Adding an email account to Mac Mail Client

Load the Mail Client

Click on ‘Mail’ and select ‘Preferences’
Click the little ‘+’ at the bottom left to ‘Create an Account’
Enter the ‘Full Name’, ‘Email Address’ and ‘Email Password’ in the boxes presented
Click ‘Continue’ and the mail program will search for mail servers
A ‘Cannot verify Identity’ error may appear simply click ‘Connect’ to accept (we will change this manually later to give a secure connection)

You will now be asked to configure the ‘Incoming Mail Server’ and you should enter the following:

Enter a ‘Description’ for this email account (anything relevant) in the Description Box
Enter your ‘Server Hostname’ in the Incoming Mail Server Box - mail.yourdomain.com
Enter the ‘Complete Email Address’ as the User Name
Enter the ‘Email Account Password’ in the password box
Click the ‘Continue’ button
A ‘Cannot verify Identity’ error may appear simply click ‘Connect’ to accept

You will now be asked to configure the ‘Outgoing Mail Server’ and you should enter the following:

Enter a ‘Description’ for this email account (anything relevant) in the Description Box
Enter your ‘Server Hostname’ in the Outgoing Mail Server Box - mail.yourdomain.com
Tick the box to ‘Use only This Server’
Tick the box to ‘Use Authentication’
Enter the ‘Complete Email Address’ as the User Name
Enter the ‘Email Account Password’ in the password box
Click the ‘Continue’ button
On the screen that now appears make sure you tick the box to ‘Take Account Online’
Click the ‘Create’ button to create the email account

We will now check the Ports to make sure we are using the Secure Ports for IMAP

Click on ‘Mail’ and select ‘Preferences’
Click on the ‘Email Account on the Left Hand Side’ you wish to edit (this is the one you just set up with whatever description you gave it)
Click on the ‘Advanced’ tab at the top right of the open window
Ensure that Port Number ‘993’ is set for IMAP in the port box
Ensure the ‘Use SSL’ box is ticked
Ensure the ‘Authentication Type’ is set to ‘Password’

We will now check the Ports to make sure we are using the Secure Ports for SMTP

Click on ‘Mail’ and select ‘Preferences’
Click on the ‘Email Account on the Left Hand Side’ you wish to edit (this is the one you just set up with whatever description you gave it)
Click on the ‘Account Information’ tab at the top right of the open window
Select the Dropdown list beside the ‘Outgoing Mail Server SMTP’ text
Select ‘Edit SMTP Server List’ from the dropdown list
Select the SMTP server to edit and click the ‘Advanced’ Tab
Make sure you have the Port set to ‘465’ the SMTP Secure Port
Ensure ‘Authentication Type’ is set to ‘Password’
Ensure the ‘Use SSL’ box is ticked
Ensure the email address is there as the user name and the password is entered

Adding an email account