IMAP/POP E-mail Account Setup on iPhone

You can set up and make changes to an e-mail account directly on the iPhone or the iPod Touch with your pre-existing e-mail account. You will simply need the standard e-mail account information: username, password, and the incoming and outgoing mail server host information for your domain.

Enter account settings directly on iPhone:

1. If this is the first account you're setting up on the iPhone or the iPod Touch, tap Mail. Otherwise, from the Home screen choose Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account.

2. Choose your e-mail account type. For setting up e-mail to work with your MEMS eMail.

3. Select server type - IMAP or POP, and enter account information.

Fill in your information:
Name
Address This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Description
Incoming Mail Server Host Name imap.1and1.com
User Name This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Password

4. Fill in your information:
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) Host Name smtp.1and1.com
User Name This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Password
and Tap Save to save the entered information.

5. Upon successful completion of the mailbox setup you are taken back to the Mail Settings screen.

6. If you used the IMAP setting follow the additional steps below:
To download the Inbox folders such as the Sent Items, from the Home screen choose Settings > Mail > choose your account...

And click on Advanced, then for the IMAP Path Prefix enter INBOX in all capital letters.

You may also want your iPhone or iPod Touch to store your “Sent” and “Draft” messages on the server you can also change this setting in the advanced settings area.