How To Setup A New Email Account On Apple Mac

Follow these steps to add a new email account or an additional email account on your Mac:

Open Mail on your Mac.
Select Add Account. If this is your first email account setup on your Mac, it will automatically redirect you to the Add Account window.
Choose Add Other Mail Account at the end of the default list displayed.
Click Continue.
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.
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.
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.
Click Next.

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.
Click Create.

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On the Mail menu, select Preferences.
Select the Accounts tab.
Choose your new email account from the left-hand column.
Select the Advanced tab.
Uncheck Automatically detect and maintain account settings.
Navigate back to the Accounts tab.
From the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) drop-down menu, select Edit SMTP Server List.
Select the Advanced tab.
Uncheck Automatically detect and maintain account settings.
Set the Port to 587 (without SSL) or 465 (with SSL), as many ISPs block the default port 25.
Authentication: Select Password from the drop-down menu.
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.
Click OK.

Now your email account is set up on your Apple Mac!

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