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Centurylink email settings for iPhone

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On this page you find the Centurylink mail settings for iPhone. Follow the step-by-step iPhone guide or use the settings overview with the imap and pop3 server email settings for Centurylink.

Mail settings Centurylink

POP / IMAP pop3
Incoming server pop.centurylink.net
Incoming port 993
SSl (security) incoming ssl
Outgoing server pop.centurylink.net
Outgoing port 143
Requires sign-in yes

iPhone guide to setup Centurylink mail

1 Open 'Settings', click on 'Passwords & accounts' and 'Add account'.

Click on your provider name if it's listed, otherwise click on 'Other'

2 Make sure 'Email' is checked and click 'Save'.

Your email account is now saved. In the next steps we check if all settings are correct.

3 Click on your newly created email address and choose 'Advanced'. Make sure that the following data is correct under 'Incoming server':

Use SSL: on
Identity check: password
Server port: 993

4 Go back to the previous screen and under 'Outgoing server' click on pop.centurylink.net. Make sure the following information is correct:

Use SSL: on
Identity check: password
Server port: 143

Question and Answer

Have a question regarding your iPhone email setup or think you can help other Centurylink users out? Please comment below!

  • Need help setting up centurytel.net email on my new iPhone 8 Plus. I have followed this tutorial, but when I try to "save" the initial info it say this account may not be able to send or recieve emails.

    5 years ago

  • how do I set up the email account for CenturyTel.NET

    5 years ago

  • When I scroll down to Mail I do not get add account to appear

    5 years ago

  • Mail disappeared from my phone approximately 3wks ago from my display page

    5 years ago

  • i phone advanced settings page bottom of page it says pop accounts are not supported.

    5 years ago

  • Hi, I have been having an issue with outgoing mail. I have an iPhone model 6 version IOS12.3.1. for years im unable to send mail. I have googled and tried everything list and nothing seems to work. Can you help me with this problem. thanks

    5 years ago

  • I got a new i phone yesterday and no e mails are coming in on this new phone. My phone provider tried several times today to correct this, but gave up, telling me I need to set up a different e mail address. I cannot understand why I received e mails on my old phone and can't on this one. I don't think I should have to set up a new address, particularly since I had this before. hat is the solution to this problem? After reading comments, this seems to be a common problem.

    5 years ago

  • You need to update your instructions. You can contact Apple Support for assistance.

    5 years ago

  • My email—thru embarqmail.com—will suddenly not download to my iPhone and iPad. I also reset my iPad with no success. Also when you give settings for email accounts everything is “centurylink.net” and my settings have been embarqmail.com—for outgoing and ongoing “server”

    5 years ago

  • I followed the instruction exactly to set up my iPhone 6 Plus and I still can't get e-mail.

    5 years ago