Q: I need help changing from POP to IMAP (IOS)
Changing from POP to IMAP seems to be an easy task, but I'm in trouble here: I used to have a POP email account on my Iphone. When I decided to change protocol to IMAP, first thing I did was to delete my old POP account. From there, I started to create my new IMAP account. But, to my surprise, after filling the fields at first screen (email ID, password, Account description) and typing "NEXT", IOS - in instead of the regular procedure - entered a "searching" operation (as if it knew that email id had an account there). Then, if found the former deleted pop account, and didn't present me the choice as to create my IMAP account.
I tried to start from the beginning several times, turned off the iPhone, tried a wrong password, all I could imagine to do. But the behavior was always the same: "searching" and finding the deleted POP account. The result: I can't create a new IMAP account for the same email ID!!
Someone knows an workaround? I have searched all the net for that answer... Thanks in advance!
iPhone 5s, iOS 10.0.1
Posted on Oct 1, 2016 9:45 PM