Setting up fastmail.co.uk for your iPad/iPhone

History of fastmail.co.uk:

Fastmail is an email hosting company based in Melbourne, Australia. In addition to its Fastmail-branded services, the company also operates Topicbox, a mailing list service, and Pobox, an email service it acquired in 2015. The company was acquired by Opera Software in 2010 but became independent again in 2013 through a staff buyout. Its servers are located in Bridgewater, New Jersey and Seattle, Washington. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastmail

Setting up fastmail.co.uk:

Mail may find your e-mail configuration itself, and complete setting up your account. Apply these steps first in order to try:

1. Open Settings, then Mail, then click Accounts
2. Click Add Account, then Other then tap Add Mail Account
3. Type your name (can be any name), your email address, your password then a description for your account.
4. Tap Next. The Mail app will now try to find the email parameters and set up your account. If Mail finds the email parameter, click Done to finish your account setup.

If Mail can't automatically set up your account, it means that you have to enter them manually. We think you may need the following information:

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Settings

Outgoing Mail Settings (via SMTP)

Tap Next, then follow these steps:

1. Choose either IMAP or POP for your new account If you are not certain which one to opt for, contact fastmail.co.uk
2. Enter the required details (You might refer to the table above) for Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server. Then tap Next.
3. If the e-mail settings are correct, tap Save to finish . If the e-mail settings are incorrect, Mail will ask you to edit the configuration.
4. If you still can't setup the account or save the e-mail settings, contact the provider.