Setting up email in Apple Mail on a Mac

  1. Open Mail → Settings (or Preferences) → Accounts → + and choose Other Mail Account.
  2. Enter your name, full email address and the mailbox password, then click Sign In.
  3. When Mail says it cannot verify the account, fill in: account type IMAP; incoming mail server host.ashhost.co.nz; outgoing mail server host.ashhost.co.nz; user name = your full email address. Click Sign In.
  4. Choose which apps use the account (Mail, Notes) and click Done.
  5. If sending fails, open Accounts → Server Settings, untick Automatically manage connection settings for both servers and set incoming port 993 (TLS/SSL on) and outgoing port 465 (TLS/SSL on, authentication Password, user name = full address).

Settings reference: Email settings.

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