Get your Karoo email on your mobile
iPhone and iPod touch
This information will help you configure your iPhone or iPod touch device to collect Karoo email.
Please note: the Karoo Internet Helpdesk cannot support you with collecting your email anywhere other than on a computer. We can check you have the correct email settings provided you know how to navigate your device.
The official iPhone and iPod touch support page for email setup can be found here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1385
If you're setting up an email account for the first time on iPhone or iPod touch, simply touch the Mail icon on the Home screen. If you're adding an additional account with software version 2.0 or later, touch the Settings icon on the Home screen, select Mail, Contacts, Calendars and select Add Account and thenOther. The following information will help you setup your email account.
- Your Karoo email account is a POP account.
- Your Incoming Mail Server Host Name is pop.karoo.co.uk.
- Your Incoming Mail Server Username is your Karoo email address.
- Your incoming Mail Server Password is your Karoo password.
- Your outgoing Mail Sever Host Name is smtp.karoo.co.uk.(iPhones that are connecting via a mobile internet service such as 3G will need to use the mobile internet providers outgoing mail service.)
- Your outgoing Mail Sever Username is not required and should be left blank.
- Your outgoing Mail Sever Password is not required and should be left blank.
- Karoo email does not use SSL. When asked if you would like to try without SSL, select Yes.
Your iPhone or iPod Touch will by default be configured to leave a copy of your email on the mail server. This means that although you have downloaded your email to your iPhone or iPod Touch device, it will still be avaiable to download on your computer.
