Set up a shared mailbox on your iOS device (iPhone, iPad)
Set up a shared mailbox on your iOS device (iPhone, iPad)
Instructions
- 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. 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 (this should work as is, but if you wish to insert the port number, it can be added to the end of the host name, preceded by a colon – e.g. outlook.office365.com:993)
- User Name: Enter the email address of the account that has access to the shared mailbox, followed by a “\” and then the email address of the shared mailbox itself (e.g. firstname.lastname@utoronto.ca\shared.mailbox@utoronto.ca). Please note if a single backslash does not work, try inserting two (e.g. firstname.lastname@utoronto.ca\\shared.mailbox@utoronto.ca)
- Password: Enter the password of the mailbox with the permission to access the shared mailbox
- Under Outgoing Mail Server:
- Host Name: smtp.office365.com (this should work as is, but if you wish to insert the port number, it can be added to the end of the host name, preceded by a colon – e.g. smtp.office365.com:587)
- User Name: Enter the email address of the mailbox with the permission to the shared mailbox (e.g. your firstname.lastname@utoronto.ca email address)
- Password: Enter the password of the mailbox with the permission to access the shared mailbox
- Under Incoming Mail Server:
- Tap Next, then tap Save.
- In the next screen, choose which items to sync and tap Save.
- Exit Settings and start the Mail app.