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Old 9 Jun 2018, 11:48 AM   #1
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Add Fastmail to iPad Pro

Sorry to bother you guys with this, but if I Google this question, I don't get any results with "FastMail" in the responses. Maybe Google wants me to use Gmail?

I then tried "delete iCloud email from iPad Pro". The instructions I found are for a iPhone and asked for settings I don't have on my iPad. (It could be that the instructions are out of date.)

Anyone willing to help me with this?
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Old 9 Jun 2018, 06:23 PM   #2
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Why would you delete iCloud email. Leave it there.
There’s no difference between a setup for iPhone, iPad or iPad Pro.
Read https://www.fastmail.com/help/clients/iphone.html

P.S. Always look first on company’s own support pages.

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Old 9 Jun 2018, 07:16 PM   #3
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Thank you, Berenberger. I should have gone to FM first. I’ll check out the link.
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Old 16 Jun 2018, 10:02 AM   #4
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Arrow Use Fastmail iOS app from Apple app store

I use FastMail on my iPad Pro all the time. I recommend using the FastMail mobile iOS app as shown in this help item:
https://www.fastmail.com/help/clients/mobileapp.html

On the Apple App Store, search for:
FastMail - Email & Calendar

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Old 16 Jun 2018, 11:38 AM   #5
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Thanks, Bill. I admit that I failed with the instructions I was given earlier, further proving that my username is for real. A Mac lady came over to help me, grousing loudly about the app-specific password. But she forged ahead and managed somehow to use the Apple mail app to send FastMail. It’s all magic to me, it it’s working.
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Old 16 Jun 2018, 11:40 AM   #6
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The iOS FastMail app is easier to set up. I was away for a few days and missed your original post until tonight.



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Old 16 Jun 2018, 01:18 PM   #7
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I really wanted to be able to do it myself. I showed the instructions I had at the time to the tech lady. She seemed really opposed to using FastMail, but I wouldn’t budge. I think she made it harder that in had to be. I have an iMac computer now, and she’s coming back to set FM up on it. I think that should be easier, although she was saying she’d have to use the app-specific password again. I don’t understand why I would have t use an app on a full-blown computer. I had FM on my Asus PC, and it wasn’t an app...
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Old 16 Jun 2018, 01:52 PM   #8
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I will repeat one more time: The Fastmail iOS app for the iPad is easier to set up.

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Old 16 Jun 2018, 01:57 PM   #9
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Even on a computer? The iPad is already done,
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Old 16 Jun 2018, 05:06 PM   #10
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I think the recent use of the word "app" to include programs may confuse.

I consider an "app" something that I would install on a 'phone or a tablet, and a program is something I would install on a computer.

But that's the way it's going going . . .

Check out this web page which may assist:

https://www.fastmail.com/help/clients/applist.html
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Old 16 Jun 2018, 06:16 PM   #11
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You certainly figured me out quickly, Fred. I am easily confused by tech lingo, and indeed I did think "app" was for a phone/tablet, not a "computer." I am 71 and not naturally gifted in anything tech. So thank you for the clarification. I think I can proceed now without the FM-averse Mac lady.
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Old 19 Jun 2018, 07:11 AM   #12
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Is this correct: I cannot set up email on an iMac without first setting up Thunderbird, something I have no use for?
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Old 19 Jun 2018, 06:01 PM   #13
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Quote:
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Is this correct: I cannot set up email on an iMac without first setting up Thunderbird, something I have no use for?
That's not correct.
Here's the instruction to setup FastMail on your Mac.
https://www.fastmail.com/help/clients/mac.html
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