March 16th, 2010 by Glenn Sorrentino

Tip: Getting rid of iPhone spam

Filed under Tips, Tricks & Hints

I love my iPhone - but I’ve ran into difficulties getting lots spam. Apple’s Mail program for their computers’ OS has a much better handling of spam, but their mobile app hasn’t quite progressed as of yet. By forwarding all of your email accounts to Gmail, you can use their superior spam filter to sort your emails out, removing unwanted trash from your iPhone’s email app. Keep in mind this is only for the iPhone's email setup; this isn't intended to replace all of your mail accounts on your OS. By doing this, you'll have to reply to all emails on the road from one Gmail account.

Here’s a quick and painless way of getting rid of that annoying spam on your phone:

1. If you don’t have a Gmail account yet, get one. I would suggest getting a good username that you’re comfortable with using as a default mobile address (if you choose not to use your Gmail account as your default address this trick will only be good for replying, not sending email). Luckily my Gmail address is what I prefer to use.

2. Once you have your new Gmail account set up, log in and click the “Settings” link in the top right corner, next to your email account’s name.

3. Click on the “Accounts and Import” tab at the top.

4. There you will see the second option says “Send mail as:” Click the button labeled “Send mail from another address.”

5. When you hit this button a dialog box will pop up. Enter the name you wish to have as your reply name, as well as the email address you wish to send from then click “Next Step.”

6. Next click the radio button labeled “Send through _______.com SMTP servers and enter your information.

7. Next, a confirmation email will be sent to that email address with a code, enter that code in the “Verify” area.

8. Once verified, go to that account's settings and find the forwarding options and enter your new Gmail address.

9. Do this as many times as necessary to cover all of your accounts.

10. Once this is all done all of your emails will forward to Gmail, utilizing their great spam filtering, removing it from your iPhone's non-existent spam filter.

11. Sync the phone with the one mobile account (you can label it iPhone Mail or whatever else will help you out) and no longer receive unwanted spam.