Steps
- Open Settings and choose Mail, Contacts, Calendars from the list
- Delete your existing Gmail account if you added it via the automatic Gmail profile on the iPhone. You cannot simply edit the settings for that account, they will not save correctly.
- Tap Add Account...
- Choose Other from the list. This is probably the most important step.
- Enter your name, address, password, and description for the account. Then tap Save in the upper right corner
- Ensure the IMAP tab is selected (highlighted in blue)
- Enter the following settings:
- Under Incoming Mail Server
- Host Name: imap.gmail.com
- Username: Use your full Gmail address, like test@gmail.com
- Password should be automatically filled in from the previous page
- Outgoing Mail Server
- Host Name: smtp.gmail.com
- Username: Use your full Gmail address, like test@gmail.com
- Password: Your Gmail password
- Tap Save and your iPhone will verify your settings and return you to the Settings page.
- Tap on your newly added account and then scroll down to choose "Advanced"
- Select the Drafts Mailbox, from On the Server under [Gmail] choose Drafts
- Select Sent Mail, from On My iPhone choose Sent. Gmail will automatically place a copy in your Gmail's sent messages folder. The iPhone does not need to try to do this manually
- Select Deleted Mailbox.
- To map the trash can button to delete messages: from On the Server under [Gmail] choose Trash
- To map the trash can button to archive messages: from On the Server under [Gmail] choose All Mail
- Change the Deleted Messages - Remove setting to Never. You do not want your iPhone to try and empty your trash, or delete your archive.
- Check your mail so your iPhone can sync up all the boxes.
Tips
- After mapping a folder to Drafts, Sent, or Trash, those folders will no longer appear in the All Folders listing. Instead, choose the item you mapped them to. This can be particularly confusing to always look in the "Trash" to view all of your mail.
Warnings
- Test out your settings to ensure they are working correctly. Make sure that messages you trash on the iPhone still exist in the web interface for Gmail.
Sources and Citations
- http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77702
- http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78892
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