Follow these steps to add a new email account or an additional email account on your Mac:
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Open Mail on your Mac.
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Select Add Account. If this is your first email account setup on your Mac, it will automatically redirect you to the Add Account window.
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Choose Add Other Mail Account at the end of the default list displayed.
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Click Continue.
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Enter the following information:
- Full Name: The name you wish to display as the sender.
- Email Address: The email address you have set up with your ISP.
- Password: The password for the above email address.
- Click Next.
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You may receive an Account must be manually configured message because Mail will attempt to contact the mail default server, which will not work. Click Next.
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Enter the following information for the Incoming Mail Server:
- Mail Server:
mail.yourdomainname.co.za
(or your IP address). - User Name: Your email address.
- Password: Your email password.
- Mail Server:
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Click Next.
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For the Incoming Mail Server additional details:
- Path Prefix: Leave this text box blank.
- Port: Based on your settings:
- IMAP: 143 (use 993 for SSL)
- POP3: 110 (use 995 for SSL)
- SSL Checkbox: Tick this box if you wish to use SSL encryption, and select the appropriate port.
- Authentication: Must be set to Password from the drop-down menu.
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Click Next.
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Enter the following information for the Outgoing Mail Server:
- SMTP Server:
mail.yourdomainname.co.za
(or your IP address). - User Name: Your email address.
- Password: Your email password.
- SMTP Server:
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Click Create.
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On the Mail menu, select Preferences.
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Select the Accounts tab.
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Choose your new email account from the left-hand column.
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Select the Advanced tab.
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Uncheck Automatically detect and maintain account settings.
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Navigate back to the Accounts tab.
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From the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) drop-down menu, select Edit SMTP Server List.
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Select the Advanced tab.
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Uncheck Automatically detect and maintain account settings.
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Set the Port to 587 (without SSL) or 465 (with SSL), as many ISPs block the default port 25.
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Authentication: Select Password from the drop-down menu.
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Check Allow insecure authentication.
- Note: If you do not see this option, you may need to update Apple Mail or macOS to the latest version.
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Click OK.
Now your email account is set up on your Apple Mac!