setup email in Apple Mail?

NOTE:

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The following tutorial is provided as a courtesy to our customers to help you configure your mail software to work with Magical Productions' hosting solutions.

Third-party software can not be supported directly by (mt) Media Temple. If you have further questions about configuring Apple Mail please visit http://www.apple.com/support/

  1. Open Apple Mail.
  2. From the Mail menu, choose Preferences.

  3. Click the Accounts button and click on + button at the bottom.

  4. Perform the following steps:

    Full Name: Your Name
    Email Address: user@yourdomain.com
    Password: This is the password you created for your email user.

  5. Provide Incoming Mail Settings:

    Account Type: Select POP3 or IMAP. What is the difference?
    Description: user@yourdomain.com
    Incoming Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
    User Name: user@yourdomain.com
    Password: This is the password you created for your email user.

  6. Once you click continue you may be prompted with a connection error. Please continue to your Incoming Mail Security Settings:

    Please uncheck Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
    Authentication: Password

  7. Provide Outgoing Mail Settings:

    Description: user@yourdomain.com
    Outgoing Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
    Please check Use only this server
    Please check Use Authentication
    User Name: user@yourdomain.com
    Password: This is the password you created for your email user.

  8. Once you click continue you may be prompted with a connection error. Please continue to your Outgoing Mail Security Settings:

    Please uncheck Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
    Authentication: Password

  9. Review your Settings:

    Account Description: user@yourdomain.com
    Full Name: Your Name
    Email Address: user@yourdomain.com
    User Name: user@yourdomain.com

    Incoming Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
    SSL: off

    Outgoing Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
    SSL: off

    Please check Take account online

  10. Now feel free to test your settings by attempting to send and receive a email.