Difference between revisions of "Hosting Control Panel/Mail Setup Apple Mail"

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Hosting Control Panel / Mail Setup - Apple Mail

• Run Apple Mail.
• If you run it for the first time and do not have any mail accounts configured in it, skip the next step: Apple Mail will take you directly to creating one.
• Open the Adding Mail Account wizard:
  • Click Mail > Preferences....
  • Select the Accounts tab.
  • Click the + button at the bottom left corner.

• You will see the following page - you need to fill out the highlighted area, a brief description follows the image:

• Your full name - This is what people will see as the name when you email them
• Your full e-mail address - Your email address you are setting up
• Password - This the password you created when you set up the email account
• Click Continue when you are done

• You will see the following page - you need to fill out the highlighted areas, a brief description follows the image:

• Account Type: select whether you want to use IMAP or POP protocol
  • We recommend selecting IMAP - However you can also use POP3
• Incoming Mail Server: type in the name of your domain (which follows the @ sign in your e-mail address).
• User Name: enter your full e-mail address.
• Password: leave it auto-completed (Apple Mail takes it from the previous step).
• Click Continue when you are done

• (Optional) Specify the incoming mail security options:

• Select the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) checkbox.
• Select the authentication method.
  • Keep the default method if you are not sure which to select.

NOTE

• Apple Mail displays this setup screen only if your server supports SSL for the selected account type (POP or IMAP)
• Click Continue when you are done

• You will see the following page - you need to fill out the highlighted areas, a brief description follows the image:

• Outgoing Mail Server: type in the name of your domain (which follows the @ sign in your e-mail address).
• Use only this server: check this box to only use this server
• Use Authentication: check this box as it is required
  • User Name: enter your full e-mail address.
  • Password: leave it auto-completed (Apple Mail takes it from the previous step).
• Click Continue when you are done

• Apple Mail displays overall description of the mail account that is going to be created.

• Select the Take account online checkbox and click Create.

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