Setup email account using Apple Mail OS Maverick and Yosemite
1. Click Mail on the menu bar
2. Select Add Account
3. Select the radio button next to ‘Add Other Mail Account’ and click continue.
4. Next, you’ll be asked to fill in your email credentials.
Complete the following information:
Full Name: The name displayed to the email recipient
Email Address: The email account you wish to connect to
Password: Email account password
Note: The email address will not automatically configure itself.
5. Click Next
6. Next, you’ll be asked to enter your incoming mail server details.
Complete the following information:
Account Type: Select POP
Mail server: pop.aussienames.com.au
User Name: The email address of the account you wish to connect to (full address)
Password: The password for this email account
7. Click Next.
You may get another warning message about Apple Mail not being able to verify the identity of the server you are attempting to connect to. Simply click [Show Certificate] and then Trust the server to continue.
8. You will now be asked to provide additional information about the incoming mail server:
Fill out the following information:
Path Prefix: Option Field you may leave blank
Port: Your incoming mail server port number is non SSL: 110 – so please enter 110 and turn off SSL.
Authentication: Password
You may be asked to enter your full email address and password again. Please do so.
9. Click Next. You will be asked to enter in your outgoing mail server details.
Complete the following information:
SMTP server: smtp.aussienames.com.au
User Name: The email address of the account you wish to connect to
Password: The password used for this email account
10. Click Create.
11. You will now be asked to provide additional information about the incoming mail server.
Complete the following information:
Port: Non SSL enter 587
Authentication: Password
You may be asked to enter your full email address and password again. Please do so.
12. Click Create
13. Close the Mail application and re-open it.
14. Click on Mail and then select Preferences
15. Select Accounts and then click on the account you want to edit, then click ‘Advanced’
16. In the pop up window, uncheck ‘Automatically detect and maintain account settings’
17. Click on Account Information
18. Click on the Outgoing Mail Server(SMTP) server list and select ‘Edit SMTP Server List’
19.Click on the SMTP server you are using for this account
20. Click on ‘Advanced’ and uncheck ‘Automatically detect and maintain Account Settings’
21. Click OK and close the accounts window
Your email is now set up. We recommending testing it by sending yourself an email.
