setting up mail account as pop3

By Dennis Long, 6 September, 2017

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi, how do you set an email account as a pop3 account? thanks.

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By Pyro2790 on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 14:40

Dennis,
To do this your going to want to add an email account in settings. Select other. which is the last option under the add account header. Input: your name,, email address, password, and a description of the account. On the next page it will ask you if you want to use IMAP or Pop3. I believe by default imap is selected so your going to want to select the pop3 option.

By Jonathan Candler on Saturday, July 26, 2025 - 19:19

Don't know why people like to use pop3. That's dated but whatever floats your boat I suppose.

By Dennis Long on Saturday, July 26, 2025 - 20:07

I want Pop3 because I prefer it. If anyone knows the answer to my question I would appreciate the help.

By Dennis Long on Sunday, July 27, 2025 - 11:18

Here is how to do this:
Note you will want to choose other when setting it up.
1 when setting up the account intentionally mistype the email address on purpose.
2 fill out everything else correctly.
3 hit next
4 it will say it couldn't verify the info.
5 At that point, it will give you the choice for IMAP or POP3. Note IMAP is selected as default; if you don't want that, choose POP3 and retype the email
address correctly.
6 continue as normal and enjoy.