Mail User Guide

You can change preferences for the SMTP mail server you use to send messages, as directed by the provider of your email accounts.

Apple Mail uses six default mailboxes in an email account: Inbox, Advertising, Sent, Drafts, Archive, and Trash. Use the mailbox behavior settings to control which mailboxes and where - on the mail server or locally - are used for this purpose. Anyhow, the set up process of an SMTP server on Apple Mail is very easy: 1. Click on “Preferences” in the “Mail” menu. 2.Open the “Accounts” tab and click on “Server settings”. Now enter in the “Outgoing mail server” voice your outgoing mail server name (for instance, pro.turbo-smtp.com).

To change these preferences in the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, click Accounts, click Server Settings, click the outgoing Account pop-up menu, then choose Edit SMTP Server List.

Option	Description
Server list	The servers available to you and the accounts that are using them.
Add , Remove	Add or remove a server. Don’t remove a server that’s in use by an account unless you’re ready to select or add another one immediately.

Server Settings

Option	Description
Description	The description of the server appears in the Mail sidebar and any pop-up menu where you choose a server.
User Name	Your user name on the mail server.
Password	Your password on the mail server.
Host Name	The name of the mail server.
Automatically manage connection settings	Mail automatically manages settings for your email account in Mail, such as port numbers and authentication methods. If you deselect this option, you can specify the following, as directed by your email account provider: Port (or Internal Port and External Port), Use TLS/SSL: The port numbers for sending messages, and whether to use TLS/SSL. Authentication: The authentication method. This option is available only for POP and IMAP accounts.

Advanced

Option	Description
TLS Certificate	Some SMTP servers require computers that connect to them to provide a certificate proving their identity.
Allow insecure authentication	For accounts that don’t support secure authentication, let Mail use a non-encrypted version of your user name and password to connect to the mail server.

This guide shows you step-by-step how to set up email account in Mail on MacOS.

Add New Account

1. Choose Preferences, from the Mail menu.
2. Select Preferences.
   
3. Click on the Accounts icon in the Mail Preferences window.
4. On the Accounts window, click the + (plus) sign to create a new account.
   

Account Settings

1. Choose Other Mail Account...
   
2. Enter your Full Name, or your name as you would like it to appear on your sent email.
   * Replace example.com with your own domain name.
3. Enter your Email Address.
4. Enter your email account's password.
5. Click the Next button.
6. A message should appear saying 'Account must be manually configured'. Click Next.

Incoming and Outgoing Mail Server Settings

When entering the information for your Incoming Mail Server you will need to decide if you would like to use POP3 or IMAP. POP3 will download and remove all of the emails from our server, whereas IMAP will synchronize the emails between your email client(s) and our server. IMAP is recommended if you will be using this email account with multiple devices since they will all synchronize.
Not sure if you want POP or IMAP? Read more about it on Webmail and Email Applications: IMAP and POP

Smtp Server For Mac Mail

• * Replace example.com with your own domain name.

1. Choose your account type, either IMAP or POP.
2. Enter mail.example.com as the Incoming mail server, replacing example.com with your own domain name.
3. Enter your full email address as the User Name.
4. Enter the Password of your email account.
5. Configure the Incoming and Outgoing Server. For more information, refer to Email Client Settings.
6. Once Incoming Server settings have been configured, you will need to enter the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) setting. Enter one of the following options:
7. Click the Server Settings button. You will be prompted to further configure your Outgoing Mail Server.
8. Enter the Outgoing Mail Server again.
9. Choose your Server port:
10. Choose Password for Authentication.
11. Re-enter the full email address as the User Name, and the password for that email account.
12. Click the OK button when finished.

Mac Mail Server Settings For Outlook

That's it! Your email account should be added to your Apple Mail client.
Note: If you choose to use an SSL, you may see an SSL warning. Please see SSL Certificate Warning for the next steps.

Server Hotmail Mac Mail

SSL Certificate Warning

Mac Mail Settings For Outlook

If you choose to use SSL, you may receive a message warning you that the certificate is not trusted. If you receive this message, follow these steps:

1. Click the Show Certificate button.
   
2. Check the box to Always trust the certificate.
3. Click the Connect button.

Complete Set Up on Yosemite OS

If you're running Yosemite, we suggest following these steps to make sure your account settings don't change. This only applies to Apple computers running Yosemite.

Server Settings For Gmail On Mac Mail

1. Choose Preferences, from the Mail menu.
   
2. Click on the Accounts tab.
3. Next, click on the Advanced.
4. Uncheck the option labeled 'Automatically detect and maintain settings
   
5. Now click on the Account Information tab.
6. Under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP), select Edit SMTP Server List.
7. Click the Advanced tab.
8. Uncheck the option labeled Automatically detect and maintain settings.
   
9. Click the OK button when finished.