So you called Apple and told them that you have your own business or just your own domain, or just a Gmail account, and you want those emails to arrive push on your iPhone. You also want all mail sent from your iphone to of course come from this one email address that everyone knows.

Apple told you “Sorry” start using your MobileMe address.

Indeed, you can get what you want. Here’s how.

The task: All incoming email to your “other” account(s) get pushed to your iPhone. All sent mails come from your “other” account.

The Solution: SMTP advanced settings on your MobileMe + email forwarding. Both of these are simple and can be configured in a matter of minutes.

Requirements:
1) An Apple MobileMe account. This account can be a trial account (you can try this out before committing if you’d like)

2) A Gmail or Google Hosted Email account (free, click here to create one)

3) 5 to 10 min of your time (and/or your webmaster’s time)

Phase 1 – Pre-Configuration

A) Configure Your Existing Email Account

Forward a copy of your emails to your MobileMe account. I’ll let you figure this out. Most webmail interfaces offer this feature, some require logging into your domain host’s administration tools. Only configure 1 forward of each incoming mail. You don’t want to get them twice, when configured correctly, your MobileMe account will start receiving all of your emails.

B) Set Up Gmail

Set up your Google hosted account. If your Gmail account is already the identity you are wishing to use, you can skip this step, but make sure you have POP turned on. If you don’t have a Google hosted email account, make one.

Enter Settings in Gmail. Choose “Accounts” and enable the Send Mail as feature. Configure this for your email address of choice. This is the address that you want your emails to come from. (Be sure to set your preferred account as the “default” and not just as alternate.)

Phase 2 – Tell your iPhone to send MobileMe mail from your Google Account

A) MobileMe + your iPhone

Confirm that your iPhone is now using your MobileMe account. (Set it up as you normally would.)

B) Configuring MobileMe

Choose “Settings” from the home screen, then “Mail, Contacts, Calendars“, then select your MobileMe account, “account info” , and “SMTP”

Inside the SMTP configuration page, choose to Add Server.

Host Name: smtp.gmail.com
User Name: full newly created (or existing) gmail account
(ex: lb@gmail.com)
Password: Enter your password here for this gmail account

After it is verified, re-enter this new account and confirm that SSL is on, and Server Port is 587
Turn on this Server using the On/OFF switch at the top of this smtp server screen
Exit this screen and turn OFF the SMTP server that is MobileMe’s primary

Your regular email account will now push to your iPhone

All of your emails will be pushed to your iPhone and all your replies will come from your normal email address.