How to Set Up a cPanel Email Account on iOS® and Android™

Modified on Thu, 30 Jan at 7:53 PM

Set up your mobile device


iOS

Note:
  • This guide uses iOS 15 on an iPhone® SE. These instructions may differ on other iOS versions.
  1. Tap Settings. Generally, the Settings icon appears on one of your device’s main screens. The Settings menu will appear.
  2. Tap Mail. The Mail menu will appear.
  3. Tap Accounts. The Accounts menu will appear.
  4. Tap Add Account. The Add Account menu will appear.
  5. Tap Other. The  Other menu will appear.
  6. Tap Add Mail Account. The New Account interface will appear.
  7. Enter your account information and tap Next. Enter the following information in the New Accountinterface’s text boxes:
    • In the Name text box, enter the name that you wish to use for the email account.
    • In the Email text box, enter your email address.
    • In the Password text box, enter the password for the email account.
    • In the Description text box, enter a description for the email account.
    • Tap Next to proceed to the next screen in the New Account interface.
  8. Use the toggle at the top of the screen to select a mailbox type. Verify all of the information for your account.    
    Note:
    • We recommend that you select the IMAP mailbox type. If you select the POP3 mailbox type, the mobile device’s mail client will download all of the account’s email messages, and then remove the messages from the server. You will not be able to access those messages from any other mail client.
  9. Enter the following information in the Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Servertext boxes:
    • In the Host Name text box, enter the mail server for the email account.
    • In the User Name text box, enter your email address.
    • In the Password text box, enter the password for the email account.
  10. Tap Next to proceed to the next screen in the New Account interface.
  11. Tap Save to complete the account setup process. Your mail client is now ready.

Android

Note:
  • This guide was created using Android version 10.0.0 on a Google Pixel™ 3. These instructions may differ on other Android versions.
  1. Swipe up from the bottom of your device and tap the Settings icon.
  2. In the Settings menu, tap Accounts. The Accounts interface will appear.
  3. Tap Add Account. The Add an account interface will appear.
  4. In the Add an account interface, tap Personal (IMAP).
  5. In the Enter your email text box, enter your full email address. Tap Next.
  6. Enter your password in the Password text box. Tap Next. The Incoming server settings interface will appear. The information that you entered previously will automatically appear in the Username and Passwordtext boxes.    
    Note:
    • Tap the show password icon () to ensure that the password is correct.
  7. In the Server text box, enter the hostname information.
  8. Tap Next. The Outgoing server settings interface will appear. The information that you entered previously will automatically appear in the Username and Password text boxes.
  9. In the Server text box, enter the hostname information.
  10. Tap Next. The Account options interface will appear. In the Account optionsinterface, you can set the following options:
    • Sync frequency — Select how often your email syncs to the server.
    • Notify me when email arrives — Get notifications when email arrives.
    • Sync email for this account — Automatically sync email for this account.
    • Automatically download attachments when connected to Wi-Fi — Automatically download attachments when connected to Wi-Fi®.
  11. Tap Next. A confirmation screen will appear.
  12. Tap Next. Your mail client is now ready.

Was this article helpful?

That’s Great!

Thank you for your feedback

Sorry! We couldn't be helpful

Thank you for your feedback

Let us know how can we improve this article!

Select at least one of the reasons
CAPTCHA verification is required.

Feedback sent

We appreciate your effort and will try to fix the article