Setting up Gmail on Apple iOS

Learn how to set up Gmail to access a hosting.com e-mail account. This article includes step-by-step instructions and all of the information you need to manage e-mail using the Gmail app on Apple iOS.

This article demonstrates how to set up Google Gmail on Apple iOS to access a hosting.com e-mail account.

To configure Gmail 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 to learn how to create an e-mail account using cPanel.

  2. Start Gmail, and then tap Add another account:
    Gmail - Add another account

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Tip

If you do not see the Add another account option, tap the person icon in the top-right corner, and then tap Add another account.

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Note

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

  1. Under Add account, tap Other (IMAP):
    Gmail - Other (IMAP)

  2. In the Email address text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel, and then tap Next:
    Gmail - Email address

  3. Under Incoming server settings, in the Password text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel:
    Gmail - Incoming server settings

  4. In the IMAP server text box, type mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name.

  5. Confirm that the Port text box is set to 993, and the Security type list box is set to SSL/TLS, and then tap Next.

  6. Under Outgoing server settings, in the Password text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel:
    Gmail - Outgoing server settings

  7. In the SMTP server text box, type mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name.

  8. Confirm that the Port text box is set to 465, and the Security type list box is set to SSL/TLS, and then tap Next.

  9. In the Your name text box, type the name you want to appear on messages you send from the account, and then tap Next:
    Gmail - Your name

  10. On the account list page, tap Done:
    Gmail - Account list page

  11. Gmail downloads any messages in the account, and the inbox appears:
    Gmail - Inbox

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