Name of setting | Setting | Description |
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Full Name | Choose your sender name as you would like it to appear in messages that you send. Example: John Appleseed. | |
Email Address | Your email address for this account, such as [email protected]. | |
Incoming mail server settings | ||
These settings are for downloading messages (receiving email) from your email provider's mail server. | ||
Account Type | Choose IMAP*, POP, Exchange IMAP, or Exchange EWS1, as directed by your email provider. If you're using a Microsoft Exchange account, see the Exchange setup instructions for Mac or iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. | |
Description | Choose the name that Mail will use for your account, such as Work, School, or Yahoo. | |
Incoming Mail Server (host name) | The host name of the incoming mail server, such as mail.example.com. | |
User Name | Your user name for this account, such as appleseed. Some email providers want your full email address as your user name. | |
Password | The email password you use to sign in to your account. | |
Port | The port number used by the incoming mail server. Common port numbers for incoming mail are 143 and 993 for IMAP accounts, and 110 and 995 for POP accounts. | |
Authentication | Choose Password, MD5, NTLM, Kerberos, or None, as directed by your email provider. | |
Use SSL? | Does the incoming mail server support SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption? | |
Outgoing mail server (SMTP) settings | ||
These settings are for uploading messages (sending email) to your email provider's mail server. | ||
Outgoing mail server (SMTP) | The host name of the outgoing SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server, such as smtp.example.com. | |
Port | The port number used by the outgoing mail server. Common port numbers for outgoing mail are 25, 465, and 587. | |
Use SSL? | Does the outgoing mail server support SSL or TLS encryption? | |
Authentication | Choose Password, MD5, NTLM, Kerberos, or None, as directed by your email provider. If None, you may need the additional settings below to send email when you're on a different network, such as from a Wi-Fi hotspot or Internet cafe. | |
Outgoing mail server (SMTP) settings for when you're on a different network | ||
Get these off-network settings only if your email provider doesn't use authentication for outgoing mail. | ||
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) | The host name of the outgoing mail server, such as smtp.example.com. | |
Port | The port number used by the outgoing mail server. | |
Use SSL? | Does the outgoing mail server support SSL or TLS encryption? | |
Authentication | Choose Password, MD5, NTLM, Kerberos, or None, as directed by your email provider. |