Setting Up an Email Account Automatically

If you use one of the more common email providers such as AOL, Yahoo!, Google, MobileMe, or Microsoft Exchange, your iPad can set up your email account almost automatically. All you have to do is type in your email address, and your iPad can figure out the correct settings.

To set up a MobileMe, Yahoo!, Google, AOL, or Microsoft Exchange email account, follow these steps:

  1. From the Home screen, tap Settings. The Settings screen appears.

  2. Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars. The Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings screen appears, as shown in Figure 13-1.

    The Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings screen lets you define your email account settings.

    Figure 13-1. The Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings screen lets ...

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