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These notes are based on version 11.2 ~~(January 2018)~~

These notes are based on version 13.5.2 2023

When Mail is first started it will ask for your email account type, click 'Other Mail ~~Account~~'~~...~~ and follow these notes

When Mail is first started it will ask for your email account type, click 'Other Mail Account…' and follow these notes:

If adding a new mail account to Mail, then go to: Mail - Add ~~Account...~~ - Other Mail Account - Continue... and follow these notes

If adding a new mail account to Mail, then go to: Mail - Add Account… - Other Mail Account - Continue... and follow these notes

[[File:Email-apple-mail-1.png|thumb|Name and address]]

[[File:Email-apple-mail-2-settings.png|thumb|Server settings]]

#Click Other mail account, then Continue

#Enter in your Name, email address and password, click Sign in.

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##Click Sign in

##Untick 'Notes' if you don't need to use this account for notes.

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#Email should now work, Apple Mail doesn't ask for security settings but it should work out what to do itself automatically. If not untick 'Automatically Manage Connection Settings'

#Then check authentication is set to 'password', check encryption is set to 'STARTTLS/SSL' and incoming port is '993', outgoing is set to '587'.

Email should now load.

'''Note:''' Some Apple Mail App version default to emptying the Trash folder after 1 week. You may want to set this to Never in Account Settings

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Apple ~~mail~~ doesn't ask for security settings but it should work out what to do itself automatically.

<li style="display: inline-block;vertical-align: top;"> [[File:Osxmailaccsetup.png|thumb|500px|caption|1. New Account -> Click on 'Other Account']] </li>

<li style="display: inline-block;vertical-align: top;"> [[File:Osxaddacc.png|thumb|500px|caption|2. Name, address and password]] </li>

<li style="display: inline-block;vertical-align: top;"> [[File:Osxsignerror.png|thumb|500px|caption|3. Set server settings]] </li>

<li style="display: inline-block;vertical-align: top;"> [[File:Osxmailsettings.png|thumb|500px|caption|4. Untick 'Automatically Manage Connection Settings']] </li>

<li style="display: inline-block;vertical-align: top;"> [[File:Osxmailfull.png|thumb|500px|caption|5. Check authentication, encryption and port numbers]] </li>

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