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Apple Mail for Mac OS X 10.8 (IMAP & SMTP over SSL)
To configure your Apple Mail application for OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) to send and receive email using our servers using IMAP and SMTP over SSL/TLS, please follow the steps below. Please replace:
 | username@domain-name-example.com with your email address domain-name-example.com with your domain name your_server.com with your server's host name (you can find your server's host name listed in the upper left corner of your Control Panel) |
1. Open Apple Mail.
1.1. If no email accounts have been configured in Apple Mail, it will start directly with the set-up wizard.
1.2. If there are existing accounts in Apple Mail, you can select Mail -> Preferences... from the menu bar.
2. Go to the Accounts section and click the + button (bottom left).
3. The Add Account screen will appear.
In the Full Name field enter the name you would like to appear on the messages you send.
In the Email Address field enter the email address you are configuring.
In the Password field enter the current password for this particular address.
Click the Continue button.
4. Two Verify Certificate screens will pop up. Click the Connect button for both.
5. The Incoming Mail Server screen will open.
Set Account Type to IMAP.
In the Description field enter a short description for your account. This name would show up only in your own email program. You can set a name such as "Work Account", "Sales mail", "John" etc.
For Incoming Mail Server use mail.your_server.com (replace your_server.com with the server name).
In the User Name field enter username@domain-name-example.com (replace username@domain-name-example.com with your actual address).
In the Password field enter the current password for this particular address.
Click the Continue button.
6. Fill out the Outgoing Mail Server details.
For Outgoing Mail Server use mail.your_server.com (replace your_server.com with the server name).
If you wish to use only this outgoing mail server for all of your accounts, check the Use only this server checkbox.
Check the Use Authentication checkbox.
Enter username@domain-name-example.com in the User Name field and the corresponding password in the Password field.
Click the Continue button.
7. The Account Summary screen will appear.
To proceed with the configuration, make sure the Take account online checkbox is unchecked and click the Create button.
8. You should see the new mail account listed in the Accounts section. Select it, then choose the Edit SMTP Server List... option from the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) drop-down menu.
9. Go to the Advanced tab.
Select the Use custom port option and enter 587.
Make sure the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) checkbox is checked.
Choose Password from the Authentication drop-down menu. Enter your password if the Password field is empty.
Click the OK button.
10. Go to the Advanced tab on the main Accounts screen.
Enter INBOX for the IMAP Path Prefix field.
Make sure the port is set to 993 and the Use SSL checkbox is checked.
The Authentication option should be set to Password.
11. Close the Accounts screen.
12. Go to Mailbox -> Take all accounts online from the menu bar.
