Setting up a Standard, Advanced, Starter or StarterPlus mailbox in Mac Mail 6 should take just a few minutes.

Step 1

Open Mac Mail.

• If you have not already added an account to MacMail you will directed to the New Account Wizard.
• If you have already created an account in Mac Mail, click File, then Add account from the drop down menu.

Step 2

When the New Account wizard opens, enter the following in the text boxes provided:

• Full Name: Enter your full name.
• Email Address: Enter the full email address of the mailbox you want to create to.
• Password: Enter 123456 for the time being.

Once done, click Continue.

Step 3

Mail will now attempt to connect to your server, it will then advise you that it cannot find an SSL certificate for your domain name. Click Connect to continue.

Step 4

A username box will now be displayed. Your username is the same as your full email address. Enter this in the text box provided and click Continue.

Step 5

Mail will now try to connect to your mailbox again and will error. Click Continue and it will prompt you to enter further details.

Step 6

On the Incoming Mail Server page, enter the following information:

• Account Type: Select IMAP from the drop down menu.
• Description: Enter a name for this account so you can identify it. This will only be seen by you.
• Incoming Mail Server: Enter mail.yourdomain.com (replacing yourdomain.com with your own domain name).
• User Name: Enter your full email address (this should already be populated with the correct details).
• Password: Enter the correct password for your mailbox. This is the password you chose when you created your mailbox.

Click the Continue button when you are done.

Step 6

You will be prompted for an authentication method, select Password from the drop down menu and click Continue.

Step 7

The Outgoing Mail Server page will appear. Enter the following information:

• Starter and Standard Mailboxes
• • Description: Optional – Enter a name for this server so you can identify it. This will only be seen by you.
  • Outgoing mail server: Enter the SMTP server your ISP supplied you with.
  • Use only this server: Checked
  • Use Authentication: Refer to your ISP for details.
  • Username: Refer to your ISP for details.
  • Password: Refer to your ISP for details.

• Advanced and StarterPlus mailboxes
• • Description: Optional – Enter a name for this server so you can identify it. This will only be seen by you.
  • Outgoing mail server:  Enter smtp.yourdomain.com (replacing yourdomain.com with your own domain name) into the text box. If you’re using external nameservers you can use smtp.livemail.co.uk instead.
  • Use only this server: Checked
  • Use Authentication:  Checked.
  • Username: Enter your full email address.
  • Password: Enter your mailbox password. This is the password you chose when you created your mailbox.

Once completed, the screen should look similar to the following:

Click Continue.

Step 8

You will see a summary of your account details. ensure these are correct, then click Create.

Your account will be created and you can start sending and receiving emails from your mailbox.