Migrate AquaMail POP from Android to iOS ?

[ralpheburns]

Hello -

I'm a longtime AquaMail customer on Android, now switching to iOS 17, and have not had success getting useful functionality.  My desired functionality is that my Windows PC Outlook remains the grand master of all email.  Even if I read and reply to an email by phone, I want to receive that email unread to my Outlook PC for better big-screen response and archiving (hence POP).  This all worked just fine when I was using Android but now I'm navigating new iOS waters and my question is what to change?

What is happening is that emails disappear from the AquaMail inbox once they are read on another email client and therefore the AquaMail inbox quickly becomes empty.  I prefer to have duplicate receipts into the AquaMail inbox.  FWIW, I get the desired functionality on the phone using the default Apple app and the Gmail app, but prefer AquaMail.

Attached are my old Android settings.  Heads up; my private domain email is serviced by gmail, so even though I use my own domain in the email address, the incoming and outgoing email servers are pop.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com.  I don't even see how to re-edit iOS AquaMail settings after the intial manual setup.

p.s. the old "recent" entry into the email address was just a bonus.  That copied an email sent by phone into my inbox for future archiving; but I could easily live without that feature.

[ralpheburns]

Anyone?  I'd love to get AquaMail up and running again!

[ralpheburns]

Still no workie:

- want all emails delivered to both phone AquaMail and PC email client.
- don't want action on phone or PC to affect one another.

Had this working fine on AquaMail Android, just not iOS now.

[ralpheburns]

Bump please!

[ralpheburns]

I'm curious if Aquamail is now working for POP3 email on iOS.

IMAP is not useful for me.

[mikeone]

Aqua Mail for iOS supports both POP3 and IMAP.

Here’s how to manually configure a POP3 account in Aqua Mail (iOS):

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Open Aqua Mail on your iPhone or iPad.

2. Tap “Add Account.”

3. Choose “Other” (not Gmail, Yahoo, etc.).

4. Enter your email address and password.

5. If Aqua Mail detects your provider automatically, choose “Manual Setup.”

6. On the next screen, Aqua Mail will default to „IMAP“, but you can tap the „POP3“ label at the top of the screen as the account type.

7. Aqua Mail will then automatically fill in the server settings (incoming and outgoing).

✅ Aqua Mail detects most server settings automatically, but you can always override them if you have specific POP3/SMTP details from your provider.

8. Review the settings and adjust them if needed (e.g., if your provider uses custom ports or encryption).
- Incoming server (POP3): e.g., `pop.yourprovider.com`
- Outgoing server (SMTP): e.g., `smtp.yourprovider.com`

9. Enter your username and password.

10. Save the configuration.


🧠 If you don’t see the option, make sure you’re using the latest version of Aqua Mail for iOS. Some older versions may not expose this toggle clearly.