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Set up iPhone Covad

On this page you'll find the Covad mail settings for iPhone and iPad. Besides an overview with the imap and pop3 server mailsettings for Covad, we offer you a comprehensive guide for setting up your Covad email on your iPhone or iPad.

The exact steps may vary by model, but all the settings can to be found here. If you don't succeed or you think something is not right, do not hesitate to ask your question at the bottom of the page!

1 Choose settings

2 Scroll down and choose Mail, Contacts and Calendars

3 Tap Add account and select Other

4 Tap Add Mail Account and enter the following information:

Name: your name
Email: your Covad email-address
Password: your Covad email-password
Description: enter "Covad"

5 Choose pop3 under incoming mail server and enter the following information:

Hostname: pop3.covad.net
Username: email
Password: your email-password

6 Scroll down and under outgoing mail server, enter the following information:

Hostname: smtp.covad.net
Username: email
Password: your email-password

7 Tap save and in select your emailadress in the next screen.

8 Scroll down and under outgoing mail server choose SMTP.

9 Under Main server select smtp.covad.net and make sure the following information is displayed:

SSL: none
Serverport: 25

10 Tap done and go to the previous screen. Choose Advanced and make sure the following information is correct:

SSL: none
Serverport: pop3.covad.net

11 Again, go back to the previous screen. Restart your iPhone to finish the setup!

Question and Answer

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Mail settings Covad

POP / IMAP pop3
Incoming server pop3.covad.net
Incoming port 110
SSl (security) incoming none
Outgoing server smtp.covad.net
Outgoing port 25
Requires sign-in yes