Email - Shared Mailbox on iOS
Adding a Shared Mailbox on your iOS device (iPhone, iPad)
Summary
How to add a Shared Mailbox on your iOS device (iPhone, iPad)
Step-by-step
- Go to Settings > Mail > Add account (in iOS 11 go to Settings > Accounts & Passwords > Add account).
- Select Other from the list of types.
- Tap Add Mail Account.
- Enter a name for the mail account (e.g. SU Shared Mailbox)
- Enter the email address of the shared mailbox
- Enter the password of a mailbox that has access to the shared mailbox (e.g. your own password)
- Enter a description for the mailbox (e.g. Shared Departmental Mailbox)
- Tap Next.
- Select IMAP
- Fill in the following:
Under Incoming Mail Server
Host Name: outlook.office365.com
User Name: mailbox@domain.com
Password: Your email’s password
Under Outgoing Mail Server
Host Name: smtp.office365.com
User name: mailbox@domain.com
Password: Your email’s password
- Tap Next, then tap Save.
- In the next screen, choose which items to sync (generally just emails)
- Tap Save.
- Exit Settings and start the Mail app.