Add an Account Manually

In general, manually adding an account is straightforward. You'll need a few standard pieces of information from your email provider, such as your email address, user name (if different from your email address), password, and sometimes the mail server address. You tap through a few screens to enter this information. The exact steps are slightly different for certain account types and email providers. Mail tries to figure out as many details as possible on its own, rather than forcing you to do a lot of tedious text entry, but depending on how a server is configured, you may have to supply more of the information (or different information) yourself.

Exchange ActiveSync Accounts

Exchange ActiveSync accounts are usually among ...

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