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Keeping in touch with friends, family and work colleagues usually involves email at some point, and if you’ve recently acquired an iPhone or iPad then you’ll want to get the Mail app set up straight away so you can join in those conversations.

In this article we show how to set up and send email on your iOS devices.

Adding email accounts automatically

iOS provides two main methods for setting up email accounts on an iPhone or iPad (the steps are the same on both).

The first, and the one you’re most likely to use, is the automatic route.

As the name suggests, this fills in most of the details on your behalf, as long as the email account is from one of the large providers such as Google (Gmail), Microsoft (Hotmail, Outlook and Exchange), Yahoo, AOL, or Apple’s own iCloud.

To use this approach, open the Settings app on your device (it has a silver/grey cog icon), scroll down until you find Passwords & Accounts, then tap on it.

On the next page you’ll find the option to Add Account.

Tap this, then from the menu that appears select your ema

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