Setting Up an Email Account Automatically

If you use one of the more common email providers such as AOL, Yahoo!, Google, MobileMe, or Microsoft Exchange, your iPad can set up your email account almost automatically. All you have to do is type in your email address, and your iPad can figure out the correct settings.

To set up a MobileMe, Yahoo!, Google, AOL, or Microsoft Exchange email account, follow these steps:

  1. From the Home screen, tap Settings. The Settings screen appears.

  2. Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars. The Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings screen appears, as shown in Figure 13-1.

    The Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings screen lets you define your email account settings.

    Figure 13-1. The Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings screen lets you define your email account settings.

  3. Tap Add Account. The Add Account screen appears, as shown in Figure 13-2.

    You can choose from several popular email providers.

    Figure 13-2. You can choose from several popular email providers.

    Note

    If you start the Mail app for the first time without setting up an account, you’ll be prompted with the same options shown in Figure 13-2.

  4. Tap the button of your email provider. A screen and virtual keyboard appears where you can type your name, email address, password, and an optional description of your account, as shown in Figure 13-3. Write carefully! The name listed here will be visible on emails you send from your iPad.

    The initial email account setup screen

    Figure 13-3. The initial email account setup screen

  5. Type your name, email address, password, and optional description of your account, and tap Next in the upper-right corner. A dialog may appear, letting you include Mail, Calendars, and Notes from that account, as shown in Figure 13-4.

  6. Tap the on/off buttons for Mail, Calendar, and Notes, and tap the Save button.

  7. Press the Home button. The Home screen appears.

  8. Tap Mail. If you’re currently connected to the Internet, your iPad will retrieve any messages for that email account.

You can include notes and calendars with an email account.

Figure 13-4. You can include notes and calendars with an email account.

Note

If you don’t have an email address yet, you can get a free one by visiting http://www.gmail.com/ or http://mail.yahoo.com/.

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