Using a Mobile Phone with Your Email
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) let you access email stored on a mail server from multiple computers and devices without transferring them between computers. Post Office Protocol (POP) lets you retrieve email from a remote server through your third-party email client.
Before You Start:
- Have your full email address and account password ready.
- Find your incoming and outgoing server names, click here to learn how.
To Use a Mobile Phone with Your Email
- Create an account with your mobile phone.
- Locate the account settings and set the following:
- Email/Username
- Your full email address
- Password
- Your email account password
- Incoming Mail Server
- Your incoming POP or IMAP server.
NOTE: Click here for help finding your POP or IMAP settings.
- Outgoing Mail Server
- Your outgoing SMTP server.
NOTE: To use our SMTP server, you must activate SMTP relay for your email address. For information on activating or checking your SMTP relays see Checking Your SMTP Relay Settings.
Click here for help finding your SMTP Server. - Incoming Server Port
- IMAP without SSL - 143
IMAP with SSL - 993
POP without SSL - 110
POP with SSL - 995
For specific information on a particular mobile phone see the following help articles:
Setting up an IMAP or POP Email Address on Your BlackBerry Smartphone
Setting Up an IMAP or POP Address on Your iPhone
Enabling SSL on Your iPhone
Setting Up an IMAP or POP Address on Your Treo 600
Setting Up an IMAP or POP Address on Your Treo 650
Setting Up an IMAP or POP Address on Your T-Mobile G1
You can also refer to the provider's help documentation:
BlackBerry® Smartphone
iPhone
Treo
NOTE: As a courtesy, we provide information about how to use certain third-party products, but we do not endorse or directly support third-party products and we are not responsible for the functions or reliability of such products.