how to create a password protected folder in iphone

Some recipients are bound to add your send-only address to their contacts list (or more likely have it added to their contacts automatically). Since you'll use the new address only for the messages you send from the iPhone or iPad, the only mail you'll receive at the account are replies - at least in theory. To read your mail, you use either Google's Gmail app for iOS or your browser to sign into a password-protected Webmail account.Disable all other mail accounts on the iPhone or iPad.Forward mail received at the new account to your regular inbox to ensure you don't miss replies to the messages you send from the iPad.Create a free mail account you'll use only to send messages from the device.At least one mail account has to be enabled to allow use of the iPad/iPhone option to share photos and other files via e-mail. I also found a $2 app that lets you passcode-protect multiple mail accounts on an iPhone or iPad.īoth solutions require that you disable all but one existing mail account on the device. I came up with a free workaround that requires creation of a send-only account for the iPad or iPhone.

I'm sure Apple had a reason for not allowing iPhone and iPad users to require a passcode to access the device's mail app, but I don't know what that reason was. Is there any app that allows you to use it like the 'mail' app on an iPhone etc., but has a password lock facility? Else children will be reading all my mail.

After last week's post describing two apps that keep your iPhone and iPad data private, a reader posed this question:

How to create a password protected folder in iphone