{"id":3757,"date":"2020-10-28T17:04:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T17:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=3757"},"modified":"2021-01-06T08:24:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T08:24:02","slug":"configure-your-email-on-mac-using-apple-mail","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/configure-your-email-on-mac-using-apple-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Configure Your Email on Mac Using Apple Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"overview\" class=\"h3 u-textAllcaps\">Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Apple Mail is the default email client that comes with every Mac using OS X 10.15 or later. This tutorial will show you how to configure your email address on Mac using Apple Mail application.<\/p>\n<p>This article is primarily for Mail version 13.4 on mac OS Catalina (Version 10.15.4). Your version of Apple Mail may vary depending on the version of macOS you are using.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"requirements\" class=\"h3 u-textAllcaps\">Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Before you start, be sure to have these handy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your email address &#8211; for more information on how to create an email address, please read this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-create-an-email-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Create an Email Account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Your email password<\/li>\n<li>Your mail client settings (Incoming\/Outgoing) &#8211; for more information on how find your mail client settings, please read this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/mail-client-settings-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Find Mail Client Settings in cPanel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-configure-your-email-on-mac-using-apple-mail\">How to Configure Your Email on Mac Using Apple Mail<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin!<\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Open Mail. If you haven&#8217;t added an email account yet, you&#8217;ll be taken directly to the <strong>Add Account<\/strong> prompt.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re adding an additional account, or this prompt doesn&#8217;t otherwise load automatically, you&#8217;ll need to select <span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Add Account<\/span> from the <span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Mail<\/span> menu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3758\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3758 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mail-Add-Account-283x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mail-Add-Account-283x300.png 283w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mail-Add-Account-47x50.png 47w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mail-Add-Account-57x60.png 57w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mail-Add-Account-94x100.png 94w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mail-Add-Account.png 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mail &gt; Add Account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> From the <span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Add Account<\/span> prompt, select <span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Add Other Mail Account&#8230;<\/span> and click <span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Continue<\/span>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3760\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3760\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Choose-a-Mail-account-provider-Other-Mail-Account-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Choose-a-Mail-account-provider-Other-Mail-Account-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Choose-a-Mail-account-provider-Other-Mail-Account-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Choose-a-Mail-account-provider-Other-Mail-Account-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Choose-a-Mail-account-provider-Other-Mail-Account-50x31.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Choose-a-Mail-account-provider-Other-Mail-Account-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Choose-a-Mail-account-provider-Other-Mail-Account-60x38.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Choose-a-Mail-account-provider-Other-Mail-Account-100x63.png 100w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Choose-a-Mail-account-provider-Other-Mail-Account.png 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choose a Mail account provider &gt; Other Mail Account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Fill out the following information and click Sign In.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Full Name:<\/span> Your name as you would like it to appear.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Email Address:<\/span> Your full email address.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Password:<\/span> The password for your email account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3762\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Add-a-Mail-Account-300x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Add-a-Mail-Account-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Add-a-Mail-Account-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Add-a-Mail-Account-50x30.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Add-a-Mail-Account-60x36.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Add-a-Mail-Account-100x61.png 100w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Add-a-Mail-Account.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> Apple Mail app will attempt to contact the mail server. The default search uses &#8220;autodiscover.example.com&#8221; &#8212; unless you have this subdomain already created and an SSL Certificate installed, this will not work.<\/p>\n<p>If autodiscover setting has been unsuccessful, the message &#8220;Unable to verify account name or password&#8221; will appear in a new settings box.<\/p>\n<p>5) Fill in the fields using your email info and incoming\/outgoing mail settings. For more information on how find your mail client settings, please read this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/mail-client-settings-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Find Mail Client Settings in cPanel<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Email Address: Your full email address.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"screenshot_callout\">User Name: Your full email address.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Password: The password to your email account.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Account Type:<\/span> We <strong>strongly<\/strong> recommend connecting via IMAP. To learn more, please see: <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/what-is-the-difference-between-pop3-and-imap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What is the difference between POP3 and IMAP?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"screenshot_callout\">Incoming Mail Server:<\/span> mail.yourdomain.tld (replace yourdomain.tld with your domain name)<\/li>\n<li>Outgoing Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.tld (replace yourdomain.tld with your domain name)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--alert   hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tPlease note that by default, Apple Mail use secure (SSL) connections for both incoming and outgoing servers. We highly recommend that you do not change this.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<p>6) You&#8217;ll then be asked to confirm which apps that you&#8217;d like to attach the email account to. Select email and any others that you&#8217;d like and click Done.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3763\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Select-the-apps-300x145.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Select-the-apps-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Select-the-apps-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Select-the-apps-50x24.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Select-the-apps-60x29.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Select-the-apps-100x48.png 100w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Select-the-apps.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! You just configured your email address on Apple Mail. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free contact ChemiCloud&#8217;s award winning 24\/7 support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Apple Mail is the default email client that comes with every Mac using OS X 10.15 or later. This tutorial will show you how to configure your email address on Mac using Apple Mail application. 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