Use a different SMTP server with iCloud on iPhone?

WIth MobileMe I had my outgoing server as my Gmail account. My Gmail account forwarded all email to my MobileMe so that I'd have a backup in case anything happened.

But when I go into my iCloud settings on my iPhone it seems that I can't change anything about the primary SMTP server. I can't even turn it off.

Has anyone else tried this?

Tearabite said:

My iCloud SMTP settings are also locked on 2 iphones and 2 ipads.. i think this is by desgin so we cant mess it up.. sadly, it's messed up by apple right now so i cant send any iCloud mail

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Hmm I suppose I could just use Gmail directly then. I could still have it forward to my iCloud for a backup.

Oh well. If anyone comes up with a solution please post it in this thread

blevins321 said:

Yeah you can do it. It's not in the mail settings where the SMTP would normally be though. It's under Settings>iCloud>Account>Advanced Mail. My initially-setup server didn't work for iCloud (p05-smtp.me.com) so I changed it to the generic smtp.me.com and now it works fine

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When I go there my SMTP settings are grayed out. I mean, I can look at the different servers and I can see my Gmail SMTP there under the secondary servers, but I can't deactivate the Primary one. It's just all grayed out.

blevins321: Also, I don't even see what server the iCloud SMTP is set to.
I've attached a screenshot of my Primary Server screen from iCloud>Account>Advanced>Mail.

I even tried deleting and adding iCloud again.