- Open Apple Mail (Mail in your Applications).
- From the Mail menu, click on Add Account...
- Select Add Other Mail Account…. Click Continue.
- Fill in the requested information. Cilck Create.
You will see a message "Account must be manually configured". Click Next.
- Now, fill in your incoming mail settings.
- Incoming Mail Server Info
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- Account Type: IMAP
- Mail Server: mail.EXAMPLE.COM (replace EXAMPLE.COM with your domain)
- User Name: username@example.com (your full email address)
- Password: The password you created for this email address.
- Click Next.
- It's possible that you will see an error at this step: The identity of “mail.example.com” cannot be verified. That's fine. Click Connect and Next.
- Enter 143 for the Port and leave the other settings as default and click Next.
- Next fill in your outgoing mail settings.
- Outgoing Mail Server Info
- SMTP Server: mail.EXAMPLE.COM (replace EXAMPLE.COM with your domain).
- User Name: username@example.com (your full email address)
- Password: The password you created for this email address.
- Click Create.
How to Change Email SMTP Port from 25 to 587
- Launch Apple Mail
- Drop down the mail menu, and choose preferences
- Select the email account to modify under accounts
- Beneath Outgoing server (SMTP) click on the drop down bar and select "Edit SMTP server list...".
- Click on your desired Outgoing server and then click advanced.
- Select option for custom port and type in 587.
- Click OK
- Restart Apple Mail
Congratulations! You've just created your email account. Try sending yourself a test message to make sure it's working.
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