How to Set up Your Email Account in Apple Mail

This tutorial shows you how to set up Apple Mail to work with your e-mail account.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Apple Mail

1.  From the Mail menu, select Preferences.

2.  Select the Accounts tab, and click the plus sign(+) at the bottom of the Accounts box.

3.  In the Account Information screen, select POP from the Account Type list, and enter your information as follows: Description Enter the name of your account.   Email Address Enter your email address.   Full Name Enter your name.   Incoming mail server (POP3) Your incoming server is mail.coolexample.com, where "coolexample.com" is the name of your domain.   User Name Enter your email address.   Password Enter the password you set up for your email account.   Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) Select Add Server from the list.

4.  When the SMTP Server Options window displays, type smtpout.secureserver.net in the Outgoing Mail Server field and change the Server Port setting to 80 Under the Authentication list, select Password and enter your email address and password. Note:  We use a SMTP relay server which allows 250 emails a day to be sent out per account.  If you require more emails a day you can use the outgoing mail server of your Internet Service Provider.  Contact your Internet Service Provider to get this setting.