iPhone and iPod touch email settings for common Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the United Kingdom

Summary

This page offers information on how to set up your iPhone or iPod touch to access email from common Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the United Kingdom. As ISPs provide Apple links to these settings, the table below will be updated. If your ISP is not listed, please refer to their website or contact them directly for information regarding your email settings.

Products Affected

iPhone, iPod touch

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Important:Please locate POP and SMTP server information from the links in the table below to enter into your iPhone or iPod touch. Please note, some links may not contain steps specific to iPhone or iPod touch. For iPhone customers only: To ensure your settings can be used on any network, you will want to first turn Wi-Fi off, if on, by choosing Settings > Wi-Fi and sliding it to Off, after the account has been set up you should turn Wi-Fi back on.

O2
Contact Number: 0800 230 0202		 Incoming Mail Server: mail.o2.co.uk
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.o2.co.uk
BT Incoming Mail Server: mail.btinternet.com
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.o2.co.uk
Tiscali
Contact Number: 0871 222 3311		 Incoming Mail Server: pop.tiscali.co.uk
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.o2.co.uk
Talk Talk
Contact Number: 0870 087 8777		 Incoming Mail Server: mail.talktalk.net
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.o2.co.uk
Virgin
Contact Number: 0845 454 1111		 Incoming Mail Server: mail.virgin.net
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.o2.co.uk
Orange
Contact Number: 090 5050 0300		 Incoming Mail Server: pop.orangehome.co.uk
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.o2.co.uk
Freeserve Incoming Mail Server: pop.freeserve.net
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.o2.co.uk

For iPhone customers only: Every ISP email account has to go through O2's Outgoing Mail Server "smtp.o2.co.uk" for sending mail. This will work for both Wi-Fi and EDGE connections. The Outgoing Mail Server needs to be configured with your O2 username and password. If you are a new customer, you received your O2 username and password for your account when you setup your O2 portal ID during the activation process. If you are an existing O2 customer, you should already have your O2 username and password information.

Example

Email address: [emailusername]@ispname.net
Password: [ISP-password]
Incoming Server: pop.ispname.net

Outgoing Server: smtp.o2.co.uk
Username: [o2username]@o2.co.uk
Password: [o2-password]

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