Couple your iOS 12 mobile device with Xplornet webmail to stay connected all the time, regardless of your location. With powerful Apple operating software and Xplornet’s quick access Email, you will be able to bring your online experience to another level both professionally and socially. The instructions below have been curated by our support staff to help you get your Xplornet email set-up on an Apple iOS 12 laptop, computer, tablet or smartphone. If you are struggling to get your webmail synced properly, do not hesitate to contact our customer support staff at support@xplornet.com or by phone at 1-866-841-6001.
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What to have ready:
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following items ready:
- Email username (your full email address) and password
Adding a new email account to your iOS 12 device to use with the Mail app:
- From your Home Screen or the appropriate folder, tap the Settings icon
- Scroll down and tap Passwords & Accounts
- Under Accounts, tap Add Account
- Choose Other
- Under Mail, tap Add Mail Account
- Enter your Name as you want it to appear in the “From” section when sending email
- Enter your full Email address, including the portion after the @ symbol (e.g., joe.test@xplornet.com)
- Enter your email Password
- Enter whatever you like in the Description field, or keep the auto populated value
- Tap Next
- If you entered your email address and/or password incorrectly, you will be presented with a “Cannot Get Mail” error; otherwise continue with step 12
- Tap OK
- Leave IMAP selected (highlighted in blue) – POP is an option but is not recommended
- Verify that your email address is correct in the Email and User Name fields, and correct if necessary. You will need to scroll down to see the Outgoing Mail Server settings
- Verify that the Incoming Mail Server Host Name is imap.xplornet.com
- Verify that the Outgoing Mail Server Host Name is smtp.xplornet.com
- If your email address was correct, re-enter your email Password in both the Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server sections
- Tap Next
- You can choose to sync Notes as well or leave it unselected (optional)
- Tap Save
- Under Accounts, tap the one you just added (either by email address or the description you entered)
- Under IMAP, tap the Account email address
- Scroll down (if necessary) and tap SMTP
- Tap the Primary Server
- Verify that Use SSL is enabled (green), and enable it if not
- Change that the Server Port to 465 (587 will work, but 465 is recommended)
- Tap Done
- Tap < Account at the top
- Scroll down to the bottom and tap Advanced
- Under Mailbox Behaviors, tap each of Drafts Mailbox, Sent Mailbox and Deleted Mailbox, and verify that there is a checkmark against the appropriate folder under On The Server (not On My [iOS device]) and correct if necessary:
- Drafts Mailbox: Drafts
- Sent Mailbox: Sent Items
- Deleted Mailbox: Trash
- Tap < Advanced at the top after each Mailbox Behavior is verified
- Scroll down and verify that Use SSL is enabled (green), and enable it if not
- Verify that the Server Port is 993 and correct if not
- Tap < Account at the top
- Tap Done
Your email account is now ready for use on your iOS device.
To Sync your Webmail Address Book Contacts to your iOS device
- From your Home Screen or the appropriate folder, tap the Settings icon
- Scroll down and tap Passwords & Accounts
- Under Accounts, tap Add Account
- Choose Other
- Under Contacts, tap Add CardDAV Account
- For Server enter mail.xplornet.com
- For User Name enter your full email address
- For Password enter your email password
- Enter whatever you like in the Description It will be auto-populated with what was entered in the Server field
- Tap Next
- If it asks you “What would you like to do with existing local contacts” tap Keep on My [iOS device]
If you wish to make your webmail Contacts as the Default Contacts on your iOS device, such that when you add a new contact on your iOS device, it will save it in your webmail Contacts too, do the following:
- From your Home Screen or the appropriate folder, tap the Settings icon
- Scroll down and tap Contacts
- Tap Default Account
- Tap your Contacts account (either by the Description you have for it, or “My CardDAV Account” if you left the Description blank)
To Sync your Webmail Calendar to your iOS device
- From your Home Screen or the appropriate folder, tap the Settings icon
- Scroll down and tap Passwords & Accounts
- Under Accounts, tap Add Account
- Choose Other
- Under Calendars tap Add CalDAV Account
- For Server enter mail.xplornet.com
- For User Name enter your full email address
- For Password enter your email password
- Enter whatever you like in the Description It will be auto-populated with what was entered in the Server field
- Tap Next
- Tap Save
Changing your Email Password
If you changed your email password in webmail or MyXplornet, you will need to change it in Settings to match the new password.
For your email account in the Mail app:
You may get error messages like “Cannot Get Mail” or “Cannot Send Mail”. If so, tap OK.
- From your Home Screen or the appropriate folder, tap the Settings icon
- Scroll down and tap Passwords & Accounts
- Under Accounts, tap your Mail account (either by email address or the description you have for it)
- Under IMAP (or POP, if your account was previously setup that way), tap the Account email address
- Under Incoming Mail Server, enter the new Password you set in webmail or MyXplornet
- Scroll down (if necessary) and tap SMTP
- Tap the Primary Server
- Under Outgoing Mail Server, enter the new Password you set in webmail or MyXplornet
- Tap Done
- Tap < Account at the top
- Tap Done
For your sync’d Webmail Contacts:
- From your Home Screen or the appropriate folder, tap the Settings icon
- Scroll down and tap Passwords & Accounts
- Under Accounts, tap your Contacts account (either by the Description you have for it or “My CardDAV Account” if you left the Description blank)
- Enter the new Password you set in webmail or MyXplornet and then tap Done
- If you entered the password incorrectly, it will give error “Cannot Connect using SSL”:
- Tap Cancel and then OK, and try entering the correct password again
- It will return to Passwords & Accounts once changed successfully
For your sync’d Webmail Calendar:
- From your Home Screen or the appropriate folder, tap the Settings icon
- Scroll down and tap Passwords & Accounts
- Under Accounts, tap your Calendar (or Calendar, Reminders) account (either by the Description you have for it or “My CalDAV Account” if you left the Description blank)
- Tap your Account under CALDAV
- Enter the new Password you set in webmail or MyXplornet and then Tap Done
- If you entered the password incorrectly, it will give error “Cannot Connect using SSL”
- Tap Cancel and then OK, and try entering the correct password again
- It will return to CALDAV screen once changed successfully
Your password is now changed to match what you set it to in webmail or MyXplornet.