Every Mac comes with Apple's very own killer email client. It's called, and in our opinion, it's one of the greatest applications ever. Thanks to Mail, you don't have to check each of your separate email accounts online anymore. Just pop them all into Apple's Mail and you can read all of your messages in one simple application. But how do you get your email accounts into Mail? Or, if you're already using Mail, how do you add other email accounts? We'll show you how to do it!

Editor's Note: To use your Gmail account with Mail, please. Open the Mail application. You can find it in the Applications folder, and it's usually also on your Mac's Dock. From the File menu, select Add Account.

Select your email account type from the Account Type menu. Generally speaking, most email accounts are POP accounts. Enter your full name and email address. Click Continue.

Enter your incoming mail server (also known as the POP server), user name, and password. In some cases, your user name might be your full email address. If you don't have this information, contact your service provider.

Click Continue. Mail will now try to log into the POP server you provided. If the test fails, click continue anyway. (Mail's test doesn't always work - even if you've provided the correct information.). If your incoming mail server requires authentication, check the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) checkbox and select an authentication type. Click Continue.

Type in your Outgoing Mail Server (also known as a SMTP server). If your outgoing mail server requires authentication, check the User Authentication checkbox and enter your user name and password. Click Continue. If your outgoing mail server requires SSL, check that box and select your authentication.

Click Continue. Make sure the information you have entered is correct. Click Continue. You've added a new email account to Mail.

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To add another email account, click Create Another Account. To finish the process, click Done. Meet Your Macinstructor Matthew Cone is a technical writer living and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In his free time, he does the desert rat thing and hikes and road bikes around the Southwest. The rest of the time, he studies straw-bale houses, reads Anarchist philosophy, and pretends to not be working. You can email him at.

This document explains how to enable SMTP Authentication for the Macintosh OS X MAIL email client. Enabling SMTP authentication 1. From the MAIL menu, select Preferences.

Select the Accounts icon and click on your email account under the Description heading. Click on the Edit button on the right. The Account Information appears. If you have OS X 10.10 or later, select the “Advanced” tab. If the top setting is “Automatically detect and maintain account settings” and that is ticked, untick it and then close the Preferences box.

Click “Yes” in answer to saving the settings (it may prompt for your GreenNet password), and then reopen the Preferences box. In the Outgoing Mail Server section, click on the double arrows and select Add Server. From the menu.

The SMTP Server Options box appears. In the Outgoing Mail Server box, enter smtp.gn.apc.org 6. In the Authentication box, click on the double arrows and select Password. In the User Name box, enter your username ( – not the full address, just the username). In the Password box, enter your password for this email address.

“Use default ports” and “Use Secure Sockets Layer ( SSL)” should both be selected. Click OK to return to the Account information page. In Outgoing Mail Server section, click on the double arrows and select smtp.gn.apc.org. Note that it will have your email address listed 8. The Outgoing Mail Server entry should now show smtp.gn.apc.org followed by your email address. Click OK to close and then close the Accounts box by clicking the red button. SMTP authentication has been enabled.