password
Outgoing Mail Server:
Host Name: mail.yourdomain.co.za (as sent through by superbhosting.co.za)
User Name: this will be your email address
Password: your email password
- Select Next
If you have selected IMAP you can now enable Mail & Notes and then select Save and the automated system will complete its required validity checks.
- Once the validity checks have been completed it will revert back to Mail, Contacts, Calendars - please select the newly created mail account.
- Scroll down and select Advanced, where you will need to set up additional Incoming settings for IMAP or POP3.
- IMAP connection uses Port 143 incoming (where SSL has been disabled) and Port 993 incoming (where SSL has been enabled).
- POP3 connection uses Port 110 incoming (where SSL has been disabled) and Port 995 incoming (where SSL has been enabled).
- Return to the previous screen i.e. Account and select Outgoing Mail Server by selecting SMTP.
- Scroll down and select Advanced, where you will need to set up additional Outgoing settings.
- Both IMAP & POP3 connect using Port 587 outgoing (where SSL has been disabled) and Port 465 outgoing (where SSL has been enabled).
- Please ensure that Authentication displays as Password.
- Select Done
- Your new email account should now be functional.