This article will explain the general setup of Apple Mac Mail.
Before setting up Mac Mail to use with your domain, it is recommended that you first:
1. Wait until your domain name has been propagated
2. Create the email account in your hosting control panel
Mac Mail Configuration
Follow the steps below to configure email using Mac Mail.
1. Open the Mac Mail application.
2. From the File menu, choose Add Account. First time users will be automatically prompted to create an account.
3. In the appropriate fields, provide your full name, email address to be used and the password.
4. If enabled, deselect Automatically Setup Account in order to manually configure the email account, and then click Continue.
a. If you wish to have the account automatically configured, simply leave the option selected and follow the prompts provided by the Mail Setup
Assistant.
5. Choose the proper account type.
6. Provide a description for the email account describing what that email account is for.
7. Enter your incoming mail server, user name and password, and then click Continue.
8. If prompted, enter the settings for Mail Incoming Security.
9. Add a description for the outgoing mail server explaining what that email account is for.
10. Provide the outgoing mail server information.
b. If necessary, select Use Authentication and provide the email user name and password.
11. If prompted, provide the settings for outgoing mail security, and then click Continue. You will then be able to verify their settings in the Account
Summary.
12. Check Take Account Online.
13. Click the Create button to complete the process.
For further assistance with the Mail Setup Assistant, please refer to the following link: Mail Setup Assistant Walkthrough
Removing an Email Account
WARNING: Removing an account in Mail will permanently delete its mailboxes, messages, notes, and to do items. If you want to keep those, be sure to copy them to an On My Mailbox before deleting the account.
Exchange, IMAP, and MobileMe accounts store their mailboxes and messages on the server; deleting these account types in Mail will not permanently delete messages from the server. However, if you are not completely certain that your account is one of those types, be sure to copy the mailboxes and messages you want to keep into an On My Mailbox, or save individual messages manually by selecting them and choosing Save As from the File menu.
- Apple's Basic Troubleshooting Guide
- Apple's Email Configuration Guide (see Removing an email account)
