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How To Fix iPhone Email Problems
With thanks to HTF Member DaveF
iPhone Mail is a complete mess for those of us that get hundreds of emails per day that are
mostly spam related. There are no spam filters on iPhone, and worse, there is no way to do
a mass deletion of everything that gets downloaded. Though there are rumored software fixes on the way,
we felt it necessary to help you guys with iPhone mail related problems. By going through this
10 minute procedure, you'll be enjoying spam-free email directly to your iPhone
Create a GMAIL account
1. Go to Google Mail and create a personal account
2. After you have successfully registered, log into your GMAIL
account and click on SETTINGS in top right corner
3. Go to Accounts and scroll down to Get Mail From Other
Accounts. Fill out the information pertaining to the POP3 account
you wish GMAIL to retrieve mail from.
4. Go to Forwarding and POP and select the option Enable POP
only for mail that arrives from now on
Set up GMAIL on your iPhone and Computer Mail applications
1. On your iPhone go to Settings -> Mail -> Add An Account.
You will see an option for adding a GMAIL account. Use
the same information that you used to set up your personal GMAIL
account.
2. Set up a GMAIL account on your computer desktop/laptop mail client
according to these instructions
Be certain when setting up email on your desktop and laptop that
for USERNAME you put "recent:" directly in front of your GMAIL username
For example, my gmail username is: [email protected]
When setting up my computer and notebook mail applications for GMAIL
I changed the username to: "recent:[email protected]"
In doing this, you will be able to download the same mail across
all your computers, keeping your mail in perfect synch.
Please note that upon completion and first download of your GMAIL
accounts on all your platforms (including iPhone), you will download
a month's worth of old mail. This is normal. Once it is all cleared
out, you will enjoy the luxury of receiving only NEW messages on all
your computers with spam successfully filtered out.
With thanks to HTF Member DaveF
iPhone Mail is a complete mess for those of us that get hundreds of emails per day that are
mostly spam related. There are no spam filters on iPhone, and worse, there is no way to do
a mass deletion of everything that gets downloaded. Though there are rumored software fixes on the way,
we felt it necessary to help you guys with iPhone mail related problems. By going through this
10 minute procedure, you'll be enjoying spam-free email directly to your iPhone
Create a GMAIL account
1. Go to Google Mail and create a personal account
2. After you have successfully registered, log into your GMAIL
account and click on SETTINGS in top right corner
3. Go to Accounts and scroll down to Get Mail From Other
Accounts. Fill out the information pertaining to the POP3 account
you wish GMAIL to retrieve mail from.
4. Go to Forwarding and POP and select the option Enable POP
only for mail that arrives from now on
Set up GMAIL on your iPhone and Computer Mail applications
1. On your iPhone go to Settings -> Mail -> Add An Account.
You will see an option for adding a GMAIL account. Use
the same information that you used to set up your personal GMAIL
account.
2. Set up a GMAIL account on your computer desktop/laptop mail client
according to these instructions
Be certain when setting up email on your desktop and laptop that
for USERNAME you put "recent:" directly in front of your GMAIL username
For example, my gmail username is: [email protected]
When setting up my computer and notebook mail applications for GMAIL
I changed the username to: "recent:[email protected]"
In doing this, you will be able to download the same mail across
all your computers, keeping your mail in perfect synch.
Please note that upon completion and first download of your GMAIL
accounts on all your platforms (including iPhone), you will download
a month's worth of old mail. This is normal. Once it is all cleared
out, you will enjoy the luxury of receiving only NEW messages on all
your computers with spam successfully filtered out.