Changing an Email Account in Mac Mail
Email Account Configuration
| User name: | Your COMPLETE email address |
| Server type: | POP3/SMTP |
| SMTP port number: | 587 |
| POP3 port number: | 995 |
| Server name: | SERVER.12pointdesign.com
(replace SERVER with your server win or nix) |
| Outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication |
| Do not use SPA (Secure Password Authentication) |
To edit an existing email account in Mac Mail, follow the steps below.
This is most often necessary when it was originally setup incorrectly.
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Open Mac Mail and then click Mail, Preferences.
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Select the Account tab in Preferences window.
Select the email account from the menu on the left. Within the Account Information
section, ensure that your Incoming Mail Server is the one provided to you (usually
this is mail.example.com where example.com is your domain). Your
User Name is your complete email address. Enter your password
with the appropriate field. Now click on the Server Settings... button.
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In the popup, change the Server port from 25 to
587. Ensure that Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is
unchecked and that Authentication is set to
Password. Enter your complete email address as the
User Name and provide your password to the appropriate field.
Click OK.
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Back at the Accounts list, click the
Advanced tab. Now ensure the Port
is 110. Ensure that Use SSL is
unchecked and that Authentication is set to
Password. Optionally, check the box to
Remove copy from server after retrieving a message. This option
ensures that once you've received a message within Mac Mail it is removed from the mail server,
freeing up the space that message occupies for future email.
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When you close the window you will be prompted to Save Changes.
Be sure to click Save or all of your changes will be lost!
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