How to connect an email using SMTP on a mobile device

Category : Domains

The following guide will show you how to connect an email using SMTP on a mobile device using the most popular Gmail App and will also work for other SMTP supported mobile applications across Android and iOS.

Requirements to connect an email using SMTP on a mobile device:

  1. Gmail Application installed.
  2. Email account with SMTP details

Extra Information

  • We are using example.com domain and username@example.com as email for demonstration
    Incoming mail server: titan.basezap.com
    Outgoing mail server: titan.basezap.com
  • Standard SMTP details
    SSL-Settings

    IMAP Port: 993
    POP Port: 995
    Outgoing SMTP Port: 465Non-SSL-Settings
    IMAP Port: 143
    POP Port: 110
    Outgoing SMTP Port: 587 / 25
    Note: IMAP is recommended
  • If you are using Cloudflare’s nameserver then make sure the mail.domain.com A/CNAME records are not being proxied, otherwise, the mail system will not work.

Procedure:

  1. Open the Gmail application on your mobile device.
  2. Click on add account.
  3. A window to select from various emails would appear on your screen. Select the Other (IMAP) option.

connect email using SMTP on a mobile

4. Enter your email address which you would like to add.

Enter email address

5. Fill in the incoming server details (IMAP server, Port and the Security type) with respect to your email and then click next.

Incoming server details

6. Now fill in the outgoing server details (SMTP server, Port and the Security type).

Outgoing server details

7. Your account is set up and the emails are on their way, now add your display name.

Display name

You’re all done and now you have successfully set up your email using IMAP over SMTP on your mobile device.

connect email using SMTP on a mobile

As you can see now that you’re signed in your Gmail app using SMTP.

Need to create an email account on cPanel/DirectAdmin Server? Check the guide below for detailed steps.

How to create an email account on cPanel Server

How to create email account on cPanel Server

How to create an email account on DirectAdmin Server

How to create email account on DirectAdmin Server

Feel free to reach us out if you need kind of assistance with any technical queries. Shoot us an email at technical@basezap.com, and our professional experts will get in touch with you.