{"id":569,"date":"2026-01-28T10:18:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/mac-mail-adding-an-email-account\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:51:14","slug":"mac-mail-adding-an-email-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/mac-mail-adding-an-email-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Mail &#8211; Adding an email account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This guide will walk you through the process of adding an email account within <strong>Mac Mail<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open Mac Mail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. When you have opened Mac Mail,&nbsp;at the top left, click \u2018Mail\u2019 &gt; \u2018Preferences\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-34.png 279w, https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-34-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp;Select \u2018Accounts\u2019 then click the + icon to add a new account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574\" style=\"width:628px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-35.png 697w, https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-35-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-35-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>3.&nbsp;You will then be asked which type of account you would like to add, please select \u201cAdd Other Mail Account\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-36.png 687w, https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-36-290x300.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>4.&nbsp;Please enter your full email address and password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-37.png 672w, https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-37-290x300.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>5.&nbsp;You will now be asked to enter in the&nbsp;<strong>incoming<\/strong>&nbsp;mail server information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended settings:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Account Type:&nbsp;<strong>IMAP<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mail server for both incoming and outgoing:&nbsp;<strong>mail.yourdomainhere.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>User name: Must be your&nbsp;<strong>full email address<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Password: The password for the email account in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-38.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-38.png 667w, https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-38-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-38-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>6.&nbsp;You will now be asked to enter in the&nbsp;<strong>outgoing<\/strong>&nbsp;mail server information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended settings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mail server for both incoming and outgoing:&nbsp;<strong>mail.yourdomainhere.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>User name: Must be your&nbsp;<strong>full email address<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Password: The password for the email account in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-39.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-39.png 680w, https:\/\/kb.freethought.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/image-39-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you click \u2018Create\u2019, your email account should now be set up and ready to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need further assistance? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/contact\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/contact\/\">www.freethought.uk\/contact\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide will walk you through the process of adding an email account within Mac Mail. Open Mac Mail 1. When you have opened Mac Mail,&nbsp;at the top left, click \u2018Mail\u2019 &gt; \u2018Preferences\u2026\u2019 2.&nbsp;Select \u2018Accounts\u2019 then click the + icon to add a new account. 3.&nbsp;You will then be asked&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}