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How to configure a cPanel email account in Mac Mail Print

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You can follow the steps below to configure an email account that has been created via cPanel in Mac Mail. This guide assumes you have already created the email account.

1. Log into cPanel and click on the "Email Accounts" icon.

Email

2. Click on "Connect Devices" next to the email account you are looking to configure.

Connect devices

3. You will then be able to see the settings that you can use to connect your email client. There are both secure and insecure options, we highly recommend you use the secure settings. Keep this page open as you will need to enter these settings in your email client.

cPanel email settings

4. Open up the "Mail" app on your Mac. If this is the first email account you are adding you will see the screen below and you should select "Other Mail Account" and click on "continue".

Other mail provider

If you have already added an email account you need to go to Mail > Accounts to add a new account and select "Other Mail Account" when prompted.

5. Enter your email address and password, then click on "Sign in".

Sign in

6. Choose the account type (POP or IMAP). An IMAP connection is recommended if you plan on accessing your emails on multiple different devices as this leaves all mails on the server. A POP connection would, by default, download all mails to your local machine and then remove them from the server meaning they couldn't be accessed from another device.

Enter the incoming and outgoing mailserver name that you found during step 3 of this guide and click on "Sign in".

Mac mail mailserver names

7. Select the Apps that you would like to use with this account and ensure that "Mail" is selected, then click on "Done".

Done!

Assuming you have entered all of the details correctly you will now be able to use Mac Mail to run your cPanel email account.

If you are unable to connect you may need to manually specify the IMAP/POP and SMTP server ports. To do this go to Mail > Accounts, select the newly created account and then click on the "Server Settings" tab. Deselect the "Automatically manage connection settings" option and then enter the ports as shown in step 3 of this guide.

Mac mail account overview


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