If you've added email to an iOS or Android device, you've probably seen IMAP mentioned often and POP rarely. Very few, if any, email apps on iOS allow you to add POP email accounts. Some Android email apps do, but not many, either.
If you're wondering why you'd want to add a POP email account to your mobile device, you can read about the difference between IMAP and POP IMAP versus POP3:What is it and which should you use? IMAP vs. POP3:What is it and which one should I use? If you've ever set up an email client or application, you've probably come across the terms POP and IMAP. Do you remember which one you chose and why? If you are not... Read More We previously showed you how to add an email address in the Mail app How to add and remove email accounts on Mac, iPhone, and iPad How to add and remove email accounts on Mac, iPhone, and iPad It's also essential to know how to remove email accounts. email addresses from your devices for accounts you no longer use. Read More But the Mail app only handles IMAP mail.
If you decide you want to add a POP email account to your iOS or Android device so you can get your email locally on the device, we'll show you how to use Outlook.com to do that.
You'll need a Microsoft email account to do this, such as outlook.com, live.com, or hotmail.com. If you don't have one, sign up for a Microsoft account.
Go to Outlook.com and sign in with your Microsoft account. If you have an Office 365 subscription, it's best to use the email address associated with your subscription. That way, you get the premium version of Outlook.com, which is ad-free and offers advanced security features.
For your POP email account to be available in Outlook for iOS or Android, you must add it as a connected account in Outlook.com. Outlook will then see the connected account and allow you to add it.
In Outlook.com, click Settings (gear) in the upper right corner of the window. Then click See all Outlook settings .
About Settings screen, click Mail on the left, Sync mail in the middle, and then Other email accounts under Connected accounts to the right.
You can add a Gmail account, but for our example, we're going to add a personal email address on a custom domain. Gmail is best added as an IMAP account, which you can add to Outlook without going through Outlook.com.
About the Connect your account page, enter a Display Name . This is the name recipients will see when they receive an email from you.
Then, enter the Email Address and Password for the email account you want to connect to your Outlook.com account.
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If you want to keep email from your connected account separate from email from your Microsoft account, select Create a new folder for imported email, with subfolders like the account you're connecting to . The other option will combine all emails from both accounts.
If you're adding an email address that isn't from a common or well-known email provider, you may need to manually enter the POP settings. Check the Manually configure account settings. box.
Click OK .
Below Choose your connection type , select POP / SMTP connection settings .
Enter the Incoming and Outgoing Server and port information. You can get this information from your provider, if you don't already have it.
If you don't want people to see your Outlook.com address (or other Microsoft email address) when you send email using your connected account in Outlook.com, select Send email using your provider's server .
Click OK .
About Sync Mail screen, click Save If you have made any other configuration changes. Then click Close (X ) button.
If you chose to store your connected account email in a separate folder, you will see the email address listed under Folders and the Inbox below the email address. Click Inbox to view messages from the connected account.
If your connected email address did not appear in Folders on the left, click your picture or initials in the top right and click sign out. Then sign in again.
If you don't already have an email address in the Outlook for iOS app, you'll see Accounts found screen when you start in Outlook. All accounts are selected by default. Deselect all other accounts except the POP account that was connected to Outlook.com.
Tap Add account . Then, enter your password on the next screen and tap Sign Up .
You will see your connected POP email account in the list of folders in the menu with the Inbox under the email address. Inbox tap To view email messages from that account.
If you already have one or more email addresses in Outlook for iOS, you won't see the Accounts found screen. But you can add your connected POP email account in settings.
Tap the menu button at the top left to open the menu again, if it's not already open. Then click on Settings (gear) at the bottom left, as shown in the right image above.
About Settings screen, under Accounts, touch Add account .
Then tap Add email account . You will see the same screen as above left and you can continue adding your connected POP email account from there.
We have previously covered how to add email addresses to Outlook for Android How to access Hotmail and Outlook on your Android device How to access Hotmail and Outlook on your Android device You can access Outlook and Hotmail email accounts on Android, and it is very easy . Read more.
In Outlook, you should see the following screen showing the email accounts found, just like in Outlook for iOS.
Select the connected POP email account you added to Outlook.com and tap Add account .
You'll be asked if you want to add another account, but you can tap Skip for now.
Your POP email account is now available in Outlook for Android. Messages may take a while to load, depending on how many are in your account.
This solution in Outlook is a roundabout way to add a POP email account on iOS and Android, but it's a decent option. If you prefer to use other email apps, we have some options for Android 5 Great Android Email Apps Compared 5 Great Android Email Apps Compared You probably use your smartphone for email, but switch to one of these apps could make that experience much better for you. Read more . And there's always the standard Mail app for iOS. Tips and tricks for iOS. Mail.app to send emails like a pro on your iPhone. IOS. Tips and tricks to email like a pro on your iPhone. Than it used to be. Read more . But, most iOS and Android email apps only allow IMAP email accounts.
