Problems with adding mail to iPad

sheldan1955 wrote:

The problem is that I will not be able to retain the folders that I set up with Yahoo!

In addition, the account is actually with Bellsouth/AT&T, so I have somewhat different settings than Yahoo! After the account is verified, I changed the host name on the incoming mail server to inbound.att.net and the outgoing mail server tooutbound.att.net. My user name is my e-mail address, so I corrected it.

So you're trying to connect to your mailbox over POP3 protocol. Did you change the Inbound port to 995? How about changing Outbound port to 465? Try that.

sheldan1955 wrote:

If I do manage to get an account, I see that the server ports are 110 for inbound and 587 for outbound. AT&T needs 995 for inbound and 465 for outbound.

Port 110 is the default non secure POP3 connection and port 587 is for smtp.mail.att.net mail server (which is the Outbound server for connection over IMAP protocol). Those in bold red font above are correct. Have you tried changing the ports? How about adding a new mail account as "Others" and use those info you already have?

You need the following info:

Make sure you can still sign in with your username/password on Yahoo web mail. Have you tried adding 'Other' mail account? You'll need this info:

IMAP server settings for Yahoo Mail | Yahoo Help - SLN4075

You may have to manually change some (or all) of the mail server settings for the account after you have permitted your iPad to auto-configure your mail account settings. The iPad usually does a good job of getting things right, but sometimes it needs a little help if your mail provider does something non-standard.

To customise your outgoing email settings:

Settings > Accounts & Passwords > [select target account from the list] > Account > Outgoing Mail Server/SMTP > Primary Server [touch account name] - and from here check that settings match requirements for your email provider.

To customise your incoming server settings:

Settings > Accounts & Passwords > [select target account from the list] > Account > Advanced - and verify that all settings again match the requirements of your email provider; this is a long list to scroll though - its much longer than the window can show!

Note also that you may need to manaully set the account cresentials seperately for both the incoming and outgoing server - especially if you ever change the mailbox account password.

Hope this helps!