Setting Up Email on Your Computer with Mac Mail

Setting Up Email on Your Computer with Mac Mail

To setup your computer to send/receive email, you must already have the email account created in your Control Panel. You will need the following information when following the step by step instructions below for your email program.

Required Information

  • Username: user@yourdomain.com (your full email address).
  • Password: use whatever password you were assigned.
  • Incoming Mail Server:  Use mail.yourdomain.com (replacing yourdomain.com with your domain name).
    • Use SSL on port 993 (IMAP) or port 995 (POP)
  • Outgoing Mail Server:  Use mail.yourdomain.com (replacing yourdomain.com with your domain name).
    • Use SSL on port 465
    • “My outgoing (SMTP) server requires authentication” – Yes

First Steps

  1.  Click on the Mail application icon to open
  2. At top of screen, click on Mail > Preferences
  3. Click on Accounts tab (next to General)
  4. On the bottom left, click the Plus sign to create a new account (To modify an account, click on the existing account on the left pane)
  5. Enter in your Name (as you want it to be displayed when others receive your email), your email address and your password. Click continue.

Incoming Mail Server

  1. Account Type: POP3 or IMAP (POP3 is standard, but IMAP is preferred for use across multiple devices)
  2. Description: Type in a description for this account (internal use only)
  3. Incoming Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
  4. User Name: Enter your FULL email address
  5. Password: Enter your password
  6. Click Continue

Incoming Mail Server Information

  1. Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): Yes
  2. Authentication: Password
  3. Click Continue

Outgoing Mail Server

  1. Description: Type in a description for this account (internal use only)
  2. Outgoing Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
  3. Use only this server: Yes
  4. Use Authentication: Yes
  5. User Name: Enter your FULL email address
  6. Password: Enter your password
  7. Click Continue
  8. You may get a warning, kindly disregard. Click Create.

Mac Mail visual reference