How to add email account on mac mail
To add an email account on Mac Mail, follow these steps:
- Open Mail on your Mac: You can find Mail in the Applications folder or use Spotlight to search for it.
- Click on "Mail" in the top menu bar and select "Preferences" from the dropdown menu.
- Click on the "Accounts" tab.
- Click on the "+" button at the bottom left corner of the window.
- Select "Other Mail Account" from the dropdown menu.
- Enter your email address and password in the respective fields.
- Click on "Continue".
- Select the type of email account you want to set up (e.g. POP, IMAP, Exchange).
- Enter the incoming and outgoing mail server settings:
- Incoming Mail Server: Enter the server name or IP address, and the port number (usually 993 for IMAP or 995 for POP).
- Outgoing Mail Server: Enter the server name or IP address, and the port number (usually 587 for SMTP).
- Click on "Continue".
- If you're setting up an IMAP account, you'll be asked to select the folders you want to sync. You can choose to sync all folders or select specific ones.
- Click on "Create" to add the account.
Alternatively, you can also add an email account using the "Add Account" wizard:
- Open Mail and click on "File" in the top menu bar.
- Select "Add Account" from the dropdown menu.
- Follow the same steps as above to set up your email account.
Some common email account settings:
- Gmail: Incoming Mail Server: imap.gmail.com, Port: 993; Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.gmail.com, Port: 587
- Yahoo: Incoming Mail Server: imap.yahoo.com, Port: 993; Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.yahoo.com, Port: 587
- Outlook.com: Incoming Mail Server: imap.outlook.com, Port: 993; Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.outlook.com, Port: 587
- Exchange: Incoming Mail Server: your_exchange_server_name, Port: 993; Outgoing Mail Server: your_exchange_server_name, Port: 587
Note: Make sure to replace "your_exchange_server_name" with the actual name of your Exchange server.