How to Set Up an Email Account on MAC Mail App

Mac mail is the mac application which can be used to configure multiple email accounts on a single application. Many of us use more than one email account for work purpose or personal use and to make the email separated according to their type. If you are looking for the Guide on How to Set Up an Email Account on MAC Mail App, then you must check below. Using mac mail is very convenient to manage our personal digital life and professional digital life separated.

You can add a new email address by two methods.

1.   Using normal settings.

2.   Using advanced settings.

Steps for normal setup

1.     Open the mail application in MAC.

2.     Click on “menu” and select “Add account”.

3.     Select the email service provider in the given list if not listed then click on “Another mail account”.

4.     A prompt will be there with required fields name, email, and password.

5.     Input all the required information and click “Sign in”.

6.     The email setup is completed and if you have added more than two accounts then you can choose a default account as well.

Now check out How to Set Up an Email Account on MAC Mail App with advanced settings.

Setup using advanced settings:- 

Before start setting up the account in the advanced mode you will need to gather some information. You need to acquire SMTP, POP3 or IMAP details and email password.

1.     Open the host control panel and navigate to the email account section.

2.     Click manage option next to the email you want to add in mail mac application.

3.     A new prompt window will come up on the screen with all the required information. Save those details or write it down.

4.     Open the mail application on MAC Mail App.

5.     Go to mail settings and choose “add account option”.

6.     A prompt window will appear on screen with all the email providers name, so, you need to click on another mail account.

7.     Enter the server settings and details.

8.     Enter the email address, username with password.

9.     Then enter the account type (IMAP).

10.                        Then enter incoming mail server “mail.example.com” and outgoing mail server “mail.example.com” from the information we have saved earlier from the host control panel.

11.                        Click on sign in.