{"id":47792,"date":"2019-09-13T20:45:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T01:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=47792"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:25:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T21:25:24","slug":"how-to-add-a-mail-account-using-macos-catalina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/how-to-add-a-mail-account-using-macos-catalina\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a Mail Account Using macOS: Catalina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article describes how to <strong>add a Mail account<\/strong> using the macOS: Catalina. Adding a Mail account will allow you to check your email from your macOS device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#add-mail-account\">How to Add a Mail Account<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#automatic\">Automatic Setup<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#manual\">Manual Setup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\"><strong>Did you know?<\/strong> Other hosting companies charge extra for email services using your domain name. At InMotion Hosting, all of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/shared-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shared Hosting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/wordpress-hosting\">WordPress Hosting<\/a> plans include email at no additional cost!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"add-mail-account\">How to Add a Mail Account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"automatic\">Automatic Setup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The automated script will add a profile to your macOS. This profile can configure the Mail, Calendar, and CardDAV apps. Follow the instructions in this section to learn how to use the automatic script to set up your macOS device to send\/receive email messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">Log in to the cPanel account<\/a> that owns the email account you would like to add.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the <strong>Email Accounts<\/strong> icon under the <em>EMAIL<\/em> section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>CONNECT DEVICES<\/strong>, next to the email account you would like to add.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>IMAP over SSL\/TLS<\/strong> link next to <em>iOS for iPhone\/iPad\/iPod and MacOS\u00ae Mail.app\u00ae for Mountain Lion (10.8+)<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Proceed<\/strong> button in the popup.<p class=\"alert alert-info\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If prompted, click <strong>Allow<\/strong> to allow downloads for the domain listed.<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the password for the email account to set up the Mail app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Optional:<\/em> Enter the password for the email account to set up the Calendar app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Optional:<\/em> Enter the password for the email account to set up the Contacts app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Install<\/strong>.<p class=\"alert alert-warning\"> <strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong> Once you have completed the installation of the profile, we recommend removing the downloaded file.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"manual\">Manual Setup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the instructions below to learn how to use System Preferences to configure your macOS to manage emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li>Click on the menu bar Apple icon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>System Preferences\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>Internet Accounts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>Add Other Account\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>Mail<\/strong> account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <em>Email Address<\/em> field, enter the email account you would like to add.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <em>Password<\/em> field, enter the password for that email account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Sign In<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <em>User Name<\/em> field, enter the email account you would like to add.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <em>Incoming Mail Server<\/em> and <em>Outgoing Mail Server<\/em>, enter the <a href=\"\/support\/email\/view-email-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">server information found in cPanel<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Sign In<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Done<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you can open the Mail app on your macOS device and you will be able to send and receive emails. 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