These steps only apply to apple computers running Yosemite. If you are running Yosemite you may want to change two options to make sure that your account settings don’t change.

Make sure the Authentication is set to Password.

For the port number, you can use port 26 with no SSL or port 465 with SSL.

You may receive a message saying Additional account information required.

Please be sure to add your username and password to it. Note: Outgoing username and password could say «optional» in the field.

The Outgoing Mail Server is the same as your incoming mail server.

Outgoing Mail Server Settings Replace with your own domain name.

Check the box to always trust the certificate.

If you receive this message, follow these steps: If you choose to use SSL, you may receive a message warning you that the certificate is not trusted.

Authentication should be set to Password.

If you are using POP3, make sure you are using either port 110 with no SSL -OR- port 995 with SSL.

If you are using IMAP, make sure you are using either port 143 with no SSL -OR- port 993 with SSL.

Enter the Password of your email account.

Enter your full email address as the User Name.

as the Incoming mail server, replacing with your own domain name. IMAP is recommended if you will be using this email account with multiple devices since they will all synchronize. POP3 will download and remove all of the emails from our server, whereas IMAP will synchronize the emails between your email client(s) and our server. When entering the information for your Incoming Mail Server you will need to decide if you would like to use POP3 or IMAP.

A message should appear saying «Account must be manually configured».

Enter your Full Name, or as you would like it to appear on your sent email.

On the Accounts window, click the + (plus) sign.

Choose Preferences, from the Mail menu.

Finally, choose if you want to authenticate your mailing or not. “Port”: default is 25, but there are also other options: check our article about SMTP ports.ĥ.

If you don’t know it, have a look at our list of SMTP parameters.Ĥ. Now enter in the “Outgoing mail server” voice your outgoing mail server name (for instance, ). Click on “Preferences” in the “Mail” menu.Ģ.Open the “Accounts” tab and click on “Server settings”.ģ. Just remember that only a professional outgoing mail server will guarantee the highest delivery rate for your emails: in fact, normal SMTP servers like Gmail’s or Yahoo’s aren’t very reliable when it comes to mass mailing or email marketing.Īnyhow, the set up process of an SMTP server on Apple Mail is very easy:ġ. This way Apple Mail will be able to correcty deliver your messages. To make Apple Mail work, it’s necessary to configure an outgoing mail server, that is to enter in the default Mac client the right parameters of the SMTP server you are using.

Mac mail server settings