How to Add Bluehost Email Account to iPhone or Mobile Device
Here are the steps that you need to do to set-up your email on iOS devices and add you Bluehost email account for easy access on your iPhone or mobile device. These settings will work on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. While the screen shots are from an iPhone running iOS the same settings should work on any iOS device.
Configure your iOS device
1. Tap Settings
2. Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars
3. Tap Add Account
4. Choose Other
5. Choose Add Mail Account
6. Enter new account information:
Enter your Name
Enter your email address as the Address
Enter the password for your email address
Tap Next
7. For the Incoming Mail Server:
Host Name: This is typically your domain name preceded by “mail.”. Example: For dailypostal.com, it should be mail.dailypostal.com. To confirm this, check the E-mail Accounts section of the cPanel, under More > Configure Mail Client.
User Name: Your email address.
Password: The password for your email address.
8. For the Outgoing Mail Server:
Host Name: This is the same as the incoming server.
User Name: This is required and again is your email address.
Password: The password for your email address.
Tap Next.
9. When a “Cannot Verify Server Identity” window appears.
This error message it is due to the SSL certificate being used for the mail server is *.BlueHost.com. To use the SSL Certificate simply click Continue.
10. Mail and Notes
The final screen will ask if you want mail and notes turned on for this account. Leave them both on and tap Save.
11. Finally: How to store Sent, Drafts and Trash on the server
To do this please go to Settings > Mail accounts
Choose your email account > Tap Advanced > Under Mailbox Behaviors choose the mailbox you wish to configure. Start with folder Drafts (see image below).
Repeat the above steps for any other folders you wish to store on the server.
That’s it! You have now added your Bluehost email account on your iPhone.