Some settings depend on the type of account. Your service provider or system administrator can provide the information you need to enter.

Change an account’s settings: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an account, then make the changes you want.

Stop using an account

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an account, then turn off

 

an account service (such as Mail, Calendars, or Notes).

 

If an account service is off, iPod touch doesn’t display or sync information

 

with that account service until you turn it back on. This is a good way to

 

stop receiving work email while on vacation, for example.

 

 

Store drafts, sent messages, and

For IMAP accounts, you can change the location of the Draft, Deleted,

deleted messages on iPod touch

and Sent mailboxes. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an

 

account, then tap Advanced.

Set how long before messages are removed permanently from Mail

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an account, then tap Advanced. Tap Remove, then choose a time: Never, or after one day, one week, or one month.

Adjust email server settings

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then choose an account. Ask

 

your network administrator or Internet service provider for the correct

 

settings.

 

 

Adjust SSL and password settings

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an account, then tap

 

Advanced. Ask your network administrator or Internet service provider for

 

the correct settings.

 

 

Turn Archive Messages on or off

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose your account, then turn

 

Archive Messages on or off. See “Organizing mail” on page 64.

 

 

Delete an account

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an account, then scroll

 

down and tap Delete Account.

 

All email and the contacts, calendar, and bookmark information synced

 

with the account are removed from iPod touch.

 

 

Send signed and encrypted

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an account, then

messages

tap Advanced. Turn on S/MIME, then select certificates for signing and

 

encrypting outgoing messages.

 

To install certificates, obtain a configuration profile from your system

 

administrator, download the certificates from the issuer’s website using

 

Safari, or receive them in Mail attachments.

 

 

Set Push settings

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data. Push delivers

 

new information when iPod touch is connected to a Wi-Fi network (some

 

delays may occur). Turn Push off to suspend delivery of email and other

 

information, or to conserve battery life. When Push is off, use the Fetch New

 

Data setting to see how often data is requested.

 

 

Set other options for Mail

For settings that apply to all of your accounts, go to Settings > Mail,

 

Contacts, Calendars.

 

 

Mail settings

Mail settings, except where noted, apply to all your accounts on iPod touch. Set options for mail: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

To change the tones played when mail is sent or received, go to Settings > Sounds.

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