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# Setting up Airmail on Apple iOS

> Set up Airmail for your hosting.com email on iOS with our step-by-step guide.

This article demonstrates how to set up [Airmail](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/airmail-5/id918858936?mt=12) on Apple iOS to access a hosting.com e-mail account.

To configure Airmail to work on iOS with your hosting.com e-mail account, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you have already created at least one e-mail account for your domain. If you have not done this, please see [this article](/docs/e-mail-accounts) to learn how to create an e-mail account using cPanel.

2. Start Airmail. The **Add Account** dialog box appears:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-ios-add-account.png)

   > 📘 Note
   >
   > The user interface displayed in these images may differ slightly from the version you have installed.

3. Select one of the following protocols:

   * If you want to use IMAP, select **Generic IMAP**.

   * If you want to use POP3, select **Generic POP3**.\
     ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-ios-generic-imap-pop3.png)

4. Tap **IMAP generic** or **POP3 generic**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-ios-imap-generic.png)

5. In the **Name** text box, type the name you want to appear on messages you send from the account:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-ios-account-name.png)

6. In the **Email** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.

7. In the **Password** text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.

8. Tap **Add**.

9. Under **INCOMING MAIL**, specify the server:

   * If you are using IMAP, in the **IMAP** text box, type *mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name.

   * If you are using POP3, in the **Pop** text box, type *mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name.\
     ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-ios-account-imap-server.png)

10. Specify the port number:

    * If you are using IMAP, in the **Port** text box, type `993`.

    * If you are using POP3, in the **Port** text box, type `995`.

11. Confirm the **SSL** list box is set to **Auto**.

12. Confirm the **Auth** list box is set to **NONE**.

13. Under **OUTGOING MAIL**, in the **SMTP** text box, type*mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-ios-account-smtp-server.png)

14. In the **Port** text box, type `465`.

15. Confirm the **SSL** list box is set to **Auto**.

16. Confirm the **Auth** list box is set to **PLAIN**.

17. Confirm the **Authentication** slider is enabled.

18. Tap **Done**. Airmail tests the configuration.

19. If the configuration test is successful, tap the slider to agree to the terms of use and privacy policy:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-ios-account-agree-terms.png)

    > 📘 Note
    >
    > If the configuration test is not successful, check the information you provided in steps 5 to 17, and then try again.

20. Tap **Continue**. Airmail downloads any messages in the account, and the inbox appears:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-ios-account-inbox.png)

## Related articles

* [Setting up Apple (Mac) Mail on macOS](/docs/setting-up-apple-mac-mail)

* [Setting up Airmail on macOS](/docs/setting-up-airmail)

* [Setting up Mozilla Thunderbird](/docs/setting-up-mozilla-thunderbird)

* [Setting up Gmail to access your Hosting.com e-mail account](/docs/setting-up-gmail-to-access-your-e-mail-account)