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Apple Mail 4.0

As a courtesy to our customers, we provide online tutorials on how to configure various email software. However our staff will NOT provide support on how to use them. For further assistance in in configuring email on your phone, tablet or email program, please visit Apple's Mail support pages.

To configure your email account in Apple Mail, follow the steps below

1. Open your Apple Mail client

2. Fill in the ‘Welcome to Mail’ window with the following information:
· Full Name: [your name]
· Email Address: your full email address [eg: username@your-domain.com]
· Password: your Email password
· Important: Hold the option button down until ‘Create’ turns into ‘Continue’


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Click Continue

3. Fill in the following Incoming Mail Server information:
· Account Type: POP

Incoming Mail Server: 
pop.your-domain.com (For Free Email Service / Email Hosting Plans)                                    
· User Name: your full email address [username@your-domain.com]
· Password: your Email password
· Important: Hold the option button down until ‘Create’ turns into ‘Continue’


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Click Continue

4. Incoming Mail Security
· Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): Do not select
· Authentication: Password
· Important: Hold the option button down until ‘Create’ turns into ‘Continue’

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Click Continue

5. Enter the following Outgoing Mail Server information:
· You can leave description blank - this field is optional

Outgoing Mail Server: 
smtp.your-domain.com (For Free Email Service / Email Hosting Plans)
· Use Authentication: Please select the checkbox
· User Name: your full Email address [username@your-domain.com]
· Password: your Email password
  Important: Hold the option button down until ‘Create’ turns into ‘Continue’


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· Click Continue.
· Outgoing Mail Security
· Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): Do not select
· Authentication: Password
· Important: Hold the option button down until ‘Create’ turns into ‘Continue’

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Click Continue

· Review your Account Summary and uncheck Take account online as you will need to adjust your incoming port number
· Click Create

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Once your client opens, you’ll need to change your incoming port number to 110. To edit your incoming port number, 
please click Mail> Preferences... > Accounts tab > Advanced

· Important:
     ***For POP configuration,
      Incoming (POP) Server Port Number: 110
      Outgoing (SMTP) Server Port Number: 587

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· After you’ve updated your port number, you can take your accounts online and download new messages by clicking 
     Mailbox > Get All New Mail

If you have already configured Apple Mail 4 for POP and are trying to add an additional email, please start by following these steps:
1. Click Mail > Preferences....
2. On the Accounts tab, click the + button to add a new account.

You will then need to repeat the steps above.

Configure Your IMAP Email Address To Your Email Client ‘Apple Mail 4.0’

1. Click Mail > Preferences....
2. On the Accounts tab, click the + button to add a new account.
3. Fill in the Welcome to Mail window with the following information:· Email Address: your full email address [username@your-domain.com]
· Full Name: [your name]

Incoming Mail Server:
imap.your-domain.com (For Free Email Service / Email Hosting Plans)
· Username: your full email address [username@your-domain.com]
· Password: your Email password

· Click Create, verify your Account Summary, and you’re all set!
     If you’d like to verify your IMAP settings after you have configured your mail client, you can view this through the Accounts tab by going
     through Mail > Preferences... The settings should be as follows:


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To review your port number information, click on the Advanced tab.

· Important:
***For IMAP configuration,
Incoming (IMAP) Server Port Number: 143
Outgoing (SMTP) Server Port Number: 587

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