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title: "Setting up an email in iOS (iPhone and iPad)"
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published: "2016-05-02T07:54:15+00:00"
modified: "2026-02-27T11:19:55+00:00"
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# Setting up an email in iOS (iPhone and iPad)

Automatic setup **iPhone iOS Mail is able to automatically setup the email account.** Add email account using the following instructions

Following settings are compatible with you email account:

- Encrypted connection: **SSL**, **SSL/TLS** or **STARTTLS**
- Incoming mail server i.e **IMAP** server: **imap.zone.eu** port **993**
- Incoming mail server i.e **POP3** server: **pop3.zone.eu** port **995**
- Outgoing mail server i.e **SMTP** server: **smtp.zone.eu** port **465** or **587**

Outgoing mail server requires authentication (username is email address, password is general or [device specific](https://www.zone.ee/help/en/kb/mailbox-application-passwords/)).

1\. On your Home screen **tap** `Settings`, then `Apps`, `Mail`, `Mail Accounts` and `Add Account`. Enter your email address and click `Next`.

[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/iOS_setup1-1-290x300.png)](https://www.zone.ee/help/en/kb/setting-up-an-email-in-ios-iphone-and-ipad/ios_setup1-2/)

Then click `Add Other Account`

[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/iOS_setup2-1-192x300.png)](https://www.zone.ee/help/en/kb/setting-up-an-email-in-ios-iphone-and-ipad/ios_setup2-2/)

Choose `Mail Account`

[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/iOS_setup3-1-155x300.png)](https://www.zone.ee/help/en/kb/setting-up-an-email-in-ios-iphone-and-ipad/ios_setup3-2/)

2\. Then **add** email `account information`:

`Name:` **name and last name** `Email:` **Email address** `Password:` **Password for email account** `Description:` **If more than one email account are in use, then add a description of a particular email account.**

To save the information **click** `Next`.

[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/iOS_setup4-2-300x251.png)](https://www.zone.ee/help/en/kb/setting-up-an-email-in-ios-iphone-and-ipad/ios_setup4-3/)

**3. Setting up an incoming and outgoing mail servers**

**Choose** an account type **IMAP.**
`Host name:` **imap.zone.eu** `User name:` **email address** `Password:` **password for email account**

`OUTGOING MAIL SERVER:`

`Host name:` **smtp.zone.eu** `User name:` **email address** `Password:` **password for email account**

[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/iOS_setup5-1-159x300.png)](https://www.zone.ee/help/en/kb/setting-up-an-email-in-ios-iphone-and-ipad/ios_setup5-2/)

**4.** After the data is verified, **click** `Save`

[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/iOS_setup6-1-300x172.png)](https://www.zone.ee/help/en/kb/setting-up-an-email-in-ios-iphone-and-ipad/ios_setup6-2/)

###### ADDITIONAL SETTINGS

**5.** If you want to configure the incoming server later or change the password, choose `Settings`, `Mail`, `Accounts` from the phone menu, then choose the email account, click `Account Settings` and `Advanced`.

[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/ZmailiOSIMAP8.jpg)](https://www.zone.ee/help/kb/ios-9-iphone-ipad/zmailiosimap8/)

[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/ZmailiOSIMAP9-473x1024.png)](https://www.zone.ee/help/kb/ios-9-iphone-ipad/zmailiosimap9/)

In order to configure the outgoing server or change the password, under Outgoing Mail Server click `SMTP smtp.zone.eu` and `Primary server`.

[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/ZmailiOSIMAP10-473x1024.jpg)](https://www.zone.ee/help/kb/ios-9-iphone-ipad/zmailiosimap10/)[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/ZmailiOSIMAP11-473x1024.jpg)](https://www.zone.ee/help/kb/ios-9-iphone-ipad/zmailiosimap11/)[![](https://www.zone.ee/static/sites/5/ZmailiOSIMAP12-473x1024.png)](https://www.zone.ee/help/kb/ios-9-iphone-ipad/zmailiosimap12/)