Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch

Sync Accounts With iTunes

If you already have a desktop email client configured with the email account(s) you want to use, the fastest and easiest way of copying those accounts' settings to your mobile device is to use iTunes. (In order for this to work you must be using Apple Mail under Mac OS X, or Microsoft Outlook 2007 or 2003 or Outlook Express under Windows.)

To sync your email accounts, follow these steps:

1. Connect your iPhone OS device to your computer with a USB cable.

2. On your computer, open iTunes.

3. In the iTunes window, select your iPhone OS device in the list on the left.

4. Click the Info tab, and scroll down (if necessary) to the Mail Accounts section (Figure 5-1).

   Figure 5-1. This portion of the iTunes window lets you select the accounts you ...