Email Setup - Microsoft Mail

New Machine

Follow these instructions for a new Windows computer, which hasn't had mail accounts set up yet.

  1. Start Mail
  2. Wait for the Add Account window to finish loading.
  3. Click on "Advanced Setup".
  4. Click on "POP or IMAP accounts that let you view your email in a web browser".
  5. Enter details into the "Internet email account" form:
    1. Email address: Your email address, like yourname@yourdomain.com
    2. User name: yourname_yourdomain.com
    3. Password: your password
    4. Account name: Something to label this account, like Fonant Email, or yourdomain.com Email, or similar.
    5. Send your messages using this name: Your name
    6. Incoming email server: mail.yourdomain.com
    7. Account type: IMAP
    8. Outgoing (SMTP) email server: mail.yourdomain.com
    9. Outgoing server requires authentication: ticked
    10. Use the same user name and password for sending email: ticked
    11. Require SSL for incoming mail: ticked
    12. Require SSL for outgoing mail: ticked

 

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