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8.2. Email Client Setup (Apple Mail)

Step 1

Open Mail on your Mac

Step 2

If you already have an email account setup, you will need to select Mail > Add Account... otherwise skip to the next step.

Step 3

Select Other Mail Account...

Click Continue

Step 4

Enter the following in the text boxes provided:

• Name: Enter your full name.
• Email Address: Enter the full email address of the mailbox you are setting up.
• Password: Enter the mailbox password.

Click Sign In.

Step 5

Mail will attempt to automatically connect with these simple settings.  This attempt will fail and you will be asked to provide more information.

Step 6

Enter the following server settings.

1. Incoming Mail Server: Enter the address supplied in your email
   
2. Outgoing Mail Server: Enter the address supplied in your email
   

Click Sign In

Step 7

Sending and receiving email are both performed over secure connections.  Mail will now error as it is yet unable to connect to the SMTP servers. It will instead revert to an insecure connection.

You will reconfigure these settings later in the guide.

Click continue

Step 8

If you chose IMAP (recommended) you will be asked which apps to synchronise with the server.

This is useful for sharing data between devices.

Click Done

Step 9

We will now go back and reconfigure the SMTP settings for which we had a warning for in Step 7.

Select Mail > Preferences

Step 10

Click the Accounts icon.

Step 11

If you have multiple account setup, make sure the correct account is selected and click Server Settings.

Step 12

Under Incoming Mail Server (IMAP) untick the Automatically manage connection settings box. You now need to change these settings.

• User Name: Enter your email address.
• Password: Enter your password.
• Host Name: Enter the address supplied in your email
  
• Port: Enter 993 for IMAP or 995 for POP.
• Use TLS/SSL: Tick this box.
• Authentication: Select Password from the drop down menu.

Step 13

Under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) untick the Automatically manage connection settings box. You now need to change these settings.

• User Name: Enter your email address.
• Password: Enter your password.
• Host Name: Enter the address supplied in your email
  
• Port: Enter 465
• Use TLS/SSL: Tick this box. 
• Authentication: Select Password from the drop down menu.

Once done, click Save.