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If you don't see this option, you may need to update Apple Mail or Yosemite to the newest version. Select 'Password' from the Authentication drop-down menu, and make sure the 'Allow insecure authentication' box IS checked.

Since many ISPs block port 25 (the default outgoing mail port), we strongly suggest using port 587, or port 465 if SSL is enabled.

Enter your desired outgoing mail port.

Be sure the box to 'Automatically detect and maintain account settings' is not checked!.

Click the Advanced tab and verify the following settings: Make sure that you have selected the correct email address.

You will be taken to the SMTP server list.

from the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) drop-down menu.

Navigate back to the 'Account Information' tab. On a Mac, you actually change the default email program from inside the default email program.

Click the 'Advanced' tab and uncheck the box to 'Automatically detect and maintain account settings.'.

Select your new account from the left hand column.

Select 'Preferences' from the Mail menu, and click on the 'Accounts' tab from the Preferences window. Your email account has been created, but you'll want to verify a few steps before you get started.

Authentication: Be sure that Password is selected from the dropdown menu.

The encryption in use IS safe, so you can safely select 'Connect' to continue. To avoid seeing this message in the future, add the existing certificate to your trust settings.

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The Grid does not allow you to install your own SSL on email. This is common if you do not have your own SSL Certificate installed. You may encounter an Unverified SSL Certificate warning if you have chosen to connect with SSL. Read our article What is an 'Access Domain'? for more information. This will be totally unique to your specific Grid. The 'xxxx-xxxx' string will be a series of randomized letters. The email access domain is completely independent of the web access domain and will look something like this:.

Your email address: more information, please read this article: Creating a POP/IMAP email account Creating a POP/IMAP email account Creating a POP/IMAP email account Creating a POP/IMAP email account.

Additional steps for older versions of Apple Mail that were released prior to Sierra have been included.īefore you start, be sure to have these handy:.

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Your version of Apple Mail may vary depending on the version of Mac OSX you are using. This article is primarily for Mail version 10.2 on Sierra (OSX 10.12.32).

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This guide will show you how to configure your Apple Mail application to access email for your Media Temple server. If you have followed the steps above to update the default mail settings on your computer, this should open in Outlook.Apple Mail is the default email client that comes with every Mac using OS X 10.0 or later. This should prompt Chrome to check your system defaults and use whichever is defined in your system settings. In the screenshot below, you can see two IMAP accounts (an iCloud email account and a test email account) and three Exchange accounts. This can be especially handy if you've actually set the incorrect default. On macOS: Open Mail and go to Mail > Preferences (or press Command + ,) Go to Accounts and verify the account type underneath the account name, in the left section of the dialog box. That should prompt Chrome to ask when you navigate to a site or click an email link you'd like to set your default handler. If this setting is already turned on, go with the default IT fix and turn it off and then on again. Just slide the toggle switch to the on position.

Allow Chrome to ask for default handlers.

Select 'Handlers' in 'Site Settings.' Click on Privacy and Security, and then select 'Site Settings.' Under 'Permissions, click on 'Additional Permissions' and then click on 'Protocol Handlers.' Or, just go directly to chrome://settings/handlers in your address bar.

Click on the three dots in the upper-right corner of the screen, to the right of the menu bar, and then select 'Settings.' Or, just type chrome://settings/ into the address bar and hit enter.