How to set up an email account in Mac Mail Print

Setting up Mac Mail

1. Open Mail (click it on the Dock or open it from the Applications folder).
2. If the "Welcome to Mail" assistant does not appear, choose Add Account from the File menu.
3. Fill in the Full Name, Email address, and Password fields. Note: Your email account password will be stored in Keychain and used automatically to login to your email account when you open Mail.
4. Deselect "Automatically set up account" if it is enabled. Click Continue to proceed.
5. Choose the proper Account Type (IMAP).
6. Give your account a useful description, such as "Yvonne's account". It can be called whatever you want.
7. Enter your Incoming Mail Server (normally mail.yourdomain.com) , User Name (your full email address) and Password. Click on Continue to proceed.
8. For Outgoing Mail Server, a useful description such as "yourdomain.com Outgoing Mail Server".
9. Enter the Outgoing Mail Server details - normally mail.yourdomain.com but some ISPs will block this and you will have to change your out going port to 465 (or 26 for non ssl).
10. If prompted, enter your Outgoing Mail Security settings. Click Continue to proceed. Verify your settings in the Account Summary. Check "Take account online". Click "Create" to complete the process.

After completing these steps you should be able to send and receive email via this account. If you can't send or receive email, please contact us on 1300 363 460. Have your email settings on hand.