Setting up email on an iPhone

Here is information on how to setup an iPhone to access a mailbox hosted with DreamHost.

1. Go to ‘settings’

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2. Select ‘Mail’

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3. Click on Add Account…

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4. Select ‘Other’

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5. Fill in the fields.

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Name: Your name, the name you want to display on the receiving end.

Address: Your email address. This is the address where replies will be sent to and should likely be the same as your username.

Description: Description of this account.
Incoming Mail Server

Host Name: mail.yourdomain.com (replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name)

Username: address@yourdomain.com (the email address you’re accessing)

Password: Password for the email address. If you don’t know what this is, you can request it from the Mail->Manage Email section of your panel by clicking ‘edit’ for the address.
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)

Host Name: mail.yourdomain.com (replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name)

Username: address@yourdomain.com (the email address you’re accessing)

Password: Password for the email address. If you don’t know what this is, you can request it from the Mail->Manage Email section of your panel by clicking ‘edit’ for the address.
At this point, click ‘save’ at the top and it should automatically detect the rest of your settings and connect to your mailbox. In the event that it doesn’t work, you might want to check your accounts ‘Advanced’ settings and make sure they look like this:
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