How To: Set up email on your iPhone

This blog post will outline how to set up your professional email from SmartHost on your iPhone.

To learn how to create your professional email, please view this blog post here:
How To: Create a professional email address using the SmartHost Customer Portal

Once your email has been set up, follow the steps below to find your email account configuration settings. You will need these settings to set up your email on your iPhone (or any other email client)

1. Log into your SmartHost Customer Account
2. Click Services
3. Click on your Hosting Package
4. Scroll down and click Email Accounts
5. Beside each email, there will be 5 small icons. Next to the email you want to set up on your iPhone, select the middle icon labelled Account Configuration Details. Click this and leave this screen open as you will need the information here

How to set your email up on your phone:

• On your iPhone, go to Settings
• Scroll down and click Mail

• Click Accounts

• Click Add Account
• Click Other

• Click Mail Account. 

• Once here, refer back to your Account Configuration Details screen and enter the information required.

Name: Enter your personal name

Email: Enter the email you want to set up

Password: Enter your email password

• Once finished, you will be asked to configure your account. Select IMAP at the top of the screen. Now, fill out the information required. Refer back to your Account Configuration Details screen in your SmartHost Customer Portal.

Incoming Mail Server:

Host Name: mail.yourdomain.ie (replace yourdomain with the domain you wish to use)
Username: The email address you want to set up
Password: Enter your email password

Outgoing Mail Server:

Host Name: mail.yourdomain.ie (replace yourdomain with the domain you wish to use)
Username: The email address you want to set up
Password: Enter your email password

If done correctly, you should get confirmation ticks for every setting and you should now have access to your email from your iPhone.

An example of what this should look like is below:

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with our support team by emailing support@smarthost.ie.

If you are interested in getting professional email, please view our hosting plans here: Hosting Plans