what are the incoming and outgoing settings to set up freeserve email accounts on ipad2

Didn't freeserve get bought by Orange? Googling it comes up with this for the outgoing smtp server, smtp.freeserve.co.uk

Taken from this link. http://www.uksecurewebhosting.net/smtp_email_details.php

This link shows:

iPhone and iPod touch email settings for common Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the United Kingdom

Incoming Mail Server: pop.freeserve.net

Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.o2.co.uk

That page is very out of date. It states that all outgoing SMTP servers should be set to O2. Obviously this was when O2 was the only iPhone network provider back in 2008 when that article was last updated.

Thank you for that it also works on my MBP. I finally cracked the settings but had to go through with unsecured password. :-(

WHY!

You can find the Freeserve e-mail settings here - http://help.orange.co.uk/orangeuk/support/personal/231637

I'm struggling setting up email on the ipad2 for freeserve accounts. I've checked out the link, and I can get incoming but no outgoing email. I rang orange and they said I had to use the user name: eg first@second.fsnet.co.uk@fs does anyone know if this works for them as it doesnt for me?

HI AS far as I know those settings are for the router. I don;t use the @fs bit on my mail account

Is your email address an fsnet one
if not swap the fsnet for whatever your email addy is
e.g fslife.co.uk.
wanadoo.co.uk

etc.

try that and get back if it doesn;t help.

actually let us know if it does.
Thanks

Shirley aka Scatty aka( others)

I have been having problems myself and that link helped enormously
set up using POP.orangehome.co.uk

smpt.orangehome.co.uk

finally since 5th JULY I now have my fslife mail back in my APPLE mail box.

forget the @fs bit I think. that is purely for your router setting IF ORANGE is your boradband provider.

WOW thank you for asking this question and

thank you BONNIE for the link. I can't believe that was the simple answer.

I am using it on my MBP but can;t see it would be different for your iPad but will try on my iPad too.

Good Luck and good Health

Scatty

Shirley,

I am having problems setting up freeserve email on my Dad's new Ipod Touch.

Please can you confirm what I need to input in the Incoming Mail Server including User name and also the Outgoing Mail Server.

Your help would be much appreciated

Hi welshy 10 the email setting for host name pop.co.uk. Outgoing mail server is smtp.orangehome.co.uk don't use SSL server port 110 don't use @fs after email address hope it works richy2869

Hi Welshy

I used Shirley's link to get the orange settings but still had problems sending mail so I phoned Orange. Turns out I had the outgoing servers server port wrong - it should be 25. Took me a while but a last I can receive and send emails from my iPad. Sort of... Still have the problem that with 75 % of the emails it is only downloading the headers from the server. Hmm. Any ideas?

Hi, just read your questions. I am having the same trouble, cant set up my old fsnet account on my new ipad. Did you manage to sort out the settings for incoming ,outgoing, host etc. If so would appreciate any help. Thanks

Chrisaliz.

After many, many, frustrating hours trying to set this up on my Dad's iPad, I think I have found a solution. Thought I'd share it in case anyone else was still perservering with a freeserve email address.

It basically involved

- setting up a pop3 account (Settings/Mail,Contacts, Calendars/Add account/Other/Add mail account) with pop.orangehome.co.uk and smtp.orangehome.co.uk as the incoming and outgoing settings

- letting it try to 'verify' those settings (which will probably fail)

- if asked 'Do you want to try without SSL' (or similar), click no

- Dismiss the window which says something like 'this account may not be able to send or receive emails' and save the settings as they are.

- Go back into the account you have just set up and there should be some more settings to fiddle with - 'SMTP' and 'Advanced'.

- In 'Advanced', switch 'Use SSL' to off and change the Server port to 110, then go back to the previous screen

- Click on SMTP. It will probably show the primary server as smtp.orangehome.co.uk. After fiddling around with the settings for ages I decided to see what would happen if I used a different smtp server. I had previously set up a gmail account, so I tried smtp.gmail.com. For the record, this already had my email address as the user name, my gmail password, SSL on, Authenticaion as password and port as 587. Low and behold - it worked. I'm no expert but I assume this just means it is using the gmail 'route' to send an email rather than the freeserve/orange/EE route.

If you haven't got a gmail account to use, it might be worth setting one up just for this purpose.

Thanks for the helpful advice - though I am still struggling to do the same thing (set up a freeserve email account on my dad's iPad!)

I have been able to follow your advice with the exception of changing the port to 110 or 587. Could you possibly explain that part again - I can't find any reference to 'port'.

Cheers and happy Christmas!

I tried this with my old iphone 2 gavacac and

othing happened after I clicked no to trying without SSL. Couldn't go back to the account as it hadn't been set up. I have been trying for about 9 months now with no success. I have been on the phone to both Apple and Orange/EE for ages and nothing they suggest works at all. I am about to give up and probably will close my freeserve address but it is a hassle transferring everything. One last appeal for help to anyone out there??!!!!!