If you have an iPad, you can set up multiple email accounts to be able to manage all your correspondence using Apple's Mail app. The most popular and used e-mail services, such as Gmail and Yahoo! Mail, are pre-configured on all iPads so you can add a new mail account in a few simple steps. If your e-mail address belongs to a mail provider that is not officially supported by iOS, you can still add and configure it manually by entering all the necessary data (e-mail address, login password, incoming and outgoing mail server and so on).
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Add an iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo !, Outlook.com, AOL or Exchange account
Step 1. Launch the Settings Settings app
If you use one of the listed web services as an e-mail provider, you can set up an account in a few simple steps by providing only the login username and password. Outlook.com also includes all addresses that refer to Hotmail and Live Mail.
If you are using an e-mail service other than those indicated, for example the one linked to the manager of your internet line, please refer to the next section of the article
Step 2. Select the Mail, Contacts, Calendars item.
This menu contains all the options for managing accounts synchronized with the iPad.
Step 3. Select the Add Account option.
You will see a list of all pre-configured email services on the iPad.
Step 4. Select one of the providers in the list
If your email service provider does not appear in the list, please refer to the next section of the article.
- If you want to add a Gmail account, select the Google item.
- If you want to add a Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com account, select the Outlook.com option.
Step 5. Provide login credentials
At this point you will need to enter the e-mail address and the security password of your e-mail account. The procedure to follow varies slightly depending on the email service you have chosen to set up. For example, in the case of Yahoo! you will be asked to enter the e-mail address first and then the password in two different screens, while in the case of Outlook.com you can enter this information on the same page.
If you want to add a Google account that uses the two-factor authentication method, you'll need to enter a verification code that will be sent to the device linked to your account, rather than the password you use to log into Gmail
Step 6. Choose the information you want to sync
Make sure the slider next to Mail is selected so that new emails can be downloaded to the iPad.
Step 7. Press the Save button to add the new account
The data you have chosen to sync will be downloaded to your device.
Step 8. Return to the "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" menu
After configuring the new mail account, return to the indicated menu to be able to change the data synchronization settings.
Step 9. Select the Download new data option
This will allow you to choose when to check and synchronize new messages.
Step 10. Activate the Push item slider
This way new email messages will be downloaded to your device as soon as they are received by your email provider.
Step 11. Launch the Mail app to be able to view the new account
It may take a few minutes for all emails from this account to be downloaded and displayed on the iPad, depending on the amount of data.
If you are viewing the "Inbox" mailbox, press the Mailboxes button located in the upper left corner to view the list of all mail accounts synchronized with the Mail app
Method 2 of 2: Add a Mail Account Manually
Step 1. Visit the Apple website webpage to search for the Mail app configuration settings
If your email address manager isn't listed in the iPad's pre-configured list that appears after hitting the Add Account button, you'll need to find all the necessary information. Apple provides a web page that allows you to easily trace all the data you need. Visit the URL https://www.apple.com/support/it-it/mail-settings-lookup/ using the internet browser of your choice.
Step 2. Enter your email address in the "Email Address" text field, then click the "Search Settings" button
The page will automatically search for all the information needed to manually set up your account within the Mail app. Remember not to close this web page while setting up the new account on the iOS device.
Step 3. Go to the Mail, Contacts, Calendars section of the iPad Settings app
A list of all accounts currently synced with the device will be displayed.
Step 4. Press the Add Account button, then choose the Other item.
If your email manager is on the list of pre-configured ones on the iPad, refer to the previous section of the article.
Step 5. Select the Add Mail Account option.
This way you will have the possibility to add a new email account by manually entering all the configuration settings.
Step 6. Enter your name, e-mail address and login password
The iPad setup procedure will try to use only this information to connect to the indicated mail account. Depending on your email provider, you may need to enter other information.
Step 7. Enter information about the servers that handle inbound and outbound email, if required
In some cases you will be asked to provide the information indicated. Refer to the Apple website webpage provided in the first two steps of this section. Enter the information that was retrieved from Apple's search service in the appropriate text fields.
The information displayed on the "Search Mail Settings" page of the Apple site corresponds exactly to the text fields you will need to fill in on your iPad in order to set up your account
Step 8. Choose the information you want to sync
After entering the mail server information, the iPad will try to make a test connection and, if successful, you can select which information you want to be synchronized. Make sure that at least the slider next to Mail is selected so that new emails can be downloaded to the iPad.
Step 9. Press the Save button to store the new settings and add the new account to the Mail app
Step 10. Return to the "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" menu and activate Push sync mode
This way new email messages will be downloaded to your device as soon as they are received by your email provider. Select the Download new data option from the "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" screen, then turn on the Push slider.
Step 11. Launch the Mail app to be able to view the new account
It may take a few minutes for all email messages from the account under consideration to be downloaded and displayed on the iPad, especially if the amount of data to be synchronized is very large.