Having trouble setting up a POP account on my old iPad (3rd generation - A1430). Set-up is saying that SSL is not working. I think this may be because the port numbers are incorrect - but I can't find any way to check. Can anyone help?
iPad, iOS 9
Almost! Yes, it's iOS 9. But the 'advanced' option only shows up when you select an existing account. As I couldn't set up a new account, no options were available. The trick seems to be to set up an account even when Settings are showing an error and save it; then the 'advanced' option appears and the port settings can be configured correctly. Did this and now it works!
Big thanks to all who tried to help.
Almost! Yes, it's iOS 9. But the 'advanced' option only shows up when you select an existing account. As I couldn't set up a new account, no options were available. The trick seems to be to set up an account even when Settings are showing an error and save it; then the 'advanced' option appears and the port settings can be configured correctly. Did this and now it works!
Big thanks to all who tried to help.
The answer depends on your email service provider. A likely place to find port numbers is:
Settings > Mail > Accounts > [this account] > Account Settings > Advanced …
… or replace “Advanced” with:
SMTP > Primary Server …
Your iPad3 will likely have iOS 9.x installed. The path to the port settings for SMTP (send server) and POP3/POP3S (receive server) are:
Settings > Passwords & Accounts > [Your Mail Account] >
When setting your port settings, ensure that you also select the correct Authentication and SSL settings to access your Mail account. Note that you must set the account Password for both the send and receive server.
The first, easiest troubleshooting step for mail accounts is to delete the account and add it back. That should update the settings.
Have you tried Settings>Mail>Accounts>Account Settings? I don't have any POP accounts so all I can look at is my IMAP accounts.
I remember once upon a time, people saying that if they deliberately tried to set up a POP account as an IMAP account, it would fail and they would be able to edit the settings.
You might also want to contact your email provider and see if they can move the account to IMAP. Sometimes that's possible.
Perhaps this third-party guide will help:
A good result.
As you have discovered, it is sometimes necessary to allow the account setup wizard to fail before all account settings become available. By design, the wizard will first attempt to configure an account as IMAP before attempting POP3.
If using POP3S (i.e., POP3 over SSL), the account can seemingly only be configured manually.
Helpful info - thank you. But that wasn't my question: I asked WHERE, not what, are port settings for iPad mail accounts.
In trying to set up a new mail account, my iPad tells me that my port settings are incorrect - but nowhere can I find how or where to adjust them.
where are port settings for ipad mail accounts?
