How to Add Your Gmail Account to iPhone Using IMAP

Gmail on iPhone

Add Your Gmail Account to iPhone Using IMAP

To set up your iPhone work with Gmail:

• Enable IMAP in Gmail

1. Sign in to Gmail.
2. Click the gear icon in the upper-right and select Gmail settings at the top of any Gmail page.
3. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP
4. Select Enable IMAP.
5. Configure your IMAP client and click Save Changes.

• From the iPhone Home screen, choose Settings

 

• Tap on Mail, Contacts, Calendars

• In the Accounts section, tap Add Account

• Choose your email account type. For setting up email to work with IMAP choose other

• Select Add Mail Account under the Mail section

• Enter your information as below, Then tap Next

Name : Just give a name

Address : Gmail address

Password : Gmail password

Description : You can type a description for your mail

 

• Select IMAP

• On the next screen, enter your Incoming Mail Server tap Next

Host Name : imap.gmail.com

User Name : Gmail user name

Password : Gmail password

• Next screen, enter your Outgoing Mail Servertap Next

Host Name : smtp.gmail.com

User Name : Gmail user name (Optional)

Password : Gmail password (Optional)

• Then its Verifying your account

• Select both your Mail and Notes, tap Save

 

• Now you can check your Gmails from iPhone

 

Setting up your Sent folder properly

• Start at the home screen

• Go to Settings

• Choose Mail, Contacts, Calendar

• Select your IMAP account
• Choose the Account (e.g., user@mail.com)

• Scroll to the very bottom and Choose Advanced

• Change each of the Mailbox Behaviors items as needed (e.g., Choose Sent Mailbox and check "Sent Items")


• Go back to Advanced (top left)

• Back to Account (top left)

• Done