So, you’re setting up email on your iPhone. You want to check your email on-the-go and need an easy-to-use, reliable, and mobile solution for your electronic mail. Setting up an email account on the iPhone is fairly simple and can be achieved by the following:
How To Setup An Email Account On iPhone
- From home screen select settings
- Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars
- Add Account
- Select the account type
- Follow the steps to add an email account
Now, let’s take it a step further. Let’s say you have a Gmail account you would like setup with your iPhone. If you’re not familiar with Gmail, Gmail (Google Mail) is an online email provider provided by Google. In my opinion, Gmail is highly intuitive, offers many services, and all for free! In fact, if you are using anything other than Gmail I suggest you make the switch immediately. While setting up Gmail on your iPhone, you will be presented with several account options i.e. (iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, Microsoft Hotmail, Mobile me, and other) and the obvious choice is to choose Gmail to proceed. Obviously, this makes sense since we have a Gmail account and the account type category says Gmail. So, if all we wanted to do was setup Gmail on our iPhone, we would simply input our Name, Email, Password, Description, and be done with setup.
Is There A Better Solution?
OK, you’ve setup a Gmail account on your iPhone and you’re not completely satisfied. Should you have to wait for your email to be download from Gmail’s servers all the time, or is there a better configuration? The answer is YES, there is a better solution! If you’re wanting instant email notifications on you iPhone using Gmail you will most likely want to set up Gmail push using Exchange. If Gmail will be your only exchange account than this alternative is perfect for you! With Gmail push using Exchange, you will receive emails on your iPhone instantly without waiting for your messages to be downloaded from the online servers. Emails will show as notifications by pop-up and sound on your iPhone similar to text messages and other notifications which already makes it worth setting up. Now you’re probably wanting to know, how do I set this up? To setup Gmail Push using Exchange on your iPhone do the following:
How To Setup Exchange Gmail Push On iPhone
- From home screen select settings
- Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars
- Add account
- Select Microsoft Exchange
- Enter your Gmail account information
- Under domain enter “m.google.com” without the quotations
- Select next and proceed to finish
Great! If you followed the instructions above you should have successfully setup Gmail push using Exchange on your iPhone. If you have any questions please use the form below to contact us. If you would prefer to have our technical support representatives take care of this for you, please submit a support ticket to schedule a remote service call. iPhone Support Austin, TX
