Setting up Gmail account on iPhone so it will 'push' email to your phone immediately

1. Enable IMAP in your Gmail account settings (this step is done by accessing your gmail account on your computer first.

- the rest of the instructions are done on the iphone -
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Mail.
4. Tap Add Account.
5. Tap Other. (Note: don't tap Gmail; if you do, you'll set up POP rather than IMAP.

 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Make sure that:
* The IMAP tab is highlighted
* Host Name is imap.gmail.com
* User Name is your gmail address, include @gmail.com
 
* For Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP), Host Name is smtp.gmail.com
 
7. Tap Save.

 

And you're done. You can verify your Advanced settings by tapping Settings > [your Gmail IMAP Account] > Advanced.

Incoming Settings
Use SSL: ON
Authentication: password
Server Port: 993

Outgoing Settings
Use SSL: ON
Authentication: Password
Server Port: 587